Extending Thailand’s pub hours to 4am would cause carnage: expert
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022
The Centre for Alcohol Studies (CAS) on Sunday warned against extending opening times for pubs and bars to 4am in tourism provinces, citing statistics from other countries.
Prayut orders clampdown on midnight closing for bars, pubs
SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has told officials to clamp down on entertainment venues that are flouting the midnight closing rule, a government spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Closing the gap in early childhood care for every child in Thailand
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019
A frightening prospect for children born in Thailand today is that by the time they reach adulthood, Thailand will be an aged society with a dependency ratio of 1.7 workers for every old person. In 2010 that figure was 5 workers for every old person.
As a gift to supporters of the Dusit Zoo the organisation behind the much-loved animal enclosure will delay its permanent shuttering in central Bangkok until September 30, the operation announced on Friday. The zoo was originally scheduled to close on August 31.
Yingkuck calls on Supreme Court to consider facts and vindicate her
TUESDAY, AUGUST 01, 2017
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, in her closing statement in her negligence trial on Tuesday, pleaded with the Supreme Court to make its ruling based on legitimate evidence and witness testimonies.
Yingluck in buoyant mood outside court after giving closing statement
TUESDAY, AUGUST 01, 2017
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra remained on good spirit after delivering her closing statement at the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, in a case linked to her then-government’s controversial rice-pledging scheme.
Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hopes to make her own verbal closing statement to the court in response to charges against her of negligence for failing to prevent corruption in the controversial rice-pledging scheme during her tenure.