1 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission plan to bury communication cables within two years.
6 Senior defence officials of Southeast Asia gathered for ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meetings and agreed to promote regional stability.
4 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration does not ban water fight on Khao San Road, one of Bangkok’s major venues for the Songkran water festival celebration.
38 Thailand spearheads in a bid to establish ASEAN IUU Task Force to collectively combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the region.
3 Thailand’s central bank signs agreements on payment systems and financial innovation with its counterparts of ASEAN countries
3 The Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) has estimated that a total of over 25 billion baht should be spent by Bangkokians on their celebrating activities during the Songkran, or the Traditional Thai New Year, Festival 2019 in mid-April, an about 3.6 per cent year-on-year increase.
13 Thai authorities have seized 21 star tortoises worth around 630,000 baht while being smuggled from Malaysia.
6 Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) orders new elections at six polling stations and vote recounts at two others after finding irregularities and incorrect vote counting in the March 24 election
11 A Chinese scam call center has been busted in a police raid at a house in Thailand’s Phuket province.
9 Thailand is facing severe drought as four provinces have been declared drought disaster areas.
9 Representatives of the European Union praised Thailand for expanding solutions to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Southeast Asia
4 Three Mongolians seen on CCTV camera pickpocketing passenger of Bangkok sky train have been arrested.
