BANGKOK: Ko Muang Phet, a magnificent albino buffalo owned by Damrongsak Morakot in Phetchaburi province, recently made headlines when it was bought for a whopping 18 million baht (RM2.3mil). Renowned for its striking beauty and colossal size, the buffalo is known for its remarkable breeding capability because 90% of its offspring will be born with albino...
PETALING JAYA: Tan Cheng Hoe has become the first Malaysian to coach a club in a Thai League football match. The 55-year-old, who was appointed Police Tero coach on Feb 29, was on the sideline when his side held Nakhon Pathom 1-1 at the Boonyachinda Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday (March 2). Police Tero's goal was scored...
Thai public prosecutors said they would charge an ex-police chief for helping the heir of the Red Bull energy drink fortune avoid prosecution after he was accused of killing a police officer in a hit-and-run in 2012. Somyot Poompanmoung, a former head of Thai police, and seven other officials were indicted for not performing their duties...
He was unconscious for two days following the attack but has since recovered. So we’ve all heard of pretty privilege, but have you heard of someone getting bullied because of their good looks? Sadly, that’s what happened to a 15-year-old Thai teenager named Mooyong, who was beaten up by a group of thugs in his hometown of Ban Dung, Udon Thani...
PETALING JAYA: Tourists are advised to bring RM1,992 cash with the new travel requirement to enter Thailand. In an interview with the Indonesian network RRI, the Minister Counsellor of the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok, Dewi Lestari, clarified that this regulation applies to all foreign tourists coming into Thailand regardless of their country of origin, with the...
BANGKOK: Thailand wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, the nation’s health minister said, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalisation drive two years ago out of business. The nation will seek to get a new cannabis bill...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin drove his daughter’s yellow hatchback electric car to the year’s first meeting of the National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) at Government House on Wednesday (Feb 21). Srettha, who stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 4 in) tall, steered the small Abarth 500e, made by Stellantis, through the main gate of...
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thai Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, who is also commerce minister, dismissed talk that former premier Thaksin Shinawatra will start influencing the country’s administration now that he is out on parole. Phumtham said on Feb 19 that those who have such concerns are stuck in the past. Thaksin, who formed the Thai Rak...
She bought the two-month-old lion for 250K baht (S$9331). Talk about exotic pets. A Chinese woman was recently arrested for keeping a lion cub in her hotel room in Phuket, Thailand. She was said to have brought the cub down to the hotel's cafe daily for walks, and would let it roam free in the establishment for up to three hours. Clearly,...
PETALING JAYA: Thailand’s women’s singles shuttler Ratchanok Intanon’s absence will not make the task any easier for Malaysia in the women’s team event in the Asia Team Championships. The team led by independent women’s singles player Goh Jin Wei are set to face Thailand in Group Y in the team meet from Feb 13-18 at home...
