19 Rangers of the Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park saw a Bryder’s whale feeding in the boundary of the park, showing the abundant marine resources of the lower southern Thai sea.
14 The wife of late Karen activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen asked the Office of the Attorney General to speed up the case of her husband’s death after the Department of Special Investigation finished additional interrogation.
64 The Public Health Ministry will lower its COVID-19 alert from Level 4 to Level 3 and propose relaxed restrictions as the disease’s situation is stable.
23 The cabinet on Tuesday approved an allocation of 1.4 billion baht from the central budget to fund measures and programmes to ease the rising cost of living for people.
29 Property developer Sansiri sold its digital bond worth 2 billion baht via Pao Tang app in only 3.38 minutes, becoming the first digital property bond in Asia.
70 The government cuts fees for ownership transfers and mortgage of properties to 0.01% today.
26 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met the United Nations’ Special Envoy on Myanmar and confirmed Thailand’s support for peaceful solutions based on humanitarianism in Myanmar.
33 The first two Omicron dead cases in the country were elderly women with chronic diseases, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.
22 The chief of the Department of Livestock Development ordered his officials nationwide to be on alert to prevent the outbreak of avian influenza.
25 The levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter (PM2.5) will rise on Jan 18-20 due to air stagnation.
17 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.
80 The Department of Medical Sciences has found Thai herbal fever medications can contain COVID-19 in test tubes.
