Police charge celebrity couple
Pattanapon “DJ Man” Minthakhin and his singer-wife Suteewan “Baitoey” Thaweesin on Wednesday reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge three charges in connection with the Forex-3D online…
Two shot dead at army college, soldier arrested
A sergeant-major said to be mentally ill shot two colleagues dead and wounded another at the Army War College of the Army Training Command in Bangkok’s Dusit district on Wednesday…
Activist jailed for two years for insulting Thailand’s queen.
A Thai court sentenced a political activist to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the monarchy, her lawyer said, after the activist was judged to have dressed as…
Six more pumps being brought in to drain floodwater from Bangkok streets
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt is getting six high-capacity pumps from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to help existing pumps speed the draining of floodwater from the capital. Natural Resources…
A bill on cannabis and hemp will on Monday be proposed to the House
A bill on cannabis and hemp will on Monday be proposed to the House, says the spokesman of a House committee vetting it. Panthep Phuapongpan, a vocal supporter of cannabis-based…
The Pheu Thai Party aims to win the next general election by a landslide
The Pheu Thai Party is on a mission to win the next general election by a landslide and has vowed to secure at least 253 House seats. Key party figures…
iPhone 14 models hit Thai market on Sept 16
Thailand has been promoted to Apple’s first-tier of rollout markets with availability of the new iPhone 14 lineup scheduled for Sept 16.. Apple on Thursday launched the new iPhone 14…
China’s BYD signs land deal to build first EV plant in Thailand
Chinese electric-car maker BYD Co signed a land purchase deal Thursday with WHA Corp, Thailand’s largest industrial-estates developer, to build its first electric vehicle (EV) production plant in Southeast Asia.…
‘Speeding’ motorcycle rider plunges 6 metres down hole on Thonburi road
A motorcycle rider escaped death but suffered severe injuries after nosediving six metres into a hole while “speeding” down a road in Bangkok’s Thonburi district in the wee hours of…
Record rain overwhelming city canals
Hours of widespread downpours, the heaviest in 20 years, left many parts of the city grappling with floods that continued from Tuesday evening until early Wednesday morning. Some of the…