Current Affairs
Constitutional court to decide if Thammanat is fit for office
Parliament speaker Chuan Leekpai submitted a request on Wednesday to the constitutional court to decide whether Thammanat Prompao, the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture, was fit for office.Chuan submitted the request after a motion from...
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Pheu Thai aligned politicians to launch political action group
A group of former Pheu Thai aligned MPs and society leaders will announce a new political action group called Care on June 17Led by Phumtham Wechayachai, a veteran politician and an adviser to the leader of the Pheu Thai...
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Hotels are slashing prices as government looks to boost domestic tourism
Hotels are slashing prices to lure in Thai customers as the government starts boosting domestic tourism. The future of international travel, however, remains in doubt.The government will decide on measures to promote domestic tourism by the cabinet meeting next...
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Many community pantries stand forgotten and abandoned
The community pantry project -- which was highly popular and successful just less than a month ago -- is now coined ตู้ร้างวางลืม (abandoned cabinet) as donations dry up and many cabinets stand empty and abandoned throughout the country.Chachoengsao province...
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Party infighting spreads to the Democrat Party
Party infighting in the ruling Palang Pracharath Party and the main opposition Pheu Thai Party seems to have spread to Thailand's oldest political party, the Democrat Party.Reports from inside the Democrat camp suggests that many party MPs and members...
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Economic body says that Thailand’s economy has already bottomed out
The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) said this week that the Thai economy has reached its bottom in the second quarter and is on its way to recovery.Exports, manufacturing, domestic consumption and private investment...
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Foreign minister says lese majeste law does not matter to most Thais prompting pushback from opposition MPs
Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that most people in Thailand were not affected by the country's draconian Lese Majeste laws prompting pushback from opposition MPs.Foreign minister Don Pramudwinai said during the parliamentary session on Wednesday...
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Thammasat’s law faculty pressures government to investigate the abduction of Wanchalerm
Thirty-two members from Thammasat University's Faculty of Law came together to pressure the Thai government to investigate the abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit.Wanchalearm was seized by armed men outside of his apartment in Phnom Penh, Cambodia around 6 p.m. on...
Covid-19
Four new coronavirus cases discovered in Thailand; all in state quarantine
Thailand’s government said that it discovered four new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday with all the new cases being discovered in state quarantine.One was a returnee from Madagascar and another from Pakistan, while the other two were...
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Shopowners at Chamchuri Square petition Princess Sirindhorn to help lower rent
Business owners at the Chamchuri Square shopping mall sent a petition this week to Princess Sirindhorn asking for her help in negotiating with the mall's management for lower rent, according to the business owners and students.The shopowners requested...
