Saritdet Marukatat

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Thai Pavilion unfit for Osaka Expo theme?

6 days ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

Expo visitors call Thailand Pavilion a missed opportunity PUBLISHED : 18 Apr 2025 at 14:18 Visitors walk outside Thailand Pavilion at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo: Thailand Pavilion World Expo 2025 Facebook account) The Thai pavilion at the Osaka Exposition has faced criticism for being a costly project that failed to answer the theme set by the organisers and missed an opportunity to showcase the country's strengths to global visitors.
Cat lovers eager to adopt small feline found alive in collapsed highrise

2 weeks ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

PUBLISHED : 7 Apr 2025 at 15:48 Listen to this article Play Pause Vet Wipawadee Pathom-rapeepong poses with 'satong' on Monday, with activist Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet, alias Gun Jompalang, behind her. (Photo: Wipawadee Pet Clinic Facebook account) Cat lovers have flocked to a pet clinic's Facebook page, all hoping to adopt a small cat found alive by a sniffer dog amid the devastation of the collapsed State Audit Office building.
Myanmar pardons 4 Thai fishermen arrested in November

3 weeks ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

Paetongtarn welcomes the release, crew men to be expelled to Thailand PUBLISHED : 28 Mar 2025 at 10:39 Naval patrol vessels dock in Ranong after rescuing the crew from Thai trawlers that were fired upon by three Myanmar warships on Nov 30, 2024. (Photo: Royal Thai Navy) The Myanmar government has granted pardon to four Thai trawler crew members following repeated efforts by Thailand to secure their release after their arrest in November last year.
Thai Airways diverts London flight to Brussels after Heathrow shut

1 month ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

PUBLISHED : 21 Mar 2025 at 14:33 A general view of Heathrow Airport near London in 2016. (Photo: Reuters) Thai Airways International (THAI) decided to reroute a flight from London to Brussels on Friday due to a fire at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. Flight TG910, which departed Suvarnabhumi Airport at 12.44am, arrived at Brussels Airport in Belgium at 6.57am local time (12.57pm Thailand time), according to flight tracking websites flightradar24 and Flight Aware.
Sungai Kolok office resumes border passes after blasts

1 month ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

Malaysians in Kelantan urged not to cross border to Narathiwat for food PUBLISHED : 14 Mar 2025 at 13:17 District chief Supeeyan Taemohseng, wearing blue, inspects the damage at one of the buildings in the district compound of Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat province, on Thursday.
Court annuls 50-year-old regulation on student hairstyles

1 month ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

Enforcement was detrimental to students' well-being, court says PUBLISHED : 5 Mar 2025 at 18:06 Listen to this article Play Pause Students are no longer forced to wear their hair shaved short-back-and-sides. (Photo: Patipat Chanthong) The Supreme Administrative Court has revoked a controversial 50-year-old Education Ministry regulation that severely limited the way students could style their hair. The court's ruling, announced on Wednesday, is final.
'Six countries' tourism plan faces hurdles

2 months ago | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra inspects the progress of a road linking a new Sadao customs checkpoint with Malaysia’s Bukit Kayu Hitam customs checkpointing at Sadao customs checkpoint in Songkhla on Feb 18, 2025.
First Thai veteran in Korean War to be buried in S. Korea

Nov 8, 2024 | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

PUBLISHED : 8 Nov 2024 at 12:04 Listen to this article Play Pause A statue representing Thailand among the allies of the Korean War is installed outside the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: Saritdet Marukatat) When the remains of Command Sergeant Major Rod Asanapan are laid to rest at a memorial cemetery in South Korea next week, he will be the first Thai veteran of the Korean War to rest in peace in the land where he served for one year.
Paetongtarn revives Baan Phitsanulok

Sep 26, 2024 | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

PM gathers with top advisers at official residence that has gone largely unused since Chatichai era PUBLISHED : 26 Sep 2024 at 15:13 Baan Phitsanulok is back in the political limelight after more than three decades in which its role had become vastly diminished. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday strode into the ornate government guest house on Phitsanulok Road, where she chaired the first meeting with her five-member senior advisory team.
Let's give a hip hippo hooray for soft power!

Sep 24, 2024 | bangkokpost.com | Saritdet Marukatat

The two-month-old Moo Deng at Khao Kheow Open Zoo. (Photo: Jetjaras Na Ranong) Every breath you take / Every move you make / Every step you take / The world is watching you.