Over 500 Buddhists gather at Canada’s Parliament Hill for Vesak
OTTAWA, Canada — Thai Buddhist monks were among more than 500 clergy and laypeople from 56 organisations across Canada who gathered at Parliament Hill...
Scam ringleader “Soe Rose” nabbed for luring Thais to Cambodian scam compounds
BANGKOK — 29 May 2026, The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) has dismantled a transnational scammer gang, arresting an alleged Thai ringleader known as...
Princess Sirivannavari appointed WIPO’s first fashion ambassador
GENEVA — 28 May 2026, Thailand’s Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya has been conferred the title of Fashion and Design Ambassador of the World Intellectual...
Thai police unit bans 6 postures in uniform, citing public trust
BANGKOK — Thailand's Royal Protection Police Sub-Division 1 has issued a list of six body postures that uniformed officers are prohibited from adopting while...
Three foreigners held at Phuket airport with 38 phones
PHUKET — 28 May 2026, Thai customs officials arrested three foreign nationals at Phuket International Airport after they allegedly attempted to bring 38 undeclared...
Mortar shell drops from concrete truck, sending workers fleeing
AMNAT CHAROEN — 28 May 2026, Construction workers at a reservoir weir site fled for safety after a mortar shell reportedly fell from a...
Thailand invites public to Bangkok Pride 2026, driving bid for World Pride 2030
BANGKOK — 29 May 2026, This Sunday, the Thai government has invited the public to join “Bangkok Pride Festival 2026,” experiencing a grand 5-kilometer...
Mae Sot-Myawaddy border crossing shut by Myanmar conflict reopens after 10 months
TAK — 28 May 2026, The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge and its permanent border checkpoint at Mae Sot reopened on Thursday for the first...
Thai navy buys 2 Airbus C295s to boost its ‘aerial dimension at sea’
BANGKOK — 27 May 2026, The Royal Thai Navy has signed a procurement agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for two C295 maritime patrol...
Thai cave rescue team appeals for oxygen tanks as extraction looms
VIENTIANE, Laos — 28 May 2026, Rescue teams working to extract five survivors trapped in a cave in Laos's Xaisomboun province are urgently appealing...
