SRT offers condolences, halts Chiang Rai rail tunnel work after collapse kills two workers
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026
The State Railway of Thailand has expressed its deepest condolences to the families of two workers killed in the Doi Luang railway tunnel collapse in Chiang Rai and ordered a temporary work suspension for safety inspections.
Thai Helps Thai Plus spending tops 35bn baht as 5.5m use full benefit
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026
Thailand’s Thai Helps Thai Plus 60/40 scheme has generated 35.66 billion baht in spending, with 5.56 million people already using their full 1,000 baht entitlement.
H5N1 bird flu found on mainland Australia for the first time
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026
Australia has confirmed its first mainland case of H5N1 bird flu after a brown skua found dead in southern Western Australia tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Sabeeda: Cambodia UNESCO seat will not affect Thai heritage bids
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026
Culture Minister Sabeeda Thaised says Cambodia’s UNESCO committee seat will not affect Thailand’s bids to inscribe Chud Thai and Muay Thai as intangible cultural heritage.