Thailand

Kalae Tapae, a Muslim community located by the river in Sungai Padi district in the southern province of Narathiwat, is now the location of the first half-way house in the restive deep South for Muslims who are former convicts. This half-way house is touted as a solution to solve narcotic problems in the southern provinces which are known as routes …

Four changes to the constitution tabled by opposition parties are likely to touch a hurdle after they were stopped by a Palang Pracharath MP. In view of this, Paiboon Nititawan, the Palang Pracharath Party’s deputy leader and list MP, sent a letter to Chuan Leekpai, president of parliament, on Monday. He argued in the letter that the four bills could …

Authorities have summoned university heads to tell them to stop students from seeking monarchy change, threatening that such calls could lead to abuse which was stated by a member of the military-appointed Senate. Since mid-July, Thailand has seen near-daily demonstrations calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former junta leader, to resign and for a new constitution and election. Some …

Here’s the thing, with millions across the globe trapped at home due to the pandemic, Thailand’s plane cafes give consumers the chance to imagine they ‘re in the sky — and the idea seems to have taken off. Coffee drinkers on board a retired commercial aircraft in the coastal city of Pattaya make themselves comfortable on first-class seats and pose …

The new charter is expected to complete the process of amending the constitution and rendering laws by July 2022. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, who is the legal affairs expert of the government, gave a tentative time frame for the charter rewriting process. Mr Wissanu said that while the version of the charter amendment bill from the main opposition Pheu …

It caught an attention when a Buriram United Uzbek player has tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the Thai League 1 football season resumption. The Ministry of Public Health reported that the infection had been detected in the 29-year-old midfielder during tests before the restart of the season. The Department of Medical Sciences on Tuesday performed 1,115 tests on …

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) reported that it has formally charged Pareena Kraikupt, a Palang Pracharath Party MP for Ratchaburi, with making a false statement of assets and breaching the code of ethics of the political post holder. Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, the deputy secretary-general of the NACC, said the agency had agreed yesterday to pursue two charges against Ms Pareena. The …

The owners of a resort illegally constructed in Khao Laem National Park were eventually given seven days to pack up and leave, after three years of defying a court order. Yet another group has now also laid claim to the resort and property, further complicating the drawn-out process and threatening to delay further. The final warning was issued by park …

According to the army, three “layers” of protection are necessary to keep the Covid-19 outbreak at bay which threatens to enter the country through its land borders. Gen Nathapol Srisawat, the armys special advisor and disaster reduction center force chief, said on Tuesday that neighboring countries with outbreaks, border surveillance efficiency and businesses refusing to recruit illegal migrant workers would …

Senators criticized the slow pace of national reform, with some of the constitution ‘s suggestions that provisions governing how they are being implemented are ineffective and should be scrapped. The issue was raised at a Senate meeting chaired by Supachai Somcharoen, Deputy Senate Speaker. The meeting looked at a report under Section 270 of the Constitution on public health reform …