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
Deputy Police Chief Pol Lt Gen said Friday after further investigation on Mountain B pub fire which now claims 14 lives that at least 1 exit door was locked when the fire occurred after 1am Friday in Chonburi.
2 year agoPM Prayut led cabinet ministers, senior government officials and military officers, in a merit-making ceremony at Sanam Luang this morning (Thursday) to express their good wishes to His Majesty the King on his birthday
Nutthanit and Netiporn were previously charged with royal defamation, sedition, and refusing to comply with a police order after they conducted a poll on 8 February 2022 at Siam Paragon shopping mall about royal motorcades
2 year agoPM Gen Prayut was welcomed by supporters in Chiang Mai on Wednesday while protesters were kept away by 2,120 police officers deployed. Prayut said he respect human rights and will push for ASEAN to become conflict-free zone & food source for the world
2 year agoA blaze in Bangkok's Bon Kai community in Pathumwan district this afternoon has destroyed several houses. The fire is now under control
2 year agoThailand is proposing to open five more cross-border trade checkpoints with Laos to facilitate trade between the two countries. The extra checkpoints in Chiang Rai will also boost exports through China, the government spokeswoman, Ratchada Thanadirek, said on Thursday
2 year agoThree people were killed and another seriously injured in a scuffle between two rival groups of visitors in front of a pub in Muang district of Thailand's southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat early Friday morning
Shanghai authorities on Tuesday began dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings before a painful two-month lockdown is lifted at midnight. Read more > #ThaiPBSWorld #COVID19
Thailand setting up cyber-defense division after hacks targeting Ministry of Defense, Prime Minister's Office
Prayut said the country is financially secure and noted then that the 1st strategy for the 2023 budget is "national stability" The opposition leader called him a "narcissist" who failed to recognise his inability to manage fiscal budget
China's destroyer flotilla has conducted a live-fire multi-subject combat drill in the South China Sea, reported by Chinese state media CCTV. Read more > #ThaiPBSWorld
The protesters are still staying on Chamai Maruchet bridge to wait to hear from the cabinet
(2/3) Gen Suchinda eventually made himself PM. The protesters wanted Suchinda out & to make sure that, in the future, PM must be a member of parliament & to send soldiers back to the barracks. Officially 57 people were killed in clashes on Ratchadamnoen Ave
120 illegal migrant workers from Cambodia were arrested on Tuesday on their way back to Thailand after celebrating Songkran back home. They were apprehended near a forest along Thai-Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo province
A man was arrested shortly after he allegedly attacked two shoppers with a knife at CentralWorld shopping mall. Read more > #ThaiPBSWorld #ThailandNews
Ramadan bombings in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south will not derail peace talks with separatist rebels, the government said on Sunday after a sidelined insurgent group claimed responsibility for the attacks
#Songkran: Police, city officials and military personnel have been deployed at Khaosan Road in Bangkok today (Thursday) to enforce the water splashing restriction, imposed by the CCSA
City hall officials break up water fights on Khaosan Road on Wednesday as water splashing is still banned this year due to the pandemic. Violators face up to two years in prison or a 40,000 baht fine under the Emergency Decree, police warned. #Songkran #สงกรานต์ #Thailand #KE
One of our kindergarten students tragically died in a fire today. The windows had iron bars to prevent burglars getting in and so he was trapped. The fire trucks also had difficulty getting there due to a narrow lane and parked cars. RIP
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra did not rule out the possibility of his Pheu Thai Party working with Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) after the next general election in a late-night Clubhouse session
61 people from #Myanmar were arrested for illegal entry into #Thailand in Hat Yai on Saturday. They were on their way to be smuggled into Malaysia
2 year ago2 statements against Russian invasion of Ukraine handed out in front of Embassy of Russia in Bangkok during the protests on Sat. The 1st unsigned 1 by June 24 Democracy Group led by Somyot Prueksakasemsuk. 2nd by a group of Buddhist monks
