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Narathiwat officials visit Marine Corps museum
Top government and police officials from Thailand’s embattled Narathiwat Province learned about the history of the Royal Thai Marine Corps during a visit...
Running red light results in 1 dead, 3 injured
One person was killed and three injured when two pickup trucks collided in Najomtien. Pong Daoyan, 48, was crushed inside the passenger seat...
Another 80 start drug rehab in Sattahip
Another 80 Sattahip residents escaped jail sentences for drug charges when they agreed to enter a 10-day “behavior modification camp” run by the...
Rayong celebrates Jayanti with alms offering to 2,600 monks
Rayong celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of Lord Buddha’s enlightenment with a merit-making ceremony offering alms to 2,600 monks. About 10,000 people turned out as...
U.S., Thai marine chiefs meet to close Cobra Gold
Wrapping up their annual Cobra Gold war games, the heads of the marine forces for the United States and Thailand met to review...
Food vendors briefed on sanitation laws
About 80 Sattahip-area bureaucrats and restaurateurs were briefed on food-safety laws at a sanitation knowledge and consumer-protection seminar in Khet Udomsak. ...
Rayong Prison issues stay for feline inmates
Rayong Prison officials have dropped plans to rid the penitentiary of hundreds of stray cats, saying feline inmates’ impact on rodent populations and...
Navy seizes 3 Vietnamese fishing boats off Sattahip
The Royal Thai Navy captured three Vietnamese fishing boats illegally catching sea snakes used as aphrodisiacs off Sattahip. Crews from the HTMS Ratanakosin arrested...
Naklua parents hold engagement ceremony for their 4-year-old twins
Call them old fashioned or just superstitious, but a Naklua couple had their 4-year-old fraternal twins engaged to be married to ward off...
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Anutin tells cabinet to stay the course as post-election transition begins
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul addressed the Cabinet to congratulate ministers who won public support in the recent election, including those elected...
Anutin leads 72nd Volunteer Defense Corps Day, calls for modern and globally aware service
BANGKOK, Thailand – Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul, serving as Commander of the Volunteer Defense Corps, presided over the 72nd Volunteer...
Minor earthquake reported in Surat Thani, experts say no cause for concern
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Earthquake Surveillance Division of the Meteorological Department reported a minor earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale at 9:12 a.m....
Navy battles oil spill as sunken cargo ship scatters containers off Phuket
PHUKET, Thailand – Thai maritime authorities entered their third day of operations on Tuesday to contain an oil spill and recover dozens of shipping...
Thailand sets new ‘Normal Sweetness’ standard, cuts sugar in drinks by half
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Department of Health has introduced a new standard for “normal sweetness,” reducing it from 100 percent to 50 percent to...