Ex-Thai PM Thaksin claims major pork merchants are hoarding frozen meat
Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has claimed that there are 4 or 5 major pork merchants who have cold storage facilities in Thailand, each with the capacity to store up to 400,000 kgs of frozen pork for up to six months, and that they ha…
Thailand’s opposition seeks to grill government in Parliament in mid-February
Thai opposition parties announced today (Wednesday) that they will submit a motion to the House Speaker this Friday or next Monday to seek a general debate against the government over its handling of the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and African Swine…
Ex-PPRP execs launch new party, vow not to nominate Prayut for another premier term
Former leading members of the ruling Palang Pracharat Party have formed a new political party, Sarng Anakot Thai party, vowing not to nominate Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the party’s prime ministerial candidate so that he can return for another…
No conflict between labour minister and Thammanat Prompao – government chief whip
Government chief whip Nirote Sunthornlekha has played down reported friction between Thailand’s Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin and Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) Secretary-General Thammanat Prompao over a recent Line group chat leak.On Tuesday, Suchar…
Ruling Palang Pracharat party sacks Thammanat Prompao, 20 other dissident MPs
The ruling Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) sacked its controversial secretary-general, Thammanat Prompao, and 20 other MPs loyal to him on Wednesday, further threatening the stability of the party formed just a year before the 2019 general elections and …
North Korea Hints at New Nuclear, ICBM Tests
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea is hinting it will resume long-range missile and nuclear tests in response to what it calls the “intensifying hostile moves” of the United States.Any such test would significantly escalate U.S.-North Korea tensions, whi…
A tale of two by-elections: Polls offer clues as Thailand heads into election countdown
Last Sunday’s by-elections in the southern provinces of Songkhla and Chumphon saw fierce battles between the ruling Palang Pracharath and Democrat Party coalition partners.Victory went to the Democrats, who had dominated the South until the last genera…
Indonesian Militant Gets 15 Years in Jail Over Bali Attacks
An Islamic militant who eluded capture for 18 years was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday after an Indonesian court found him guilty of hiding information about the 2002 Bali bombings from authorities and harboring other suspects.Prosecutors…