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Premier walks on thin ice Analysis: Govt faces uncertainty after sacking of influential PPRP member The possibility of the government completing its four-year term in March next year hangs in the balance as a mid-year censure debate will be critical to…

PHUKET: Police on Sunday seized passports and money from the rented villa of an Indian man shot dead on Friday night in a hunt for clues about his killers. Investigators from Provincial Police Region 8 and the Phuket Provincial Office searched the hous…

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Myanmar man detained pending deportation was found hanged in a cell at Samrong Tai police station in Phra Pradaeng district on Sunday morning. Pol Col Chakrapong Nuchphadung, the Samrong Tai police chief, identified the man as Samking R…

KHON KAEN: Khon Kaen airport resumed its services on Sunday morning after flights were cancelled on Saturday night due to a failure in the runway lighting system, airport general manager Atthaya Larpmak said on Sunday. Pilot Officer Atthaya said that a…

Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor election, is still more favourite than other potential candidates for the post of Bangkok governor, followed by current governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang, in a monthly survey…

Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith is confident of the kingdom’s economic outlook, saying it will achieve 4% growth this year as forecast by several domestic and foreign agencies. Speaking during a recent special lecture to senior public offici…

Call to keep calm despite surge in cases New infections need to reach 30,000 a day before it’s ‘severe’ The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has called on the public not to panic after the kingdom recorded over 10,000 new daily coronavirus cases on …

Nearly 90% of vehicles do not stop at crosswalks in Bangkok despite the presence of pedestrians, says a Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) study. A study was carried out by ThaiHealth and the ThaiRoads Foundation from Jan 25-27 at 12 spots a…

The Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT) is gearing up for a fresh rally on Tuesday in Bangkok to pressure the government to bring down the price of diesel. LTFT chairman Apichart Prairungruang said at least 1,000 lorries nationwide will conver…

Thailand has become an aged society and will become a “super-aged” society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be 60 or older. The country has witnessed a low birth rate for several decades, but it was not until last year that more deaths than birt…