Mr. Suthep Chitvong chaired the meeting of the working groups to support the National Labour Day 2022. Mrs. Thiwalrat Angkinan, Mr. Suthi Sukosol, Mrs. Thienrat Navamawat, and Mr. Wannarat Srisuksai, joined the meeting. The meeting considered implement…
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Myanmar Rebel Group Denies Role in Alleged Drugs-for-Weapons Scheme
BANGKOK — A prominent armed group in Myanmar fighting the military regime that seized control of the country’s government last year denies claims in a U.S. court complaint of conspiring with Japan’s yakuza crime syndicate to buy surface-to-air missiles…
WHO Commends Government and MOL for Leading the Economy Together with Healthcare, Supporting Workers During COVID-19 on Human Rights Principles, and Helping Businesses Continue
Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin welcomed Dr. Samira Asma, Assistant Director of the World Health Organization Head Office in Geneva, Dr. Stella Chungong, Director of Health Security Preparedness, the WHO senior management team, and executives from…
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community forum calls for new approach on ASEAN Disaster Management
**JAKARTA, 28 April 2022 **– The ASEAN Secretariat organised the Trends and Foresight for ASEAN Disaster Management forum to discuss adaptive approaches to disaster management on 21 April.This is the second event of a series of forums under the ASEAN S…
Key points learned from Thammasat poll
Bangkok gubernatorial election made a big mockery of pollsters in 2013, when they expected M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra to lose heavily, only for him to win his second term with the highest number of votes ever. Current popularity surveys ahead of next m…
Two more Democrat members quit amid sex assault scandal
Two more Democrat Party members have issued their resignations, one from the party’s executive committee, and the other from the party, amid the sex abuse scandal in which former party deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi is allegedly implicated.Former Dem…