At least five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said Thursday.
A convoy of 14 septic trucks drove into the village of Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province on Thursday, as a large crowd of Thai people gathered to show their support for soldiers guarding the tense border with Cambodia.
Thai authorities say they are working to help a 13-year-old Cambodian boy, who has grown up in Surin province, to stay in Thailand after he and his mother were arrested for being in the country illegally.
Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul, a prime ministerial candidate, had lunch and talked politics on Thursday with Palang Pracharath Party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on the eve of a court ruling on the ethics of suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) said on Thursday that it had obtained clear evidence that a newly laid landmine was responsible for the latest blast that severely injured a Thai soldier along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin province.
Outcomes of the vice-presidency contest at the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia’s (PAS) September polls may indicate who will become deputy president next term, a role that in turn earmarks the future party president, an analyst tells CNA.
The doubling of tariffs on most Indian imports to as high as 50 per cent took effect on Wednesday (Aug 27), a sharp hike from the 25 per cent earlier this month.
CHIANG MAI – The search continued on Thursday for five people who are still missing after a landslide that killed four people in Mae Chaem district of this northern province on Wednesday.
The Department of Provincial Administration has issued a nationwide alert urging local officials to monitor iris-scanning activities taking place in shopping malls across the country.