The vice mayor of a Tambon Administrative Organisation (TAO), in Khok Pho district of restive Pattani province, was shot and killed by insurgents on the Phet Kasem Road as he was returning home on a motorcycle from tending to his cattle on Friday evening.

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Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaised led officials of the Provincial Administration Department in a raid on an illegal pub in Pattaya early this morning. 219 customers tested positive for drugs.

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A total of 48,117 people have registered their senatorial candidacies across the country in the five days of registration which ended on Friday, according to Sawaeng Boonmee, secretary-general of the Election Commission (EC).

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Paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has categorically refuted any suggestion that the appointment of Phichit Chuenban, his family’s lawyer, as PM’s Office Minister, was a setup to undermine Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

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Nuntiwa Sae Jiew, or “Noon”, a Thai woman thought to have gone missing in Switzerland last month, has been found.

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The walls of La Lanta Fine Art are currently adorned with a thought-provoking exhibition titled “CONCEAL” by Sutee Kunavichayanont, an associate professor at Silpakorn University.

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A key suspect in the Ufun pyramid scheme was arrested at Don Mueang airport on Friday, after having fled the country almost a decade ago.

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The former Paris home of the statesman dubbed the father of Thai democracy, Pridi Banomyong, is in the headlines after being bought by Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to “preserve the spirit of the 1932 Siamese Revolution”.

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The Central Administrative Court has ordered the Election Commission (EC) to withdraw three regulations regarding the self-introduction of senatorial candidates. They are regulations 7, 8 and 11(2).

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The Student Loan Fund (SLF) has allocated 48.34 billion baht for the 2024 academic year, which is sufficient to lend to 769,009 students in need of educational funding, said Chainarong Katchapanan, manager of the SLF, on Friday.

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As a new round of macaque captures is underway, Lop Buri province is looking to setup a new tourist attraction, to be called “Muang Pipob Vanorn” (or macaque city), to help re-organise and clean up the central district.

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Singapore Airlines said Friday it has tightened seatbelt rules on its flights after one passenger died and more than 100 were injured when one of its planes hit severe turbulence.

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With increased awareness, people with schizophrenia could live in an understanding society, leading to greater inclusion, said Kruawon Tiengtom, a psychosocial disability advocate and former president of Living Association, speaking on World Schizophrenia Awareness Day.

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Smoke and toxic gases billowed out of the building in Cau Giay district, a densely populated district of Vietnam’s capital that is home to several universities, after a fire broke out around 12:30 am (1730 GMT Thursday).

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Muay Thai will be featured as a side program at the 2024 Olympic Games, being held in Paris between July 26 and-August 11, with the participation of more than 1,000 Muay Thai boxers from 24 countries on five continents, said Dr Sakchye Tapsuwan, president of the International

Although he can continue to function as prime minister, Srettha Thavisin still has to be afraid. Very afraid.

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Nineteen students were injured, some of whom are in a serious condition, when a “Songthaew” school bus, in which they were travelling, was struck by a pickup truck in Wang Nam Yen district of Sa Kaeo province today.

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A lawyer has filed a complaint with anti-corruption police, alleging that the signatures of some of the senators on a petition seeking a charter court ruling against the prime minister were forged.

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Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said today that he is confident that the decade-old pledging scheme rice will be auctioned off to buyers in African countries in June, as he insisted that there is no ulterior political motive, to “whitewash” any individuals, behind the rice