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BANGKOK, Apr 14 (NNN-TNA) – Five people were killed in a blaze, aboard a double-decker bus, in north-eastern Thailand, early yesterday, police said. Two of the five victims were children, who were seated on the top deck, when the bus caught fire, on Mittraphap Road, in Ban Haet district of Khon Kaen province, said provincial […]
The Philippine foreign ministry said Tuesday it had confronted Beijing’s envoy over the “illegal lingering” of Chinese boats at a contested reef in the South China Sea, stepping up the diplomatic row. Tensions over the resource-rich sea have spiked after hundreds of Chinese boats were spotted last month at the boomerang-shaped Whitsun Reef in the Spratly Islands, where Beijing and […]
Saksayam Chidchob was previously best known as the “nominee” of his older brother, veteran politician Newin. However, last week he landed himself in trouble by becoming the first Cabinet member and highest-ranking government official to test positive for COVID-19. News of his infection sparked public anger amid strong rumours he contracted the virus at a […]
Five passengers, including two children, were killed and several others were injured when a double-decker tour bus, in which they were travelling, caught fire on the Friendship Highway in Ban Haed district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen on Monday night. Initial reports indicate that journey of the bus, operated by 407 Pattana Company, […]
With little to celebrate as they kicked off the Burmese New Year on Tuesday, people across Myanmar staged holiday-themed protests to defy the military junta in what an activist called “a funeral wake for the whole country,” while the U.N. rights chief said she feared the nation faces a fate similar to war-shattered Syria. Opponents […]
The Ministry of Interior has improved civil registration services by adopting the digital system to provide people with more convenience in seeking these services at district offices, or local registration offices, in line with the “new normal” situation from the COVID-19 outbreak. It has submitted a draft ministerial regulation on the operations of officials […]