PM Prayut in Bali to attend ASEAN informal gathering despite new quake

14 Sept 04:16 Key points summarised by AI

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived in Bali to attend the inaugural ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering (ALG), an initiative by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, despite a recent 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed three people off the coast of Java and Bali.
The ALG coincides with the annual IMF and World Bank meetings, with ASEAN leaders scheduled to meet top officials like IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss achieving SDGs and overcoming development gaps through global collaboration.

Suspected drug couriers killed in Phetchaburi; half a tonne of Ice seized

Yesterday 16:06 Key points summarised by AI

Two suspected drug couriers were killed in a shootout with narcotics officers in Phetchaburi province.
Authorities seized approximately half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine, also known as Ice, during the operation.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night after officers tracked a network suspected of transporting large quantities of drugs to southern Thailand.
The suspects, identified as Chattharin and Rungarun, both 27, opened fire when confronted by officers, who returned fire, resulting in their deaths.