
Search, Rescue Efforts Under Way for 30 Missing Sailors
Scuba divers from the Sattahip Naval Base were deployed to search for 30 sailors who went missing after HTMS Sukhothai sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
Scuba divers from the Sattahip Naval Base were deployed to search for 30 sailors who went missing after HTMS Sukhothai sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
Police from the Police Cyber Task Force raided three illegal arsenals in Chiang Mai, Surin and Chon Buri provinces. They arrested four suspects and impounded 30 guns, 32,000 bullets, five luxury cars and cash worth altogether 50 million baht.
People were startled with about 100 gas cylinders floating on flooded roads in Kho Hong municipality in Hat Yai district while a landslide toppled about 10 power poles in another area of this southern province.
The Royal Household Bureau said that the conditions of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati were stable at a certain degree.
Three sailors were seriously injured while 78 out of all106 sailors were being rescued from their sinking HTMS Sukhothai corvette off Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Dec 18.
The Department of Religious Affairs organized prayer ceremonies for the recovery of HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati who is ill.
The power tariff will remain unchanged at 4.72 baht per unit but that for other groups of power users will rise to 5.69 baht from January to April next year.
Foreigners invested as much as 112.47 billion baht in Thailand in the first 11 months of this year, up by 74% from the same period last year, said Deputy Commerce Minister Sinit Lertkrai.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha returned from the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit and said he happily learned there that many regions were interested in Thailand.
The Department of Special Investigation was assigned to investigate a money-laundering case related to Chinese businessman Chaiyanat “Tuhao” Kornchayanant as authorities have impounded assets worth 4.40 billion baht suspected of involvement with his alleged illicit business.
PTT Group will increase its price of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) by one baht per kilogram on Dec 16 except for taxis while the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will be frozen until next month.
Amid the World Cup 2022 fever, people in this central plain province organized a special and rare football match between school children and elephants which was fun and ended with a penalty shoot-out.