Thailand

PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen wants motorists who repeatedly flout traffic rules to be banned from driving....

The Internal Trade Department has banned the unauthorised export of face masks to ensure an adequate domestic supply, but outbound travellers are allowed to take a limited number with them....

A former school headmaster pleaded guilty to charges of multiple murder during the armed robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri province on Jan 9 at a hearing in the Criminal Court on Friday....

TOKYO: The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew....

President Donald Trump on Thursday scorned the best picture Oscar for South Korean film "Parasite," asking how a foreign movie could get the honour....

HONG KON: A spike in new virus cases outside China spooked Asian markets Friday after Wall Street pulled back from record highs as more companies warned earnings could be hurt by the epidemic....

HONG KON: A spike in new virus cases outside China spooked Asian markets Friday after Wall Street pulled back from record highs as more companies warned earnings could be hurt by the epidemic....

The residents of Ban Saen Jai Pattana, an A-ka village in Mae Fah Luang district of Chiang Rai, showcase living in harmony with nature. (Video by Jetjaras Na Ranong)...

The Thai embassy in Astana has advised against making a visit to Kazakhstan, which has decreed a period of 14-days house quarantine for people arriving from Thailand....

BEIJING: An eruption of new virus cases in South Korea, Iran and Chinese hospitals and prisons rekindled concerns on Friday about the spread of a deadly disease that has killed more than 2,200 people....

BEIJING: The earliest vaccine for the coronavius that has killed more than 2,000 in China alone will be submitted for clinical trials around late April, China's Vice Science and Technology Minister Xu Nanping said on Friday....

SYDNEY: Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, raising questions about Japan's policy of allowing evacuees to return home after testing negative....

The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department will post the prices of 300 medical services offered by various private hospitals on its website later this month so people can view them before agreeing to treatment....

There is no law barring retired soldiers from occupying military housing, Defence Ministry spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich said on Thursday....

KANCHANABURI: Authorities have given Kok Kot resort, accused of encroaching on forest land in Erawan National Park, 30 days to demolish its buildings even though prosecutors say the owner had no intention of committing wrongdoing....

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry said it is educating agrochemical suppliers nationwide on the sale of the herbicide glyphosate to comply with the latest resolution of the National Hazardous Substance Committee. The ministry said the step is need...

The Royal Forest Department has agreed to examine the legitimacy of land owned by the mother of Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit in Ratchaburi province after Palang Pracharath Party MP Pareena Kraikupt asked it to apply equa...

The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) is set to ask the central bank for a further easing of requirements for loan-loss provisions after banks offered relief measures to customers affected by the coronavirus crisis....

BEIJING: China's central Hubei province had 411 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the province's health commission said on Friday, up from 349 cases a day earlier....

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) forecasts 19 industrial sectors will be affected by the coronavirus outbreak in terms of export volume and logistics systems from Thailand to China....

The Thailand MotoGP will go ahead in March after the country's government decided "there is no major risk" from coronavirus, the race organisers said on Thursday....

The House of Representatives has voted down a motion to form a committee to study ways to prevent future coups....

Prosecutors are seeking the death sentence for Prasittichai Khaokaew, the school director-turned-killer who robbed a gold shop in Lop Buri last month....

The Defence Ministry is planning to set up a technology industrial estate so Thailand can stand on its own feet when it comes to manufacturing weapons....

The Constitutional Court will on Friday deliver a ruling in the loan controversy that has engulfed the Future Forward Party (FFP), and while some academics don't expect the party to be dissolved, they believe its executives may be held responsible....

Thailand will classify Covid-19 as a "dangerous" communicable disease, a term used for conditions requiring specific control, such as mandatory quarantine....

Evidently in a mood to condemn fake news, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha went on Twitter on Thursday (February 20) insisting theres no Covid-19 cover-up going on in Thailand....

Opposition chief whip Sutin Klungsang is confident the opposition will be able to petition the national anti-graft body to pursue six corruption cases against certain cabinet ministers who will be grilled in a censure debate from next Monday until Thursda...

Central Retail Corporation (CRC), Thailand's largest retailer and the retail arm of Central Group, is upbeat about its business prospects as it launched the country's largest-ever market capitalisation offering on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (S...

There is only bewilderment at this point about a mans plunge from the fifth level of CentralWorld in Bangkok on Thursday afternoon (February 20)....

A move by Future Forward Party (FFP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul on establishing a commission to prevent another coup in the future was rejected by the House of Representatives....

The Foreign Affairs Ministrys Department of Consular Affairs has advised Thais in China to leave the country as the Covid-19 coronavirus spreads....

LONDON - British police on Thursday said they were not treating as terror related a London mosque stabbing in which an elderly worshipper suffered non life-threatening injuries....

Two former passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship who had been diagnosed with coronavirus infections have died, according to Japanese authorities....

Three Thai people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship currently in quarantine in Japan were found infected with the new coronavirus or Covid-19, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Cherdkiat Atthakorn said....

Thai Airways International will cancel some flights to eight countries this and next months as the coronavirus outbreak has crippled air travel....

The Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Thursday (February 20) that a high-pressure system still covers the Northeast and the South China Sea while continuous strong easterly winds prevail across the Gulf of Thailand....

TOKYO: Two elderly former passengers from the coronavirus-stricken "Diamond Princess" died on Thursday, Japanese authorities said, as fears mounted for those who have left the ship after testing negative for the virus....

Consumer advocacy groups have reminded prospective buyers of risks of buying Chevrolet cars after the US manufacturer announced its decision to pull out of Thailand....

The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department is scheduled to post the prices of 300 medical services on the department's website later this month so consumers can view them before deciding to receive the services....

Shares in coronavirus-hit economies of Thailand and Singapore lost footing on Thursday as a sharp jump in infections outside mainland China overshadowed Beijing's widely-anticipated interest rate cut....

A 12-year-old schoolboy was seriously injured when he fell from a third-floor escalator while reaching for his dropped mobile phone at CentralWorld shopping complex in Bangkok's Ratchaprasong area on Thursday afternoon....

The government is making preparations "just in case" the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic enters the third, worst-case stage in Thailand, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday....

The share price of SET-listed Central Retail Corporation Plc (CRC) ended in the red on the first day of trading Thailand's largest-ever market capitalisation equity on Thursday, amid sentiments blighted by the Covid-19 epidemic....

The Constitutional Court has ruled a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion in Thailand....

The Constitutional Court has ruled a section on abortion of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because it breaches the equality of men and women....

Korean B-segment hatchback highlights mild hybrid and safety tech....

Political activist Sirawith "Ja New" Seritiwat has expressed disbelief after being informed the police investigation into the violent and very public assault on him last year has been halted....

The government expects public investment spending of more than 400 billion baht in the second quarter to help the flagging economy weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Thursday....

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted down the Future Forward Party's motion for a committee to study ways to prevent future military coups....