The government moves to create at least 10 divisions under five ministries soon as part of its efforts to accelerate the pace of work in the civil administration and accommodate additional officials at different tiers of bureaucracy.

In a latest reshuffle in the civil administration, the government transfers seven secretaries to new ministries and divisions.

The government today appointed five acting secretaries to different ministries and divisions to fill the vacant positions.

Several Thai government websites are hit by a suspected distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, making them impossible to access.