Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
Yingluck prepares to welcome Japanese PM
BAGNKOK, 15 January 2013 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has summoned a meeting to ensure the government's preparedness to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
It’s official: Deputy police chief to run in Bangkok election
BANGKOK, Jan 14 – Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen announced his resignation from the national police force today – his first step in contesting the...
Pongsapat selected as Pheu Thai’s candidate for BKK governor election
BANGKOK, Jan 13-- The ruling Pheu Thai Party's executive committee on Sunday unanimously elected deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen as the party’s...
Japanese PM to visit Thailand next week
BANGKOK, Jan 11 - Newly-appointed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit Thailand next week as a guest of the Thai government,...
First high speed railway will be launched in Chiang Mai in...
CHIANG MAI, 9 January 2013 The Governor of Chiang Mai said the first high speed railway service in Thailand will be launched between...
PM urges students to learn ASEAN cultures, languages
BANGKOK, 9 January 2013 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has urged Thai students to ready themselves for the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community...
PM advises children to keep discipline, seek knowledge outside classroom
BANGKOK, Jan 9 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra instructed young people to have discipline and be eager to learn outside the classroom ahead...
Activist group seeks government rejection of ICJ ruling on border dispute
BANGKOK, Jan 8 – The anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) petitioned Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today, calling on her administration to defy...
Thai Foreign Minister: Border dispute may not end in Thailand’s favour
BANGKOK, Jan 4 – Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said today he was not confident Thailand will win the Phra Viharn (Preah Vihear) temple...
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Arsenic crisis deepens as northern border rivers fail safety standards again
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Thailand's Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported on Monday that arsenic levels have exceeded safety standards for the 19th consecutive time...
Thai Minister defends $49 million AI project, says contract safeguards could be added
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob said on Monday that the terms of reference (TOR) for the "TH-AI Passport"...
Border gate reopens after nine months, offering lifeline to Thai-Myanmar trade
TAK, Thailand – The reopening of Myanmar’s Myawaddy border gate after a nine-month closure will boost border trade, but the recovery faces hurdles from...
Thailand appoints international maritime experts for UNCLOS talks with Cambodia
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand has appointed two former presidents of an international maritime court to a compulsory conciliation commission under the United Nations Convention...
Runaway truck slams into diesel tanker on Highway 304, spilling thousands of liters of...
PRACHINBURI, Thailand – Thousands of liters of diesel fuel spilled onto Highway 304 in Prachinburi province after a parked six-wheel box truck rolled into...