Tag: Political Crisis
PM Prayuth may soon go on nationwide tour
BANGKOK, 17 September 2014 - Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha is planning to go on a nationwide tour when the situation allows. ...
EC hopes to submit list of central reform council candidates to...
BANGKOK, 16 September 2014 – The Election Commission hopes to submit to the National Council for Peace and Order a list of the candidates...
NLA unanimously passes 2nd & 3rd readings of fiscal year 2015...
BANGKOK, 16 September 2014 – The National Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed the second and the third readings of the budget bill for fiscal...
Chinese ambassador meets the new deputy foreign minister
BANGKOK, 16 September 2014 – The deputy Foreign Minister, Don Poramatwinai has welcomed the Chinese Ambassador to Thailand who paid him a courtesy call...
NCPO’s roles lessened after announcement of new, smaller structure
BANGKOK, 17 September 2014 – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has announced its own restructuring in order to better allow it...
NLA approves 2015 gov’t budget
BANGKOK, Sept 17 -- Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved the government's Bt2.5 trillion deficit budget bill for Fiscal 2015, which begins October 1....
PM Prayuth chairs first official cabinet meeting
BANGKOK, 16 September 2014 – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha presided over the first official cabinet meeting today at Government House. ...
Government continues martial law
BANGKOK, Sept 16 -- Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha said his government would maintain martial law for as long as it helped Thai people...
Thai PM orders speeded up probe into British tourists’ murder
BANGKOK, Sept 16 -- Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha has ordered the Thai authorities to speed up their investigation into the murder of two...
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Road-marking truck burns out on Bangkok elevated road, injuring five workers
BANGKOK, Thailand – A four-wheel truck carrying road-marking workers and equipment was destroyed by fire on the Borommaratchachonnani elevated road in Bangkok on the...
Pattaya officials seize tables and cigarettes from sidewalk vendors on Second Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers seized two metal tables and several boxes of cigarettes from vendors selling goods on public pavement along...
Minivan catches fire outside emergency department at Phuket hospital
PHUKET, Thailand – A minivan caught fire outside the emergency department of Vachira Phuket Hospital early on October 11, prompting an urgent response from...
Over 10,000 suspected counterfeit TAIYO lighters seized in Mukdahan warehouse raid
MUKDAHAN, Thailand – Authorities seized approximately 10,730 lighters suspected of carrying counterfeit TAIYO trademarks during a court-authorized search of a warehouse in Mukdahan on...
Sattahip Mayor seeks care and support for 73-year-old woman living alone
SATTAHIP, Thailand – Sattahip Mayor Wasan Siangchi visited a 73-year-old woman living alone in a rented room on October 11 after receiving concerns from...