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The prime minister is set to make his debut as a TV host in a show called “Talk with Srettha” this Saturday (June 22) – 10 months after he assumed office in late August. However, Srettha Thavisin is far from the first Thai leader to address the nation in their own television show – a
Is the proposed lottery pension scheme a populist gamble? Thailand is now officially an aged society, with the number of people aged over 60 reaching 13 million, making up around 20 per cent of the total population. An aged society comes with rising welfare cost for the economy. A previous survey by the Stock Exchange of
Thailand is set to become the second country in Southeast Asia to impose a carbon tax, a move seen by many as crucial to securing a sustainable future. “We plan to start collecting carbon tax later this year, probably from around October,” Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of the Excise Department, said earlier this month. The carbon
A small Bangkok gesture in Switzerland did not go unnoticed although it did not make world headlines, either. It is a peculiar situation that nobody wants to interpret too much and too soon. To cut a long story short, Thailand did not vote for a “peace” communique that most countries joining the curious pro-Ukraine and
Concern is growing that Thailand’s new fisheries law will drag the country backwards, making it more vulnerable to human trafficking and jeopardising its multibillion-baht seafood export industry. “If Thailand’s ranking in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons [TIP] Report slips to Tier 3, it is going to be difficult to climb back up,” said
