Live
- BJP releases ‘charge sheet’ against BJD govt
- District Nodal Officer Venkataramana announced the intermediate results
- She team that stopped child marriages
- Medical devices sector needs separate rules, says industry body AiMeD
- Andhra Paper declares lockout
- Opposition INDIA bloc working on 'one year, one PM' formula: PM Modi
- Delhi HC quashes FIR for outraging woman's modesty, orders man to assist Traffic Police for a month as settlement
- 'Apologise to families of farmers who committed suicide in Vidarbha', Amit Shah dares Sharad Pawar
- SC Collegium recommends appointment of a permanent judge in Chhattisgarh HC, extension of term of two judges
- U20 Men's football nationals: Telangana, Sikkim earn full points with easy win
Thailand PM apologises for bikini remark
In a rare public apology, Prime Minister and junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha today said sorry for suggesting that tourists visiting Thailand\'s popular beaches might be unsafe wearing bikinis, after two Britons were brutally killed this week.
Bangkok: In a rare public apology, Prime Minister and junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha today said sorry for suggesting that tourists visiting Thailand's popular beaches might be unsafe wearing bikinis, after two Britons were brutally killed this week.
Prayut apologised for the controversial remark, which sparked international outrage and equated unattractiveness with safety for bikini-wearing tourists. The tough-talking army chief said he did not mean to cause distress and said he was sorry that his remark made people feel uneasy.
"I am sorry that my statement caused uneasiness. I affirm that I did not look down on or criticise anyone. I simply wanted to warn them to be careful at certain places and certain times," he said. Prayuth's off-the-cuff comments to government officials had triggered an uproar on social media and drew sharp criticism from all over the world.
