15 The levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter (PM2.5) will rise on Jan 18-20 due to air stagnation.
9 Thamanat Prompow, secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath Party, admitted loss in the by-election in the southern province and vowed to draw a lesson from it.
58 The Department of Medical Sciences has found Thai herbal fever medications can contain COVID-19 in test tubes.
21 The Board of Investment (BOI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to promote bilateral investment, business matching and technology transfer.
36 The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) on Friday started selling the first lot of 3 million antigen test kits at their cost price of 35 baht per kit at eight GPO stores.
13 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is satisfied with the latest peace talk for southern border provinces with representatives of an insurgent group, according to a deputy government spokesperson.
18 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration prepares 10,000 beds to cope with the outbreaks of COVID-19’s Omicron variant while strictly controlling the services of pubs and bars modified to operate as eateries for the time being.
20 Thailand is planning to collect a 300-baht entry fee from foreign tourists from April.
40 Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Koichi Hagiuda on Thursday paid a courtesy call on Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha at Government House.
22 Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has ordered the Thai Industrial Standards Institute to quickly announce an industrial standard for kratom leaf extract to promote related products after the kratom plant was removed from the country’s narcotic list.
34 The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and police are hunting for five hunters who killed two tigers in the Thong Pha Phum National Park.
28 The National Anti-Corruption Commission decided to bring to the Supreme Court a 240-million-baht budget allocation case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
