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Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:53:00 +0700
State media: Chinese tennis star Peng to reappear 'soon'
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been staying in her own home “freely” and will make a public appearance “soon”, a prominent state-media journalist said on Saturday.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:32:00 +0700
Vietnamese tourist island dreams big
Tour guide Lai Chi Phuc has been counting down the days until travellers return to the white-sand beaches and thick tropical jungle of Phu Quoc, a once-poor Vietnamese fishing island pushing to be Asia’s next holiday hotspot as pandemic restriction...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:26:00 +0700
Elephant herd lingers in Prachin Buri plantation
PRACHIN BURI: A herd of wild elephants was still lingering at a plantation behind a temple in Kabin Buri district on Saturday despite forestry officials’ attempts to drive them back to the forest.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:58:00 +0700
Covid ‘patient zero’ debate heats up
A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases in China says that an influential World Health Organization inquiry had likely got the early chronology of the pandemic wrong.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 12:22:00 +0700
400,000 krathong floats collected in Bangkok
A total of 403,235 krathong floats, most made of natural materials, have been collected from Bangkok waterways after Friday’s Loy Krathong festival, down 18.1% from last year.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:15:00 +0700
Warning over bid to legalise porn videos
MPs have been warned not to support a proposal by a group calling for the legalisation of pornographic videos or they could breach the ethical code for parliamentarians.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:11:00 +0700
Fine Arts Department wants to protect old railway terminus
The Fine Arts Department (FAD) will register Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station as a national heritage in a bid to shield it from development plans.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:04:00 +0700
6,595 new Covid cases, 53 new deaths
Thailand logged 6,595 new Covid-19 cases and 53 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 07:47:00 +0700
Honda mulls building EV battery plant
Honda Automobile (Thailand) is considering building an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Thailand to serve the country's fledging EV industry.

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 07:09:00 +0700
Power bills poised to rise 4.6% in early 2022
Power bills are set to increase by 4.6% from January to April next year to an average of 3.78 baht per kilowatt hour (unit) as Thailand needs to import costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation, says the Energy Regulatory Commissi...



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