GMMTV’s upcoming highly anticipated Thai drama Ploy’s Yearbook has finally unveiled its official trailer and release date. The production house is currently premiering shows like Beauty Newbie, 23.5 (23point5), and My Precious The Series. GMMTV is gearing up to unveil its latest project, Ploy’s Yearbook, which features a star-studded cast. The drama follows the love stories of five … Read more
GMMTV has lifted the curtain for the much-awaited Thai Drama My Precious The Series. Thanks to the success of My Precious movie last year, fans will finally follow the story of Tong (Nanon Korapat Kirdpan) and Lin (Film Rachanun Mahawan) in a series that serves as an extended version. My Precious tells the tale of a young first … Read more
BANGKOK — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year returned from more than a decade of self-imposed exile to serve a prison sentence for misdeeds committed while in office, has been granted parole and could be released this weekend, the country’s justice minister announced Tuesday. Parole for Thaksin would be a symbol of … Read more
BANGKOK — State prosecutors in Thailand said Tuesday they have revived an investigation into whether former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra almost nine years ago violated the law against defaming the monarch, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Thaksin had been charged in 2016 with violating the law on royal defamation — … Read more
BANGKOK — A Thai court on Wednesday convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year suspended jail term under a controversial law that criminalizes any perceived criticism of the royal institution. Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon, better known by her nickname “Mind,” had pleaded not guilty to an offense under … Read more
Thai opposition lawmaker Pita Limjaroenrat returned to parliament a day after the country’s top court cleared him of allegations he had violated election rules, vowing to scrutinize government policies including a multi-billion-baht cash handout scheme. Pita resumed his lawmaker duties on Thursday, after the Constitutional Court said his equity stake in a defunct media firm … Read more
BANGKOK — Fifteen suspected drug smugglers were killed and about 2 million methamphetamine tablets seized in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border after a shootout with Thai soldiers, Thai officials said. The clash, which occurred Saturday night, came after the local army received a tip that there would be smuggling activity near the border in … Read more
BANGKOK — State prosecutors in Thailand indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering and association with a transnational criminal organization, said a statement received Friday from the attorney-general’s office. The senator, Upakit Pachariyangkun, denied all the charges when he appeared Thursday at criminal court in Bangkok, and … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BANGKOK — Nearly every morning since her son went missing in southern Israel, Buasri Jirachart, 50, visited the Buddhist temples near her home in northeast Thailand to pray for his release. He was one of several dozen Thai migrant workers taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 … Read more
Israeli officials received a list of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip due to be released Sunday, the prime minister’s office said. Their family members have been notified, it said, without specifying their identities or how many are in the group — the third due to be released since fighting paused. The release of … Read more