TAT’s Thailand Golf Travel Mart 2026 connected 49 international buyer companies with 63 Thai sellers through trade meetings, product updates and media testing. The event promoted Thailand as a world-class golf destination, combining courses with wellness, gastronomy, culture and multi-region […]

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Thailand has signed an international tax information exchange agreement to support the collection of the top-up tax.

Reports that loss-making MCOT Plc could merge with Thai PBS are unsubstantiated and no government directive has been issued, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Supamas Isarabhakdi said on Tuesday.

Alibaba.com, the firm’s business-to-business arm, has launched its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) tool Accio in Thailand to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expand exports, as demand from European and Southeast Asian buyers creates new opportunities for Thai suppliers.

The government will develop a nationwide “One Map of Water” to create a shared database for monitoring floods and other water-related disasters and improve emergency response.

Following the Election Commission’s (EC) recent resolution on the alleged Senate election collusion case, SCB Economic Intelligence Center (EIC), the research arm of Siam Commercial Bank, expects political factors to have a limited impact on the Thai economy through the rest of this year.

Thailand’s Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) sector is steadily transitioning into recovery mode and is expected to be worth 200 billion baht this year.

Markets increasingly anticipate the Federal Reserve will hike US interest rates by 0.25% this week, potentially pressuring the global gold price to slide by as much as US$100 an ounce, say pundits.

Natural gas as an economic driver and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres remained in focus on the second day of the 2026 Gastech seminar in Bangkok, with energy conglomerate Banpu Plc announcing it was considering a move into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business.

The Equitable Education Fund (EEF) says aggregate gains are encouraging, but the gap between the highest and lowest performers has yet to narrow.

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has established a centre to coordinate efforts to combat the spread of blackchin tilapia, calling the invasive species a national concern and promising visible results within three months.

Thailand is being urged to mount a concerted effort involving the government, academia, private sector, local authorities and the public to tackle the country’s low birth rate crisis, covering the entire lifecycle from having and raising children to preparing them for work.

State enterprise National Telecom (NT) and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have signed a grant agreement to support a feasibility study for the new Thailand–US (THUS) international submarine cable system, aiming to strengthen Thailand’s position as a regional digital connectivity hub.

The government expects to finalise a framework and minimum standards for data centres within a month, focusing on preventing projects from affecting surrounding communities, National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan said on Tuesday.

The cabinet has approved a national insurance scheme providing disaster coverage for about 30 million households from Oct 1, in a move aimed at speeding up compensation and cutting state relief costs.

A six-year irrigation project worth 95 billion baht has been approved to improve flood management in the lower eastern Chao Phraya basin and protect communities and economic areas across eight provinces, including Bangkok, said the government.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has uncovered more than 300 million baht in bank accounts linked to former Wat Phutthaisawan abbot Atichot Tanprasert and his close female associate as it widens its probe into suspected financial misconduct.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is tightening oversight of stablecoin transfers, proposing a 5-million-baht cap as it moves to crack down on money laundering, cybercrime and attempts to use digital assets to circumvent international money transfer rules.

Thailand is launching a 1-billion-baht private equity trust (PE Trust) to provide growth capital for new economy businesses, with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) planning a pathway to bring promising firms to the bourse through the LiVE Exchange and Market for Alternative Investment (MAI).

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has filed a defamation lawsuit against iLaw director Yingcheep Atchanont over remarks linking him to alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate election, insisting the legal action is not intended to silence his critics.

One Bangkok Retail, part of One Bangkok’s mixed-use development, is targeting a 10% increase in visitors in 2027, building on the 40 million visitors in its second year of operation.

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW AMONG the suspects recently named by the Election Commission for alleged involvement in 2024’s senatorial rigging scandals and bound to be prosecuted in the Supreme Court have been found to be well-known politicians attached to the Bhumjaithai, core of the […]

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Phuket – Authorities and rescue teams are continuing their urgent search for a Moroccan tourist who went missing after entering the water at Kata Beach since yesterday evening (September 14th). Local officials visited the temporary rescue command center set […]

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Phuket – Oversight of foreign investment in Phuket has intensified after the House Committee on Commerce and Intellectual Property conducted a field visit on September 14, 2026, to examine economic activity and foreign-owned businesses in the province. The […]

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Phuket — On September 14, 2026m the streets of Phuket’s Old Town came alive as the province celebrated the second annual Ganesh Chaturthi Festival, a vibrant cultural event that highlighted the spiritual and artistic ties between Thailand and India. […]

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Thailand — Deputy Interior Ministers Polpheep Suwannachawi and Worashit Liangprasert have directed a sweeping review of Thailand’s citizenship application process, citing concerns over loopholes exploited by foreign nationals through nominee arrangements. […]

  THE Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT), under the Ministry of Transport, is holding talks with Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc (BEM) on a substantial increase in Prachim Ratthaya Expressway (Si Rat–Outer Ring Road Expressway) tolls from Dec. 15 onwards in an attempt to alleviate […]

As is widely reported, the Election Commission has decided that “it is only referring 77 individuals implicated in the 2024 Senate selection fraud to the Supreme Court.” Those 77 include 26 who were senators when the complaints were filed, 36 eligible voters (selectors) in the Senate selection, […]

  By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow blasted Cambodia after delivering an opening statement at UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore over long-standing dispute with the neighbouring country over valuable […]