19 The Land Transport Federation of Thailand asked the House committee on energy to solve high fuel prices and threatened to escalate its pressure like that in Germany.
107 Chulalongkorn University has developed a 3-gene RT-LAMP method to detect COVID-19 infection. The first invention of its kind in Thailand guarantees accuracy, user-friendliness and low costs for convenient use in communities.
49 Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, secretary-general of the Progressive Movement, asked members of the parliament to pass the first reading of a people’s bill for charter amendment instead of blocking it.
26 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired a meeting on the development of six southern provinces facing the Andaman Sea and approved seven urgent projects estimated at 494 million baht for their development.
61 The educational office of Buri Ram province presented an honorary plaque to Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban of the Blackpink K-pop group for contributing to education and being a good model for the young following the report that she supports the establishment of a K-Pop learning center in Buri Ram.
49 About 700 big trucks showed up for their trips on 4 main streets to the Energy Ministry in inner Bangkok this morning to demand the government solve the high diesel price.
26 The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) prohibited insurance firms from early terminating their COVID-19 insurance policies which offered lump sum compensation because that would affect insured people.
43 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived in the southern province before chairing the cabinet’s first upcountry mobile meeting this year.
95 Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa planned to reopen the Maya Bay on Jan 1, 2022. Workers were renovating piers and officials were setting a swimming zone to create balance between tourism and conservation.
13 Protesters marched from Pathumwan intersection. One person was injured during a clash with riot police on their way to the German embassy.
95 New Zealand handed over the 2022 APEC chairmanship to Thailand as the latter declared 2022 APEC theme “Open. Connect. Balance”.
65 The government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration still requires RT-PCR tests on visitors instead of replacing them with antigen tests.
