LATEST NEWS FROM THAILAND

Losses mount at Airport Rail Link
The Airport Rail Link (ARL) service has been losing 70 million baht a month as it is carrying fewer commuters than the pre-pandemic levels of 2019, according to State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
More help for at-risk marine species
Researchers are looking into the potential returns from certifying Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in Trat, Trang and Pattani provinces as a means to make money to help endangered marine species.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Public urged to get free flu jabs
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is urging Thais to register for a flu vaccine, especially if they are eligible to get one free under a new government initiative that will run until the end of August.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
BMA seeks to improve school meals
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) could adopt a central kitchen system used to supply meals to schools in Japan, to improve the quality of school lunches in Thailand.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Bills cut with Thai artificial tooth roots
Thai researchers have developed an artificial tooth root, improving public access to dental implant services by bringing down the price of implants tenfold when compared to imported ones of a similar quality, the government says.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
New restrictions imposed by Industrial Works Department to control cyanide
Thailand’s Industrial Works Department has issued new restrictions to control the import, trade in and possession of potassium cyanide following a series of alleged murders by means of cyanide poisoning.... The post New restrictions imposed by Industrial Works Department to control cyanide first appeared on Thai PBS World : The
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Coalition figures question ‘new election’ scenario
Two key members of the new coalition have questioned why caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam raised the spectre of a new election if a shareholding complaint against Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat is upheld.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
NATO squabbles over speedy accession of Ukraine as decisive summit looms
Moscow cannot stop Ukraine from becoming a NATO member, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, as divisions among allies about the speed of Kyiv’s accession became apparent only... The post NATO squabbles over speedy accession of Ukraine as decisive summit looms first appeared on Thai PBS World :
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Pita says decentralisation is intended to bring prosperity to rural areas
Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat has assured leaders of local administrative organisations that his future government’s decentralisation policy will not be extreme but, with public participation, the prime objective... The post Pita says decentralisation is intended to bring prosperity to rural areas first appeared on Thai PBS World :
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Thailand’s Dept of Disease Control links rise in monkeypox cases with Pride Month in now-deleted tweet
Everyone is up at arms on Thai Twitter today after the country’s Department of Disease Control tweeted about the rise of monkeypox cases and insinuated that this month’s upcoming pride celebration might lead to more. The now-deleted tweet, posted by the department’s official account on Thursday evening, stated, “The Department
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Coconuts Bangkok
Pheu Thai scraps B10,000 handout
The Pheu Thai Party has scrapped the 10,000-baht handout it promised during the election campaign, saying the high cost of the Move Forward Party’s welfare programmes would make it unfeasible.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Move Forward’s relations with military key focal point
June 1, 2023: Comments by a deputy leader of Thailand’s biggest political party will not make the status quo of the armed forces too happy. Picharn Chaopattanawong ceremoniously welcomed “good... The post Move Forward's relations with military key focal point first appeared on Thai PBS World : The latest Thai
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Tulsathit
LTFT Submits Evidence on Overloaded Lorry Bribe
Chairman of the Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT) has submitted information about bribe –paid stickers for overloaded lorries to the Move Forward Party (MFP).
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai News Agency
Source: Pantipa Wacharath
900kg of crystal meth seized from fishing trawler
Authorities have arrested six drug smugglers and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, believed to be destined for Australia, from a fishing trawler south of Koh Samet in the Gulf of Thailand.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed
Members of an independent NASA panel studying UFOs, or what the U.S. government now terms UAP for “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” said in their first public meeting on Wednesday that scant high-quality data... The post NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed first appeared on Thai PBS World :
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Governor Chadchart warns senior officials against involvement in corruption
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has issued a stern warning, during a meeting of senior executives from 50 district offices, saying that officials found to be involved in corruption will be... The post Governor Chadchart warns senior officials against involvement in corruption first appeared on Thai PBS World : The latest
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Thai Navy SEALs and anti-narcotics officers seize 909kg of crystal meth in the Gulf
Thai drug enforcement officials and Navy SEALs seized 909kg of crystal methamphetamine, or Ice, on Tuesday night from a trawler in the Gulf of Thailand, about 20 nautical miles from... The post Thai Navy SEALs and anti-narcotics officers seize 909kg of crystal meth in the Gulf first appeared on Thai
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Sri Lankan Premier to Attend 18th United International Vesak Day in Thailand
Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday welcomed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on his official visit to Thailand.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai News Agency
Source: Pantipa Wacharath
Visiting Moldova, Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready for NATO membership
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a trip to Moldova on Thursday that Ukraine was ready to be in the NATO military alliance, and that Kyiv was waiting for the bloc... The post Visiting Moldova, Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready for NATO membership first appeared on Thai PBS World : The latest
