Nearly 700 Thai students flock back after reopening
More than 670 Thais have returned to China to continue their studies after their education was suspended for over two years due to Covid-19, according to the Thai-Chinese Students Association (TCSA).Continue Reading
Thousands honour Rama IX
Thousands of people converged at Chalerm Phrakiat Park in Dusit district on Thursday to observe a royal ceremony presided over by His Majesty the King, marking the unveiling of a statue of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great in remembrance of the late king.Continue Reading
Fresh jab campaign to cover young kids
The Ministry of Public Health is urging parents to vaccinate children between the ages of six months and four years against Covid-19, as it rolls out a new vaccination campaign in a bid to boost immunity among young children nationwide.Continue Reading
Democrats find Niphon replacement
The Democrat Party has proposed that Naris Khamnurak, its MP for Phatthalung, fill the deputy interior minister post left vacant by Niphon Bunyamanee, who quit last month to fight a court case.Continue Reading
Man arrested over murder of woman he met on dating app
A 27-year-old man has been apprehended in Phatthalung for allegedly detaining and beating a woman to death after they met through a dating app.Continue Reading
North Korea launches ballistic missile into sea, South Korea says
SEOUL: North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Friday (Oct 14), the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear armed country. A statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) gave no further details. The latestContinue Reading
North Korea fighter planes fly near border, South scrambles jets: Report
SEOUL: Nearly a dozen North Korean fighter aeroplanes flew close to the border with the South, prompting Seoul to scramble jets in response, Yonhap reported on Fri (Oct 14). The event took place amid rising military tensions on the peninsula over a flurry of weapons medical tests by PyongyangContinue Reading
North Korea launches missile into sea after flying warplanes near border: Seoul
The US Indo-Pacific Command said it was aware of the latest missile launch and had assessed that “it does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies”. “We will continue consulting closely with our allies and partners to monitor the DPRK’s destabilising ballistic missile launches,”Continue Reading
China chip ban a US exercise in extreme self-harm
NEW YORK – The Biden administration’s unprecedented package of bans on chip and chip equipment sales to China announced on October 7 could not have come at a worse moment for the global semiconductor industry. The damage to capital investment and R&D in the Western semiconductor industry will exceed Washington’s modest subsidies for the chip […]Continue Reading
Malala Yousafzai visits Pakistan after deadly floods
The activist travelled to the country for the second time, since she was shot by the Taliban in 2012.Continue Reading