Thai Health Foundation Advocates for Alcohol-Free Songkran for Safety and Security
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On April 1st, 2024, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, StopDrink Network (SDN), and relevant agencies held a press conference on holding Songkran the Thai traditional way: Fun, safe, and without violence.
Dr. Pairoj Saonuam, the...
Join in the festive fun of Chinese New Year 2023 around Thailand
PRESS RELEASE:
Exciting, vibrant, and colorful festivities to celebrate Chinese New Year are being held in numerous destinations in the kingdom, including the North, South, Central, East, and Northeastern regions.
Bangkok, 16 January, 2023 – The Tourism...
Dazzling Vijit Chao Phraya 2023 Illuminates Bangkok’s Riverfront
PRESS RELEASE:
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched the 'Vijit Chao Phraya 2023', a dazzling light and color event along Bangkok's Chao Phraya River.
Part of the Thailand Winter Festival, this 31-night spectacle features...
Thailand is approaching Covid-19 redefinition as ‘endemic’ but with no exact timeframe, Public Health...
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Thailand's Covid-19 situation is improving and nearly calling the disease 'endemic' soon, the Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stated today, May 11th.
The Minister told the Associated Press after the meeting of the National...
Three women from the philippines arrested and charged with raising funds for a fake...
Pattaya-
At around 10:00 AM this morning three women from the philippines were arrested in Central Pattaya and charged with raising funds for a bogus charity for children.
The women are accused of working in the local...
Thai authorities to meet Monday for proposal allowing water-splashing activities in tourism heavy areas...
Bangkok -
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to propose a plan for Songkran celebrations including the permission to splash water at the next meeting of the Communicable Disease Committee on Monday, March...
Chonburi announces 189 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1 new death
Highlights:
180 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today
319 people recovered and were released from medical care
1 new death
The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 180 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today...
Thai PM orders serious investigation around accused corruption involving hundreds of expensive Kinnaree solar-powered street lamps installed...
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O'Cha yesterday, June 22nd, ordered an investigation around accused corruption in local governments following six hundred Kinnaree solar-powered street lamps installed in the Racha Thewa sub-district of the Samut Prakan...
Thaksin will Go to Jail If He Returns to Thailand, Caretaker Deputy PM Says
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently living in self-exile in Dubai, must serve his sentence in prison, not house arrest, if he returns home to Thailand, caretaker deputy prime minister Wissanu...
Most of Thailand’s National Parks to reopen next month
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Varawut Silpa-archa, the Environmental Minister of Thailand, stated to the associated press today that nearly all of Thailand's National Parks will reopen to the public next month after three months of closure due to...
