BANGKOK: Bangkok residents should beware of harmful levels of PM2.5 from Nov 9-12, the city administration cautioned on Wednesday (Nov 8). The assistant secretary to the Bangkok governor and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) spokesman, Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, said that due to co-related factors and the weather, air quality was expected to be poor from Nov 9-12. The concentration...
KUALA LUMPUR: The formation of several task forces between Malaysia and Thailand is a timely move to boost agricultural cooperation and promote tourism in both countries. Malaysian Padi Farmers Brotherhood Organisation (PeSawah) special functions exco Abdul Rashid Yob said through the task forces, Malaysia would be able to gain knowledge and new ideas, learn from Thai...
22-year-old Supha Sangaworawong, better known as Est, is an idol in and out of the pool. The 19th Asian Games currently happening in Hangzhou, China has no lack of eye candy. Hey, even the policemen are capable of an steal hearts while simply on patrol. However, a certain athlete on the Thai swim team has been getting recognised at...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob says he hopes that a chair in Malay studies can be established at all universities locally and abroad in a bid to empower the Malay language. He said this in response to the recent establishment of the chair named in his honour at the Thai Global...
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim met with his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin for the first time in New York on Thursday (Sept 21) evening. This meeting was also attended by delegations from both countries who are attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "This meeting provides opportunities to strengthen existing cooperation while exploring...
CHAI NAT, Thailand (Reuters) - After finishing her latest rice harvest, Sripai Kaeo-eam hurriedly cleared her fields and planted a new crop in late August — ignoring a Thai government advisory to restrict further sowing of the grain this year to conserve water. "This crop is our hope," said the 58-year-old farmer in Thailand's central Chai...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday he did not agree with allowing recreational use of cannabis, though its medical use would remain a policy under his administration. Srettha was speaking in an interview with Thai digital news outlet, The Standard. "Cannabis policy will be medical cannabis. On recreational use, I do...
MELAKA: Fifteen Thai women were among 22 people arrested during a raid at a nightclub located in Taman Melaka Raya here. State Immigration Department director Anirwan Fauzee Mohd Aini said his officers detained the Thai women suspected of working as hostesses, while five Bangladeshi men employed as crew members at the nightclub were also picked up. “We...
We all know how it works when you apply for medical leave when you're not actually being sick. You stay at home, enjoy some me time, and get back to the grind the next day. Or if you’re daring, head out and pray you don’t run into your boss. But what if you’re a star as famous and popular...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to hospital overnight, officials said on Wednesday, over concern about his heart and high blood pressure on his first night in jail following his historic return from self-exile. The latest condition of 74-year-old Thaksin, the billionaire founder of the populist juggernaut Pheu Thai, was not clear...
