10 month ago.@PheuThaiParty’s Srettha @Thavisin will become Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister. The former property tycoon has secured enough votes in the bicameral National Assembly.Vote is still under way, full result to come shortly
10 month agoUS, South Korea joint exercise #UlchiFreedomShield announced - starts August 21. Also taking part: Australia, Canada, France, Britain, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand. "Training will ensure the Alliance is ready to defend the Republic of Korea"
11 month agoThe Constitutional Court has accepted a petition to rule whether Move Forward Party & leader Pita Limjaroenrat are attempting to overthrow the democratic system with HM the King as the Head of State by pledging to amend the lese majeste law. Thailand พิธา ม112
Thailand @MFAThai confirms caretaker foreign minister @fmdonpram met Myanmar's AungSanSuuKyi for a private 1 hour meeting, when he unilaterally went to NayPyiTaw recently. He said she's in good health & briefed @ASEAN on this
11 month agoCaretaker PM Gen Prayut announces Tues he's ending his "political career" and resigning from the United Thai Nation Party. "Throughout the 9 yrs as PM I have done my best," said Prayut who first became PM after he staged the 2014 coup
Thailand's opposition parties Move Forward and Pheu Thai won the most seats in parliamentary election, paving the way for a challenge to the military-backed government, which has been in power for nearly a decade
Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday he would return home in July after 17 years in self-imposed exile, just days ahead of an election his party is expected to win
If the Thai police can get @GrabTH drivers to make untrue statements should we even be using grab
1 year agoYesterday (21 Jan), activists in Chiang Mai stood at Tha Phae gate, a popular tourist landmark, during their weekly Stand Against Detention protest to demand the release of political prisoners. ยืนหยุดขัง ยกเลิก112 Read more at
Ministries of commerce and labour, police now strictly enforcing law regarding alleged Chinese-owned shops on Yaowarat Road: govt spokeswoman
At least 10 dead, 30 injured in fire at Cambodia hotel casino: police
An Australian man arrested with a pistol and 96 rounds in his bag at Samui airport in Surat Thani province told police he bought the firearm for self defence from a Thai on Koh Samui
1 year agoThailand PM @prayutofficial seen visiting some of the survivors of the sunken @prroyalthainavy Sukhothai warship. The incident happened on Dec 18. 105 personnel onboard. 6 have died and 23 men still missing as search & rescue operations continue into 5th day
1 year agoThai military frigates and helicopters were on Monday searching for 31 sailors after a naval vessel sank, with dozens of others having been hauled from choppy waters. The HTMS Sukhothai capsized late on Sunday night as it was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, about 37 kilometres (22 miles) off the nation's southeastern coast.
1 year agoThe commander of the Fourth Army Region has ordered an investigation after 17 territorial defence students, in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, were sent to hospital suffering from severe dehydration, some of whom had to be given dialysis
Police revover 64 cars allegedly stolen by Chon Buri-based gang who preyed on owners wanting to pledge their vehicles for loans
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
1 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
