Prayut hails tourism revival
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is pleased about the recovery of tourism and thanked agencies concerned for their efforts to organise campaigns to attract foreign visitors, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said.Continue Reading
Covid set to be seasonal, expert says
As Covid-19 looks set to become a seasonal disease like influenza, the government should provide annual vaccinations, especially for those who are living with chronic health conditions and/or the elderly, according to a prominent virologist.Continue Reading
Malaysia PM to hash out border plan
The prime ministers of Malaysia and Thailand are expected to discuss cooperation on the promotion and integration of economic development, particularly in the five southernmost Thai provinces and four northern Malaysian states along or near the border.Continue Reading
PM shows concern for hunger strikers
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed doctors to closely monitor the condition of two hunger strikers demanding the release of all political prisoners and abolition of the lese majeste and sedition laws, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri yesterday.Continue Reading
Luxury cars seized in macau888 probe
Cyber-crime police upped their investigations into the macau888 gambling network with three raids in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday.Continue Reading
Cabinet media bill gains support
Parliamentarians have backed a bill aimed at promoting media ethics and professional standards, while a media organisation has opposed it, saying it could restrict media freedoms.Continue Reading
100 cops to be charged over illegal visas
More than 100 immigration officers are suspected of involvement in the illegal issuing of visas for Chinese investors in so-called grey businesses, Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat Sajjaphan said yesterday.Continue Reading
Senior cop could face assault rap
A man who claimed to be a gambling website administrator yesterday asked deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn to investigate a senior police officer over an alleged assault on him.Continue Reading
US failed to detect past Chinese spy balloons over United States: US general
WASHINGTON: A senior US general responsible for bringing down a Chinese spy balloon said on Monday (Feb 6) the military had not detected previous spy balloons before the one that appeared on Jan 28 over the United States and called it an “awareness gap”. The Pentagon said over the weekendContinue Reading
Suspected Chinese spy balloon was 200ft tall
An official says the size of the object informed the decision not to shoot it down before Saturday.Continue Reading