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Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaichanok Chidchob said today that there are some data centres in Bangkok which are located in restricted areas where permission cannot be granted.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced the approval of four “quick win” projects, aimed at boosting the economy, social stability, communications in the southern provinces of Songkhla, Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Satun as well as the quality of life of the people there against disasters, such as the devastating flooding last November.
The Pattaya city administration, tourist and local police, as well as representatives from the US military and other agencies, held a meeting yesterday in Pattaya City Hall to make final preparations to ensure safety and convenience for about 5,000 sailors and Marines who are expected to come ashore when the US strike group, comprising the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and two escort ships, docks at Laem Chabang Port from tomorrow until Sunday.
The Thai southern peace negotiator chief said he welcomed all insurgent groups to the ongoing peace talks as Thailand wanted to see long-term and sustainable peace in the South.
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has met with aerospace giant Airbus to bolster the nation’s role as a regional hub for digital technology and aviation engineering, leveraging Thailand as the sole global testing ground for the firm's flight operations software.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his Cabinet ministers visited a small reservoir this morning, in a suburb of Hat Yai district, to follow up on Hat Yai City’s plan to expand the reservoir to hold up to 1.3 million cubic metres of water, up from 500,000 cubic metres.
Thai consumers remain highly vulnerable to financial scams, hacking and debt traps — and the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) could worsen the risks.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for missing loved ones.
Thailand’s Senate voted today 135 to 11 in favour of the government’s 400 billion baht loan decree, aimed at boosting the sluggish economy and preparing for Thailand’s transition from fossil-based to clean and renewable energy.
Political activist Tantawan Tuatulanon was on Monday sentenced to two years in prison and fined 600 baht by the Criminal Court after she was found guilty of lèse majesté and four other charges.
The upcoming round of peace talks with representatives of armed groups in southern Thailand will focus on measures to reduce violence, paving the way for “safety zones” in the region, according to Thai chief peace negotiator Thanut Suvarnananda.
Many rice farmers in Thailand’s central province of Chainat are caught in a dilemma over how to proceed with the cultivation of their main rice crops against a background of the unpredictable weather conditions.
