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Oct 17, 2026

Police officer and insurgent killed in Narathiwat clash

One police officer was killed and two paramilitary ranger volunteers injured in a clash with suspected insurgents in Sri Sakhon district of Narathiwat on Saturday. One suspected insurgent was also killed.


Oct 17, 2026

Chinese fugitive ‘oversaw mule accounts worth B2.5 billion’

Thai police have arrested a Chinese fugitive in Bangkok for allegedly managing mule accounts that circulated over 500 million yuan and arranging visas for members of transnational criminal gangs.


Oct 17, 2026

Questions mount over gambling site and MP’s husband

Former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopha is demanding a deeper investigation into the blocking of the crypto gambling website Shuffle.com and the role played in the business by the husband of Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap.


Oct 17, 2026

Restarting after Hamas terror

Ouijai Chaisri was hoping to mark her 44th birthday on Oct 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its attacks on Israel, reshaping the Middle East.


Oct 17, 2026

THAI opens compensation site for flood-hit passengers

Thai Airways International has approved compensation measures for passengers affected by flight delays, cancellations and delayed baggage caused by heavy rain and flooding between Sept 26 and 30.


Oct 17, 2026

Promised China trip never booked, 45 students stranded at airport

An investigation has been ordered after 45 Thai students were stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport after being promised a field trip to China, only to learn there were no flight tickets for them on the departure date.


Oct 17, 2026

Flood woes test People’s Party

The devastating floods that paralysed large parts of Bangkok have revived a familiar but consequential question in Thai politics: What exactly do voters expect from their elected MPs when a crisis strikes?


Oct 17, 2026

Minister apologises over e-harvester price blunder

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has apologised for mistakenly quoting a price of 16 million baht each for electric rice harvesters, insisting the ministry has no plans to buy the machines.


Oct 17, 2026

Academic asks why BMA overlooked flood projects

A Kasetsart University academic has questioned why Bangkok allocated more than 34 billion baht to flood prevention over two years while omitting six major eastern water-retention projects from its action plans.


Oct 17, 2026

Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand

Coconut farmer Sombat Chuekrod travelled more than 200 kilometres to join hundreds on the streets of Bangkok on Friday demanding that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank change how they deal with the developing world.


Oct 17, 2026

Households in NE economically vulnerable: poll

The household economy in the northeastern region was "vulnerable" during the third quarter, with no expectations of improvement for the rest of the year, a recent poll found.


Oct 17, 2026

Korn urges govt to take action on scams

Democrat Party deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij has urged the government to step up its fight against scam networks, warning that international cooperation means little without action at home.


Oct 16, 2026

New tour buses to hit roads

Phuket will launch a hop-on, hop-off sightseeing bus service next Tuesday, connecting 11 destinations across the island with hourly departures from Central Phuket Floresta.


Oct 16, 2026

Anutin calls for global cooperation

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul called on countries to work together to tackle rapid global change as he formally opened the plenary session of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings.


Oct 16, 2026

Academic asks why the BMA overlooked projects

A Kasetsart University academic has questioned why Bangkok allocated more than 34 billion baht to flood prevention over two years while omitting six major eastern water-retention projects from its action plans.


Oct 16, 2026

Govt urged to rethink tax allocations

Movendi International has urged Thailand to abandon plans to scrap its earmarked tax system, warning that the move could expose public health policies to political interference and pressure from the alcohol and tobacco industries.


Oct 16, 2026

Hospitals brace for heavy rain

The Public Health Ministry has assigned deputy permanent secretary Dr Sakda Alapach to lead a forward operations centre for heavy rain in 37 districts of seven southern provinces.


Oct 16, 2026

Minister apologises over e-harvester price blunder

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has apologised for mistakenly quoting 16 million baht per electric harvester, insisting the ministry has no plans to buy the machines.


Oct 16, 2026

OECD push requires law reform, say experts

Thailand needs to upgrade its legal and judicial systems ahead of joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), academics say.


Oct 16, 2026

Expert urges Thai banks to join green finance network

Thailand’s financial institutions should join an international green finance capacity-building network and help develop training materials tailored to the local market, according to Ma Jun, a leading Chinese green finance expert.


Oct 16, 2026

Anutin confident of joining OECD by 2028

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is confident Thailand remains on track to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) by 2028 after receiving positive feedback from its secretary-general on the country’s preparations.


Oct 16, 2026

China seeks closer ties on clean energy, high tech

A senior Chinese embassy official has highlighted the resilience of China’s economy and its readiness to deepen cooperation with Thailand in high-tech industries and clean energy to support the country’s economic development.


Oct 16, 2026

200 tonnes of hazardous aluminium byproduct seized in Samut Sakhon

Authorities seized more than 200 tonnes of suspected aluminium dross stored in a warehouse in Muang district of Samut Sakhon province on Friday.


Oct 16, 2026

Thai farmers, fishermen challenge IMF, World Bank in Bangkok

Thai farmers, fishermen and workers marched through Bangkok on Friday as global finance and business leaders gathered for IMF and World Bank meetings, demanding a say in policies shaping their livelihoods.


Oct 16, 2026

Protesters blocked from reaching IMF, World Bank meeting venue

Demonstrators faced a police blockade banning them on Friday from marching to the meeting venue of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to air grievances against the two institutions.


Oct 16, 2026

Protesters blocked from reaching IMF meeting venue

Demonstrators faced a police blockade banning them on Friday from marching to the meeting venue of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to air grievances against the two institutions.


Oct 16, 2026

Tuk-tuk driver fined 1,500 baht over 4,000-baht fare demand from Russian tourists

Police have fined a tuk-tuk driver 1,500 baht after he demanded 4,000 baht from two Russian tourists, who attended The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour for a journey to Sukhumvit 4, although they ultimately paid him only 400 baht.


Oct 16, 2026

Tuk-tuk driver fined over B4,000 fare demand from tourists

Police have fined a tuk-tuk driver 1,500 baht after he demanded 4,000 baht from two Russian tourists, who attended The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour for a journey to Sukhumvit 4, although they ultimately paid him only 400 baht.


Oct 16, 2026

Five security volunteers injured in pipe bomb attack in Yala

Two homemade pipe bombs were thrown into a security unit’s operational base in Bannang Sata district, Yala province late on Thursday evening, leaving five security volunteers injured.


Oct 16, 2026

New airport baggage inspection starts on Friday

Airport authorities can open checked baggage during the screening process without the presence of the passenger from Friday in a new regulation to increase aviation safety.


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