Thailand’s government will meet next week with commercial banks and state agencies to investigate transactions allegedly used for weapons purchases by Myanmar’s junta, and urge tighter scrutiny, the foreign minister said on Thursday. Thai bank representatives last week told a parliamentary committee they had followed regulations but lacked capacity to investigate all transactions that could […]
Read MoreThe rapid-acting, deadly chemical was found on drinking glasses and a teapot in the room at the luxury Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel, and interviews with relatives of the dead revealed there had been a dispute over debt related to an investment, police said Cyanide poisoning was likely the cause of the deaths of six foreigners […]
Read MoreThailand has introduced visa-free access facilities for citizens of 93 countries to boost the tourism sector. Citizens of these countries will now be able to travel to the Southeast Asian country without a visa. Under the scheme launched last Monday, travelers can stay in Thailand for 60 days with visa-free entry. Earlier this facility was […]
Read MoreBANGKOK, July 17 (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday tabled an additional 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) budget for the 2024 fiscal year for his signature stimulus programme, as lawmakers held a debate to scrutinise the much-criticised handout scheme. “The government needs the budget to stimulate the economy by boosting money circulation […]
Read MoreBangkok: Cyanide poisoning was likely the cause of the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, with the suspected killer among the dead, Thai police said on Wednesday The rapid-acting, deadly chemical was found on drinking glasses and a teapot in the room at the luxury Grand […]
Read MoreThe bodies of six people have been recovered from a luxury hotel room in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. A Thai government spokesman said all those killed were citizens of Vietnam and the United States. The country’s local media first reported that the shooting occurred at the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel. But the police […]
Read MoreThailand’s parliament has allowed same-sex marriage. It is the first country in Southeast Asia to decide on such a marriage. A bill in this regard was passed in the Senate, the upper house of the Parliament, on Tuesday. Reuters news The bill was brought to Parliament more than two decades ago by the efforts of […]
Read More61 people have died of heat stroke in Thailand so far this year due to intense heat and heat wave. This number is more than the total number of 2023. The country’s Ministry of Health announced the information on Friday (May 10). The South China Morning Post reports that in recent weeks, life in Thailand […]
Read More1,000 pets died in a fire at the popular Chatuchak market in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. Local authorities said that the incident of fire in hundreds of animal and bird shops of the market took place early on Tuesday (June 11). Citing local authorities, Al Jazeera reported in a report that the fire started […]
Read MoreThailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned home last year after 15 years in exile, will go on trial next month on charges of insulting the monarchy. Prayuth Pecharakun, a spokesman for Thailand’s attorney general, said 74-year-old Thaksin would be summoned to appear in court on June 18 to answer charges under Thailand’s lese-majeste […]
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