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Local grocers headed accused Chinese fraudsters’ firms
Police have found that two grocers in Bangkok acted as directors of 48 shell companies linked to a Chinese couple facing charges of running a 10-billion-baht international fraud scheme.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
One illegal migrant killed, 10 others arrested after pickup truck overturns
KANCHANABURI: One illegal migrant from Myanmar was killed and 10 others arrested after a pickup truck carrying them overturned in Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night. A police officer was also injured after being hit by one of three pickup trucks smuggling migrants.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
One illegal migrant killed, 10 arrested after pickup overturns
KANCHANABURI: One illegal migrant from Myanmar was killed and 10 others arrested after a pickup truck carrying them overturned in Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night. A police officer was also injured after being hit by one of three pickup trucks smuggling migrants.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Two unlicensed pubs in Phuket raided by provincial administration officials
Two unlicensed pubs in Krathu district of Phuket were raided early this morning (Thursday) by provincial administration officials and defence volunteers. Their owners were arrested. The raids were led by... The post Two unlicensed pubs in Phuket raided by provincial administration officials first appeared on Thai PBS World : The
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Road accident claims 4 lives, injures 6 migrants in Ayutthaya
AYUTTHAYA: Four people were burnt to death in a Bangkok-bound SUV that overturned while carrying migrant workers past Bang Pa-in district at 12.20am on Thursday.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Myanmar migrants and Thai driver killed in a car accident in Ayutthaya
Three undocumented migrant workers from Myanmar and the Thai driver of a pickup truck died and six other workers were injured when their vehicle flipped over and caught fire, as... The post Myanmar migrants and Thai driver killed in a car accident in Ayutthaya first appeared on Thai PBS World
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Military Reform in Progress
The Defence Council has acknowledged progress of a reform plan for the armed forces to reduce the budget and the personnel, said Col Jittanat Punnotok  a deputy spokesman for the Defence Ministry.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai News Agency
Source: Pantipa Wacharath
Thai Central bank raises policy rate to 2 percent with immediate effect
The Bank of Thailand’s monetary policy committee unanimously voted on Wednesday to increase the policy rate by 0.25 percentage point to 2%, with immediate effect. Piti Disyatat, secretary of the... The post Thai Central bank raises policy rate to 2 percent with immediate effect first appeared on Thai PBS World
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Kitipat Chuensukjit
Thai Enquirer News Summary – June 1, 2023
The post Thai Enquirer News Summary – June 1, 2023 appeared first on Thai Enquirer.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai Enquirer
Source: Thai Enquirer Summary
Phuket set to be a new model for food waste disposal
With the Phuket tourism industry well on the way to recovery and aiming to welcome 12 million tourist arrivals this year, the problem of food waste is seen as an... The post Phuket set to be a new model for food waste disposal first appeared on Thai PBS World :
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Is Move Forward Party’s policy platform giving the markets the jitters?
Policy proposals to tackle monopoly and market dominance outlined by the new coalition expected to form the next government appears to have been given the cold shoulder by the stock... The post Is Move Forward Party’s policy platform giving the markets the jitters? first appeared on Thai PBS World :
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for... The post Earth is 'really quite sick now' and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says first
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Tulip Naksompop Blauw
Stereotypes exist in Thailand, but these youth refuse to be defined by them
It was midnight, deep in the fog-covered mountains close to the Thai-Myanmar border, when 26-year-old Somporn “Guy” Tumma was hit by an oncoming pickup-truck.  He came out of a coma almost a week later, disoriented, confused, with an open wound across his forehead and a chunk of his nose missing.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Thai Enquirer
Source: Thai Enquirer
Covert truck bribery stickers 'do exist'
Covert stickers showing that trucks operating illegally on Thailand's roads have paid bribes to police and other officials to avoid arrest do in fact exist, according to national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Phuket curbs visa overstays
Phuket's acclaimed crime-free project has proved successful, with over 1,000 foreigners caught overstaying their visas.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Dept on high alert for monkeypox
The Department of Disease Control is on alert for more monkeypox cases, especially among the LGBTQ community, saying the best way to prevent the disease is by reducing all close skin contact and not switching partners frequently.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Sri Lanka PM hails ties on Vesak Day
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena on his official visit to the kingdom and congratulated the country for its speedy economic recovery, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Yellow Line to open June 3 with one-month trial run
A one-month trial run of the new Yellow Line monorail will begin on June 3, with free rides for commuters during the period, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) said yesterday.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Factory owes workers B20m
Labour authorities have ordered an operator of a textile factory in Samut Prakan to speed up paying about 109 workers 19.33 million baht in total, plus 15% interest, in wages the employer had failed to pay them from July 2020 until this April.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Govt creates anti-torture law panel
The government has set up a panel to lay down regulations to ensure state agencies comply with the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post
Chinese held over B10bn cyber fraud
A Chinese couple living in a 67-million-baht house in Bangkok were arrested yesterday for alleged multinational fraud, with damages estimated at 10 billion baht, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) said.
Published on: 2023-06-01
Source: Bangkok Post