Taiwan will spend close to NT$240 billion (289 billion baht) on eight types of weapons to help boost its defences in the face of growing military threats from Beijing.

SONGKHLA: Residents of a historical community fled for their lives as a fire destroyed six of their timber homes in Hat Yai township on Monday.

Around half of all vehicles randomly checked on the roads were polluters, with exhaust emissions exceeding legal limits, the Pollution Control Department said.

A 19-year-old pickup driver was arrested after taking delivery of more than 2 million methamphetamine pills smuggled across the Mekong River to Nong Khai province.

Singapore's financial regulator told companies in the cryptocurrency industry to refrain from advertising their services to the public, in line with the city-state's desire to curb retail speculation in volatile digital assets.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha sees no conflict within the coalition government arising out of Sunday's by-elections in Chumphon and Songkhla provinces, in which the Democrat Party comfortably retained both seats.

Global tourism is on its way to a “long-term, sustainable recovery” as more travellers and countries recognise the endemic nature of Covid-19, according to hotel operator Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd.

The second Omicron-related death has been recorded in Thailand, an 84-year-old unvaccinated woman with terminal lung cancer in Udon Thani province.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has questioned whether people meddling behind the scenes could be the cause of the current shortage and high price of pork meat.

PHUKET: Frontline health workers in the government and private sectors have started receiving their fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19, Vachira Phuket Hospital deputy director Withita Jaeng-iam said on Monday.