1 year agoFormer PM Yingluck and her cabinet were cleared of any wrongdoing by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, in connection with the approval of the 1.9 billion Baht in compensation for victims of the crackdowns on the Red Shirts between 2005-2010
APEC Leaders issued the 2022 Leaders' Declaration at the conclusion of the 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. It affirms their long-standing commitment to promote strong, balanced, secure, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as to realizing the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040
Chiang Mai will be full of events and activities today (Saturday) and tomorrow, especially its shopping and walking streets, with police advising motorists to expect congested traffic and the closure of some roads
Tulip The Flower Festival at Suan Luang Rama IX Park will take place from 1-10 December 2022. There will also be a fireworks show on 1st and 10th December. MAP: #Bangkok #Thailand
Protesters at Lan Khon Mueang Town Square packed their belongings and dispersed this afternoon, after their attempt to march to the APEC meeting at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre was blocked by police. #ThaiPBSWorld #APEC2022THAILAND
Taiwan's envoy to APEC, TSMC founder Morris Chang, attended the first closed-door meeting of the two-day summit in Thailand
Police fire rubber bullets to stop demonstrators moving from Din So Road near Democracy Monument in Bangkok to Apec summit venue. Eight arrests
Protesters from the so-called "Stop APEC 2022" movement clashed with riot-control police this morning (Friday) as they left Bangkok's Lan Khon Mueang Town Square to march to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre
Protest group confronts police outside Terminal 21 mall on Sukhumvit Rd this morning as protesters take part in anti-govt activities during Apec summit
As they were approaching a path toward the nearby Kempinski hotel, a place Tawan said is the place where representatives from Hong Kong SAR reside, policemen rushed to surround them, trying to seize the banners. #APEC2022THAILAND
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will not allow protesters to stay overnight at the Lan Khon Mueang Town Square
The checkpoints are at the Duang Phithak intersection with Sukhumvit Road, the Asoke Intersection and on Ploenchit Road. They will be manned by police around-the-clock
[3] The most moving time to visit Hellfire Pass is during the Dawn Service on ANZAC Day. You have to come down here before 4:00am and your way is lit by oil lanterns. The flickering lights give you an idea of why the prisoners called it Hellfire Pass
2 year agoThai police have taken into custody more than 60,000 suspects, on charges related to firearms and illegal narcotics, during a nation-wide crime suppression campaign, which began on October 10th, ahead of the APEC Summit in Bangkok
2 year agoHeavy rain led to landslides in the Kathu District of Phuket, a district where Patong Beach is located, around 3 pm. No one was injured and the road to the beach is now closed.
Tonight I'm staying at Genting Hotel which is about an 8 minute walk from the Su-Ngai Kolok border checkpoint an across the road from the railway station. Only 600 Baht. Downside is the room smells of smoke and they cannot guarantee that the disco won't disturb me
Thai police: The death toll in the shooting at a child care center has risen to 34, including 22 children
2 year agoThailand media reports a man apparently went into a child care center & shot at kids killing at least 3. in Nong Bua Lamphu, upper northeastern. But some reporting fatalities to number at least 20. Shooter still on the run. Site is 8 hrs drive from Bangkok
(30/09) Thai security forces in Tak province reportedly pushed back asylum seekers, all of them were children who escaped fighting in Myanmar, across river. Boat sunk due to strong currents. No casualties
A fire broke out at a cooling facility in a factory on Ekkachai Road in Samut Sakhon, behind Ekachai Hospital and near Natong Nimit community, around 3pm. The cause is still unknown. Vid via @AMC_010 #Thailand #ไฟไหม้สมุทรสาคร
2 year agoThai Defense Minister visits flood-hit areas in Rayong to provide military support
A Thai male school teacher has been held and charged by police for after he allegedly took nine male and female students to a resort in Maha Sarakham province for a drinks party
The National Police Policy Committee Meeting has voted unanimously for Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat as the next and 13th National Police Chief, succeeding Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, who will retire on Sep 30. The meeting was chaired by acting PM Prawit Wongsuwan
At 16.30, the march arrived on Phayathai Road. It is still unclear where their destination is. While protesters stopped to take a break in front of Samyan Mitrtown Shopping Mall, police officers came to ask where the protesters are marching to. #ม็อบ28สิงหา65
The police also said that a royal motorcade is scheduled to go past Phayathai Road by 17.00, but protesters told the police that they were not marching in the same direction as the motorcade. #ม็อบ28สิงหา65
Prayut cannot take over as Caretaker PM if other Deputy PMs refused to accept the position as it would be against the Constitutional Court's order, a former adviser to the Constitution Drafting Committee Jade Donavanik said
Fourteen of the 19 suspects in the deadly shootout between two gangs in Muang district of Ubon Ratchathani early this month have been arrested
2 year agoThe situation at the Democracy Monument remains peaceful with some Red Shirts protesters singing and dancing at the site
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday condemned a series of attacks by insurgents in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat
The plane of the ousted president of Sri Lanka arrives in Thailand with the aim of staying for a temporary period
