Thailand has a new king. At 12:10pm on Saturday May 6, 2019 King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun placed the Great Crown of Victory on his head symbolising he ascension to the throne and title of Phra Vajira […]
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Dramatic video has emerged from Lao PDR where a large-scale humanitarian operation is underway following the partial collapse of a hydroelectric dam being built by a Lao-South Korean-Thai consortium. The video above shows people sitting […]
A desperate search and rescue operation is currently underway for 12 teenage members of a rural Thai football team believed trapped by rising flood waters in a cave in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand. The […]
In Thailand English-language News for April 9, 2018, Newsline presenter Surapan Laotharanarit tells us about: 00:45 | Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his wife, Naraporn Chan-o-cha, yesterday led an entourage to visit the final day […]
In Thailand English-language News for January 10, 2018, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:44 | A series of four greeting cards hand-drawn by King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and containing a 2018 New Year greeting and royal […]
In Thailand English-language News for December 6, 2017, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:44 | King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun yesterday hosted a Khon performance in front of Dusit Palace to celebrate the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s […]
In Thailand English-language News for December 4, 2017, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:39 | King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has presided over a ceremony to officially open the Bt8.3 billion (about US$254.18 million) Naruebodindrachinta Reservoir in […]
In Thailand English-language News for December 1, 2017, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: 00:41 | King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has presided over a religious ceremony at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha to install a Buddha […]
In Thailand English-language News for November 30, 2017, Newsline presenter Sandra Hanutsaha tells us about: 00:42 | Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has approved a one month extension for the public to view the royal crematorium at Sanam […]
In Thailand English-language News for November 28, 2017, Newsline presenter Surapan Laotharanarit tells us about: 00:43 | Volunteers have conducted a cleanup of public areas in Udon Thani and Sing Buri in honor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. […]
Military salutes are a fairly standard thing. One comes to the position of attention, raises their right arm outright from the side of the body until it is parallel with the ground and then bends […]
In Thailand English-language News for November 22, 2017, Newsline presenter Cholaphansa Narula tells us about: 00:45 | Thais in several provinces have done volunteer activities such as cleaning and renovating important areas in honor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. […]