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A Hong Kong resident and his Thai wife have been arrested in Chon Buri over their alleged involvement with an international drug-smuggling ring based in Hong Kong.

City police raided a restaurant in a shopping mall in Pathumwan district on Monday and arrested 93 party-goers who had allegedly been served alcoholic drinks.

PRACHIN BURI: A male baby elephant was hit and killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on a road through a forest in Sri Maha Phot district early on Monday evening, according to local police.

Seventy percent of the population in Bangkok -- 5.43 million people -- have so far received a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

KHON KAEN: Strict bubble and seal measures have been imposed on factories in Khon Kaen province with clusters of Covid-19 infections, a major fishing net factory and workplaces with migrant labour, and a prison.

LONDON/SINGAPORE: Bitcoin hit a six-month high and was within striking distance of its all-time peak on Tuesday as traders bet an anticipated listing of a futures-based US exchange-traded fund could herald investment flows into cryptocurrencies.

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) is enhancing merit-based incentives in a move to boost industrial competitiveness.

The price of diesel could be capped at 30 baht a litre at the pump, but not the 25 baht demanded by truckers, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said on Tuesday.

The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers’ Association said on Tuesday the series of fraudulent online transactions reported by tens of thousands of account holders was not a result of a leak of information from the banking system.

ATHENS: Activists on Tuesday called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a further 92 billion baht in relief measures, along with a scheme to offer work permits to foreigners who invest $1 million, as the country deals with the biggest and most prolonged coronavirus outbreak.

A new airline with ties to Beijing is trying to muscle into Hong Kong, a patch long dominated by stalwart Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

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The president of the Chanthaburi provincial administration organisation, a temple abbot and two other people have been arrested for alleged theft of 17 million baht earmarked for the Chanthaburi Buddha Monthon Foundation.

Twelve northeastern train services have been suspended after the tracks between Bamnet Narong and Chatturat stations in Chaiyaphum and Kud Chik and Khok Kruad stations in Nakhon Ratchasima were flooded.

Thailand will stop using the Covid-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes.

Crime Suppression Division police on Monday arrested a fugitive in Loei's Phu Kradung district for the murder of a 14-year-old girl 14 years ago, Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirapop Puridet said.

The Court of Appeal has sentenced the former chairman of Thung Maphrao tambon administrative organisation in Phangnga to 50 years in prison and ordered him to pay 2.5 million baht for the rape of two minors.

Police are investigating after about 40,000 people lost at least 10 million baht as a result of unauthorised online transactions.

There were 9,122 new Covid-19 cases and 71 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.

SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of tests by Pyongyang as a US envoy repeated calls for dialogue.

Thailand is seeking to speed up criminal proceedings to crack down on insider trading, securities fraud and other illegal financial transactions, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There were 9,122 new Covid-19 cases and 71 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.

Tourism operators anticipate lukewarm travel sentiment as concerns over Covid-19 and weak purchasing power remain key obstacles for domestic trips despite the subsidy generating an additional 2-million room nights.

Vietnam has confirmed it will host the delayed 31st SEA Games in May next year, Thai officials said on Monday.