His Majesty the King yesterday endorsed a royal decree authorising the opening of an assembly of parliament on Monday to be followed the next day by the election of the House Speaker.
The Election Commission has endorsed 496 MPs this week, which exceeds the required minimum number of 475 of the total 500 needed for the [...]
he government is demanding answers after Germany reportedly re-granted a visa to deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday said the German government should explain to the international community the reasons for its decision, after revoking Thaksin’s visa in 2008.
Germany revoked the visa after Thaksin fled Thailand to avoid serving a [...]
Grenades fired into outpost, no one injured
NARATHIWAT : Four soldiers were injured yesterday in a bomb attack on a road in Narathiwat.
A bomb planted on a road between Ban Parehlubo and Ban Kue Rong in tambon Maruebo in Narathiwat’s Cho Airong district went off about 10am as a pick-up truck carrying an army major [...]
A legal adviser of Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday distanced the former prime minister from a cash-for-influence scandal involving an international liquor company and a Thai politician.
Noppadon Pattama denied a “Thai official” implicated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case was a close aide of Thaksin.
On Wednesday, the SEC [...]
The election of the House speaker and deputy speakers should be completed on Tuesday so the next government can start working as soon as possible, Pheu Thai Party’s candidate for prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday.
Ms Yingluck said candidates for the positions would be nominated on Monday when the House convenes for the first [...]
Authors defend right to discuss Article 112
In an ideal world, writers write and the world around them changes.
In the real world, writers write, and struggle to rouse the world around them to believe in change.
Earlier this month, 359 Thai writers came together to sign an open letter and call for reform of Article 112 of [...]
Opening the Pattaya Youth Public Relations Ambassadorial Contest at Central Center in North Pattaya, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said the competition instills confidence in youngsters and helps develop marketing skills as regards the wider world.
Contestants were judged also for their acting and dancing skills as well as their appearance and personal presentation.
Local MPs of the successful Phalang Chon party plan to push the new government to invest 7 billion baht in Pattaya to make it only second to Bangkok in terms of facilities and the environment.
Phalang Chon is a coalition partner in the new Pheu Thai-
led administration.
A Banglamung police officer trying to break up a gathering of some 30 young bikers was shot by one of the teens.
Senior Sergeant Major Tuspong Thongthud was hit in the leg. He was rushed to Banglamung hospital where his condition was said to be satisfactory.
Tuspong said he had fired back at the assembled mob after [...]
A 28-year-old man driving a Toyota pickup was arrested at a North Pattaya Road checkpoint when police discovered a gun in his glove box. Verraphong Naamraat and four friends were en route to a party when stopped.
The driver said he had bought the gun from a Lao friend for 5,000 baht, and that his teenage [...]
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