PH slips in global competitiveness ranking, drops to 6th spot in ASEAN The Philippines fell eight notches to 64th from 56th last year out of 141 countries in the global competitiveness ranking pulled down by […]
Five more Thai elephants die in waterfall plunge Five more wild elephants in Thailand died in a plunge from the top of a waterfall, drone footage released on Tuesday (Oct 8) showed, bringing the death […]
Panel bans three controversial herbicides effective December 1 The four-party working committee, set up at the order of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, agreed unanimously today to ban the production, import, sale and use of paraquat […]
Pheu Thai calls for urgent probe about alleged meddling in Yala’s judicial affairs The Pheu Thai party is urging the government to investigate alleged meddling with the judiciary after a judge in the Yala provincial […]
A group of 37 Cambodian civil society organisations today (Oct 4) issued a statement condemning a decision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to order additional investigations into two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists […]
CP Group given Oct 15 deadline to sign B225bn rail deal The government has given agro-industrial conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) until next Tuesday to sign an investment agreement for the 225 billion baht high-speed […]
Thai PM says no Islamic State ties to Thailand as Egypt arrests student The Thai student, who has not been identified, was taken into custody by Egyptian authorities on Sept 24 in Cairo after a […]
WTO cuts trade growth forecast The World Trade Organisation has cut its global trade growth forecast for this year to the weakest level in a decade, warning that further rounds of tariffs in an environment […]
Thailand PM considers moving capital as Bangkok congestion takes toll Thailand could be the next nation in south-east Asia to relocate its capital after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hinted such a move could be a […]
Horror crash spurs action Road safety advocates are calling on authorities to enforce road safety regulations more strictly after 13 people were killed when the pickup truck they were riding on overturned Sunday morning. — […]
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US President agrees to visit Thailand for the 35th ASEAN Summit later this year in Bangkok US President Donald Trump may be on his way to Bangkok to attend the Asean Summit which takes place […]
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Central bank cuts growth projection to 2.8 percent but retains policy rate at 1.5 percent The Bank of Thailand has slashed the country’s economic growth projection for this year to 2.8% from 3.3% and the […]