Six policemen at Huai Khwang station who have been charged with taking bribes in connection with the alleged extortion of a Taiwanese actress and her friends were indicted by the prosecutor yesterday, said Kosolwat Inthujanyong, a deputy spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG).Continue Reading
The Royal Initiative Discovery Institute (RIDI) will kick off a series of reservoir projects in the Northeast with a total budget of 42.8 million baht.Continue Reading
Somsak Thepsutin, a former justice minister and new Pheu Thai Party member, has denied an accusation that he had revised a ministerial regulation to help fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.Continue Reading
Former politician turned whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit handed over a problematic 6-million-baht cash donation to Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers yesterday after a high-profile lawyer claimed the money was from shady sources.Continue Reading
Chonsawat Asavahame, a key political figure in Samut Prakan province, was pronounced dead at the age of 54 yesterday morning after driving in a practice session for a car race in the northeastern province of Buri Ram.Continue Reading
Four political parties yesterday called on the Election Commission (EC) to coordinate with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to adopt postal voting as the main method for early voting by Thais abroad.Continue Reading
These folk dancers from Maharashtra don’t want their daughters to learn the traditional dance – why?Continue Reading
China’s cyberspace regulator will conduct a cybersecurity review of products sold in the country by US memory chip manufacturer Micron, the regulator said on Friday (Mar 31). The move, which comes amid a spat over chip technology between Washington and Beijing, is aimed at protecting the security of the supplyContinue Reading
It is newsworthy on its own that conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol flew to Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio last week. Yoon’s predecessor, the progressive Moon Jae-in, demonstrated little interest in official meetings with his Japanese counterparts across his five years as president, one of the few things he had in common with his conservative […]Continue Reading
A Rio-based Chinese bank will be connected to China’s cross-border interbank payment System (CIPS), an alternative to SWIFT, to support trade settlements between China and Brazil in renminbi. Banco BOCOM BBM, a subsidiary of the Bank of Communications, China’s fifth largest bank, will be linked to CIPS to reduce the costs of commercial transactions with […]Continue Reading