Lessons learned from previous travel subsidy schemes that cost the government 2.3 billion baht due to fraud have the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) defending the complicated registration process for the latest programme.
Suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has come under mounting political pressure as she prepares to be sworn in as minister of culture despite a Constitutional Court order that temporarily bars her from performing her duties.
Last month, Ballymena was in flames. The Northern Irish town was rocked by days of rioting, following the alleged attempted rape of a girl by Romanian Roma boys. After similarly despicable scenes in Knowsley, Dublin and Southport, this is a trend we can ignore no longer. Here, Ella Whelan explores the roots of the anger…
A university student using a pedestrian crossing was run down by a bus on Sukhothai Road in Bangkok and the incident was recorded by surveillance camera footage and shared online.
A Thai army spokesman on Wednesday reasserted Thailand’s historical claim to sovereignty over the disputed Ta Muean Thom temple ruins in Surin, on the border with Cambodia.
Premier Li Qiang will travel to Brazil instead to attend the annual meeting. Despite the optics, analysts say President Xi’s no-show doesn’t indicate a retreat from the intergovernmental grouping.
Thailand’s acting prime minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit is set to helm the country for only one full day Wednesday, standing in for suspended premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra before being replaced himself in a cabinet reshuffle.
Thailand’s ruling coalition was already fraying when a court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday, raising fresh doubts about her survival, the country’s economy and the future of a dynasty that has loomed over the Southeast Asian nation for decades.