Thu, May 19, 2022
Published: May 19, 2022
Thailand’s national football team stormed into the final of the SEA Games, beating Indonesia 1-0 in extra-time on Thursday evening.
Thai AirAsia X, a Bangkok-based long-haul budget airline, has filed for bankruptcy with the Central Bankruptcy Court. Hearing will commence in August, it was disclosed on Thursday.
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The Agriculture Department plans to establish a research team on economic crop breeding and genomic technologies to ensure the sustainability of Thailand's agriculture.
Three days before the eighth anniversary of the 2014 coup that he led, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday defended the power seizure, saying it was a necessary evil that had helped a badly divided Thailand stand up on its feet.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau will deploy 16,817 policemen to keep security at 6,817 polling stations on Sunday when elections for Bangkok governor and the Bangkok Council are held.
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Thai badminton ace Ratchanok Intanon proved too strong for Wang Zhiyi of China in the second round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand Open on Thursday at the Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi province.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union to restore Ukrainian grain exports as the global food crisis worsens.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was assured on Thursday that construction of the new Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC) will finish in August in time for hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit 2022 in November.
Would granting an elephant some of the same rights as humans mean people could no longer keep dogs as pets? That was among the questions that judges on New York state's top court during arguments in Albany Wednesday asked a lawyer for an animal rights group that is pushing to free Happy the elephant.
Chinese bought the most condominiums among foreigners in the first quarter of 2022, the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC) reported.
With Thailand easing rules for entry, Phuket will likely attract as many as 5 million foreign tourists this year, making up 50 per cent of the pre-Covid arrivals, according to the island resort province’s Tourism and Sports Office.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clarified on Thursday that people would be free to grow marijuana and hemp after a directive from the Public Health Ministry takes effect on June 9.
Police swooped down upon a call-centre gang at a Chiang Mai resort and nabbed 24 suspects, the majority Chinese, for allegedly preying mostly on Japanese investors.
Thailand expects to see an end to the Covid-19 pandemic by the year-end despite concerns that mutations can cough up new variants, Deputy Health Minister Satit Pitutecha said on Thursday.
India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, who has served over 30 years of a life term in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case.
The digital economy is growing quickly in many aspects and will be a key to driving the economy after the Covid-19 era, Huawei’s top executive said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said his trip to Saudi Arabia with a delegation of state officials and business operators was a success.
Mr. Auttapol Rerkpiboon, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) has presided over the signing ceremony of the Sale and Purchase Contract of Oman crude between PTTT and PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation (POC) and PTTEP MENA Limited.
The inaugural Notah Begay III Thailand Junior Golf National Championship will be contested June 4th and 5th at XX Resort in Bangkok, Thailand on the world-class XX championship golf course.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on Thursday that its schools will cancel classes on May 23, a day after the Bangkok governor and council elections.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has spent more than THB14 billion on 1,333 drainage projects over the past five years but is still unable to solve the flood problem that dogs the capital every year.
The House of Representatives on Thursday started handing out copies of the fiscal 2023 budget bill to MPs for study before the chamber will deliberate at the end of this month.