Senators crucial factor in constitutional change
The coup-installed 250 senators will be a decisive factor in constitutional amendments pushed by several parties and it remains to be seen whether the Senate's role in charter change can help defuse political tensions stemming from student protesters who are also demanding charter revisions.

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Six hundred police officers under the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) will be sent to maintain order and prevent a confrontation between student groups during today's planned rally at Democracy Monument.

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has proposed a plan to add soil to a coastal area in Bang Khunthian to battle severe erosion that has degraded 5 square kilometres of land over the past four decades.

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Twenty-six people who allegedly smuggled 260,000 ecstasy pills into the country have been arrested since October by the special Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF), says a government official.

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PATTANI: Four suspected insurgents were shot dead in gunfights on Friday night and yesterday morning as security forces closed in on a fifth suspect.

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Death sentences of Myanmar pair commuted
Two migrant workers from Myanmar on death row for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on Koh Tao have had their sentences commuted to life in prison under a royal decree.

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