Tourism prospects hang in the balance
Tourists arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport. The weak baht could benefit the tourism industry as foreign purchasing power gains value, though it might not be enough to offset high airfares, according…
Govt expedites airport expansion projects
Travelers visit Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan province on Sept 1. The expansion of facilities to handle an increasing number of air passengers at international and domestic airports nationwide is…
139kg of crystal meth, speed pills seized, 2 arrested
Plainclothes police arrest alleged drug courier Sila Ja-uea, 42 in Bangkok on Wednesday. Another suspect was apprehended in Nonthaburi. Narcotics suppression police have seized 139 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and…
11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: Unicef
At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the UN children’s agency said, an attack the country’s junta said targeted rebels hiding in…
Boy, 14, beaten to death for alleged theft
Forensic police collect evidence at a house in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri where the body of a boy was found on Saturday. Police are looking for a group…
LGBTQ activists to hold major festival in 2023
LGBTQ rights activists and the team behind Naruemit Pride announced yesterday that they will be organizing a major Pride festival on Valentine’s Day in 2023, calling for marriage equality and…
Ex-cop jailed twice for fraud arrested again
Suspect (In blue T-shirt) tells police he swindled Mukdahan gold shop to pay gambling debts A former senior police officer who had been imprisoned twice has been arrested in Bangkok…
Bangkok warned of more rain Sunday night
City Hall is warning residents in the capital of more rain to come on Sunday night, even as some districts in the northern and eastern parts of Bangkok remained under…
Flood-hit parts of Bangkok to be declared disaster zones
Parts of flood-hit Lat Krabang district in Bangkok will be designated disaster areas to allow quick provision of emergency relief, City Hall announced on Thursday. Bangkok deputy governor Tavida Kamolvej…
House rejection of cannabis bill ‘political’, says Anutin
Bhumjaithai Party leader and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the House rejected his party’s “well prepared” cannabis bill for purely political reasons ahead of the coming general election. He…