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Thai opposition firm on ending rice pledging scheme
Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party has repeated its call for the government to withdraw the controversial rice pledging scheme, insisting that mounting losses will definitely...
Pheu Thai fields Yuranunt in Bangkok by-election
BANGKOK, May 14 – Pheu Thai party-list MP Yuranunt Pamornmontri will run in the upcoming by-election in Bangkok’s Don Mueang constituency. ...
Censure debate expected second week of November
BANGKOK, Oct 25 - House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont said a censure debate lodged against the Yingluck Shinawatra administration is expected on the second...
Savills opens new Pattaya office
Democrat Party Deputy Leader Korn Chatikavanij (3rd left) recently presided over the official opening of the new offices of Savills Co. Ltd. The...
Deputy PM Yuthasak asserts government gives priority to southern problem
BANGKOK, Sept 22 -- Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa on Saturday asserted the government has given priority to solving the problems of the...
PM: Opposition’s proposed solutions on South useful
BANGKOK, Sept 19 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said results from Tuesday’s meeting with her predecessor Abhisit Vejjajiva on solutions to the southern unrest...
Government, Opposition meetings to counter insurgency: Chalerm
BANGKOK, Sept 19 - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Wednesday that a video conference between opposition Democrat Party and senior security officials...
Democrat Suthep cleared from allegation, retains MP status
BANGKOK, Sept 18 – Former Thai deputy premier Suthep Thuagsuban was saved from the axe today as the Senate voted 95 to 40...
PM to chair southern violence meeting; invites opposition to join
BANGKOK, Sept 12 - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Wednesday that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra agreed to chair a meeting on Thailand's southern...
Democrat kingpin Suthep to quit politics if impeached by Senate
BANGKOK, July 27 - Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban of the Democrat Party said on Friday that he will retire from politics...
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The Thai government’s rush to recriminalize cannabis by Christmas will be a titanic challenge
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin now states that he expects an act recriminalizing cannabis to be operational by the end of 2024. Although this is...
Drug-impaired man sparks chaos at Pattaya restaurant
PATTAYA, Thailand - Chaos erupted at the Prachanban Rice Porridge Shop on Central Pattaya Road when a 30-year-old Thai man, identified only as Ton,...
Teenager stabs grandfather after smoking dispute in Sattahip
SATTAHIP, Thailand - A 14-year-old boy stabbed his 68-year-old grandfather with a knife after a heated argument at Chaiyapruek Village in Sattahip on May...
Chonburi Governor provides potable water relief to Koh Larn Island
PATTAYA, Thailand - Responding to the severe water shortage exacerbated by the current dry season, Chonburi Governor Thawatchai Srithong, along with Pattaya officials, visited...
Pattaya sees surge in demand for school uniforms this year
PATTAYA, Thailand - As preparations for the upcoming academic year are underway, local stores are witnessing a remarkable surge in demand for school uniforms,...