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The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand has directed Advance Info Service (AIS) to explain the mobile phone service disruption on Friday evening on Monday….

Udom “Nose” Taepanich, 55, is synonymous with stand-up comedy in Thailand. A comedian, artist, and writer, Nose uses humor to satirize society and anything he finds amusing about Thailand, and…

It is believed that the fatal fire at the Map Ta Phut Tank Terminal company, an affiliate of the Siam Cement Group (SCG) in Rayong province on Thursday, was not…

Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that his Bhumjaithai party had fulfilled its election pledge to decriminalise cannabis, but the party was double-crossed when its associated bill passed its first…

About five hours after a fire erupted at a Map Tha Phut Tank Terminal firm in Rayong province, firefighters have still been unable to extinguish it. As of 4.30pm, it…

The person who exposed the scandal in the well-known Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice pledging plan, Dr Warong Dechgitvigrom, has cautioned Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and the Pheu Thai party to avoid causing trouble with the rice issue.

The Thai military is ready to buy decade-old rice from the pledging scheme, but only if it's confirmed to be safe for people to eat. Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang announced this today.

Efforts to amend the post-coup Constitution so that a “more democratic” version can be written are picking up steam after the Cabinet decided late last month that three referendums will…

Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta on Wednesday denied a request by former Cambodian leader Hun Sen for talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained since a…

In a reversal of the previous administration’s policy to decriminalise cannabis and hemp, the Pheu Thai-led government has decided to reclassify cannabis as a Category 5 narcotic, with the exception…