While a majority of people in southern Thailand support the proposed Land Bridge megaproject, more than half say they have only a limited understanding of it, according to a Nida poll survey released on Sunday.  

A helicopter crashed behind a PTT petrol station near the BTS maintenance depot on Sukhumvit Road in Muang district of Samut Prakan province on Sunday morning, leaving two people injured.

The number of companies registering in "high-risk" sectors has declined sharply following efforts to tighten business registration, says the Department of Business Development (DBD).

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not take any formal advisory role after his expected parole from prison, though he remains a key ideological influence within Pheu Thai, says leader Julapun Amornvivat.

Hotspots were detected across northern Thailand during the last week of April as forest fires raged despite intensified efforts by authorities to bring them under control. Most fires were found in forest zones.

Chadchart Sittipunt has signalled he will run for another term as Bangkok governor, while the People's Party (PP) has stepped up an early campaign for City Hall.

The Commerce Ministry has broadened its "Thai Chuay Thai Plus" (Thais Helping Thais Plus) initiative, a move aimed at easing the cost of living while stimulating consumption.

TEHRAN - A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was “likely”, hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal.

SURAT THANI - Security officials have raided a school on Koh Phangan that was being run illegally by Thai and Iranian operators, and found 89 Israeli children.

Deputy Transport Minister Sanphet Bunyamanee says he is pushing for a 5-billion-baht cruise terminal on Koh Samui in the southern province of Surat Thani, with a targeted completion date in 2032.