BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Former culture minister Ittipol Khunpluem has offered to surrender to authorities to fight a malfeasance case, a senior anti-graft official said on Friday (Sept 22).
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Transport Ministry is taking steps to ensure that international airports throughout the country are ready for an expected influx of foreign tourists due to the government’s free visa policy that takes effect on Monday (Sept 25).
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Several areas of the Bangkok metropolitan area, which covers Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces, were inundated on Thursday (Sept 21) evening after the city was hit by several hours of heavy rain that started about 5pm and did not let up until the small hours.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Thursday (Sept 21) that he has no plan to replace the governor of the Bank of Thailand, dismissing media reports that said he was considering removing Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput from the post as “funny”.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Chiang Mai Agricultural Engineering Research Institute has introduced a handheld harvesting machine for coffee beans that works 1.8-2.04 times faster than a human picker.