Thailand

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned that if the anti-government demonstrations continue, the country will miss an chance to move forward. Speaking after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Gen Prayut said the organizers of the demonstrations had already made their true intentions clear, and that the people had to judge for themselves. The Unified Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD), with …

The Unesco Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has been joined by three Thai cities, along with 52 other cities from 27 countries that will now become lifelong learning cities. As excellent models of how lifelong learning can become a practice by showing that successful strategies can promote the growth of inclusive, secure, stable and prosperous communities, Chachoengsao, Chiang Mai …

If the nation experiences a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has pledged to give health volunteers more special grants. In fact, while presiding over a ceremony, the prime minister made the promise to pass 3,500 baht each to over 1.05 million volunteers nationwide who were working to curb the initial outbreak. A retroactive pay of 500 …

The new plaque symbolizing democracy installed by demonstrators from the Thammasat Unified Front and Demonstration at Sanam Luang has been destroyed overnight. In a ceremony led by protest leader Parit Penguin Chiwarak at 6.39am on Sunday, the plaque was inserted in cement at Sanam Luang to mark a new age of people’s control and to announce Thailand belongs to the …

In a ceremony led by protest leader Parit Penguin Chiwarak at 6.39 am on Sunday, the plaque was embedded in cement at Sanam Luang to mark a new age of people’s control and to announce Thailand belongs to the people. The new democratic plaque installed Sunday morning at Sanam Luang by protesters from the Unified Thammasat Front and Demonstration was …

Here’s the recent happenings according to military sources, the residence of Si Sao Thewes, the long-time home of the late Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, a former prime minister, statesman, and president of the Privy Council, is being demolished. It is recognized as Ban Si Sao as well. In 2019, the Army returned the historical home and grounds to the Crown Property …

A 3.29 trillion baht budget bill for the 2021 fiscal year beginning in October was approved by the House of Representatives at reviving an economy battered by the global effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Budget planners have predicted the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia would contract 5-6 per cent this year until it will rise 4-5 per cent in 2021. …

The Supreme Court commuted a two-month jail sentence imposed on Premsak Piayura, a former mayor of Ban Phai Municipality and veteran politician, to two months in detention in 2016 for committing an indecent act against a news reporter. The case started when Daily News published a story about a rumor in July 2016 that Premsak, then 51, had been hired …

Security officials have expected the anti-government student protest scheduled for Saturday won’t turn violent and won’t see a strong turnout. The source said there was little to fear about the proposed rally on the Tha Prachan campus of Thammasat University, with no more than 20,000 people planning to attend the rally, as with the previous Democracy Monument demonstration last August …

Thailand is moving slowly to reopen its borders with a new initiative that will allow international tourists to remain in the country for 90 days, extendable up to 270 days under a special tourist visa scheme (STV), which is expected to produce 12 billion baht per year. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the cabinet had in principle accepted the …