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One year after the State Audit Office (SAO)’s under-construction headquarters collapsed in a heap of twisted steel, the gaping hole in Bangkok’s skyline is matched only by an accountability void following the tragedy.
A wave of nationalist sentiment following border clashes with Cambodia is threatening the educational future of stateless and migrant children in Thailand.
Long queues are forming at gas stations in many provinces across Thailand amid depleting stocks of petroleum products, contradicting government assurances of sufficient supplies.
Thailand marks its National Elephant Day every March 13 – but not all Thais are celebrating.
Thailand’s export sector has started 2026 on a strong note with a nearly 25 per cent year-on-year surge, but intensifying global trade frictions including renewed tariff threats from the Trump administration, raise doubts on sustaining the momentum.
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) stunned markets on Wednesday (February 25) when its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to 1.00 per cent – the third‑lowest policy rate in the world behind Switzerland and Japan.
Thailand is recalibrating its strategy toward conflict-ridden Myanmar, with a more practicable approach, driven largely by its own security and economic interests.
The Bhumjaithai Party surpassed all expectations, even its own, by winning 193 seats in the House of Representatives, emerging as the single largest party and well-placed to form Thailand’s next government.
Major political parties are promising higher spending on social welfare and for boosting short-term consumption in their campaigns for the February 8 general election, but revealing no credible plans for increasing revenue or reducing the persistent budget deficit.
Chuwit Kamolvisit, the self-declared “super pimp” turned whistleblower, has turned his sights on the opposition People’s Party, just weeks before the February 8 general election.
Despite promising debt aid for millions of farmers and teachers, as well as improved welfare for the poor, the Klatham Party is heading into the February 8 election under a cloud of “grey money” allegations.
After an aborted stint in power following the 2023 election, Pheu Thai is reaching out to the electorate again, offering three prime ministerial candidates and an optimistic campaign slogan: “Pheu Thai Can Do It”.
