Thai Sang Thai: Scrap conscription
2023-03-22
Conscription should be abolished in favour of a full voluntary enlistment programme and better military welfare, says the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST).Continue Reading
Amnesty petitions govt to release activists
2023-03-22
Amnesty International Thailand has joined other activists in handing a petition with the signatures of 8,517 people to caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, urging police to withdraw accusations against all political activists.Continue Reading
Dropout rate concerns Unicef
2023-03-22
The number of Thais who are “not in education, employment or training” (NEET) is concerning, says Kyungsun Kim, director of Unicef Thailand.Continue Reading
More arrests in phone scams targeting Americans
2023-03-22
A total of 20 people — five Indian nationals and 15 Thais — have now been arrested for alleged involvement in a phone scam network preying on elderly Americans with damages exceeding 3 billion baht, police said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Cops wrapping up missing child probe
2023-03-22
Police have wrapped up their investigation into the disappearance of an eight-month-old baby boy in Nakhon Pathom, whose body has not been found despite a long search.Continue Reading
Police wrapping up missing child probe
2023-03-22
Police have wrapped up their investigation into the disappearance of an eight-month-old baby boy in Nakhon Pathom, whose body has not been found despite a long search.Continue Reading
Gunman holed-up after 4 people shot
2023-03-22
PHETCHABURI: Police evacuated a child care centre and surrounded a nearby house in Muang district, where a gunman killed two people and wounded two others on Wednesday afternoon.Continue Reading
Gunman holed-up after three people shot dead
2023-03-22
PHETCHABURI: Police on Wednesday evening surrounded a house where a gunman remained holed-up after killing three people and wounding three more.Continue Reading
Shanmugam, Leong Mun Wai have heated debate in Parliament on whether Lee Hsien Yang and wife ‘absconded’
2023-03-22
Throughout his statement, Mr Shanmugam asked Mr Leong a series of pointed questions on whether Mr Leong agreed with certain points the minister made on Monday. When Mr Leong tried to elaborate while responding to the questions, Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin reminded him to answer the questions directly and to makeContinue Reading
Rapper Subhas Nair ‘twisting facts’ to suit own narrative, says prosecutor in racially charged trial
2023-03-22
SINGAPORE: Singaporean rapper Subhas Nair was accused by the prosecution of “twisting the facts” to suit his own narrative, in a racially charged trial on Wednesday (Mar 22). Nair, whose full name is Subhas Govin Prabhakar Nair, was cross-examined by Deputy Public Prosecutor Suhas Malhotra over four charges of attempting toContinue Reading