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Businesses are being urged to monitor geopolitical risks closely and review their inventory management as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to flare up again, raising renewed concerns over volatile energy and logistics costs.
The death toll from the devastating fire at the ‘Rong Beer Na Ladprao’ pub has risen to 33, while investigators have revealed that security camera footage captured the venue being engulfed in flames within just one minute of smoke first appearing.
Eleven local administration officials will be summoned to the Crime Suppression Division next week to acknowledge three charges related to the Local Administration Department’s recruitment examination fraud, according to Pol Lt-Gen Natthasak Chaowanasai, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is gearing up for the launch of the ‘Thai Tiew Thai Plus’ (Thai Travel Thai Plus) co-payment scheme to boost domestic tourism and will extend the length of stay in the kingdom, from 15 to 30 days, for “quality” tourists, particularly those from India who plan to hold wedding celebrations in Thailand and travel as families.
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has warned that ASEAN’s shift toward “calibrated re-engagement” with Myanmar’s military-appointed government risks normalizing a dictatorship without securing any tangible results for the Myanmar people.
An executive of a brokerage company has taken into police custody on charges of defrauding the public, money laundering and violations of the Computer Crime Act, allegedly in connection with forex trading fraud linked to People’s party MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu.
Only four cases of liver fluke parasite infection have been confirmed among Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University freshmen, out of 309 stool samples were examinations using the Kato-Katz technique. There are also four cases of intestinal parasites infection, five tape worm cases worm, two cases of thread worm and one case of whip worm, according to Dr. Wichan Bhunyakitikorn, director of the Division of Epidemiology of the Department of Disease Control.
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has explained the medical coverage guidelines for victims of the recent Ladprao pub fire, reassuring families that critically injured patients may continue receiving free treatment at their current hospitals even after the initial 72-hour emergency window expires.
The Cabinet yesterday approved a three-month extension of the emergency decree in the volatile southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala, effective from July 20 to Oct 19, 2026.
The lawyer representing a beer hall gutted by a massive fire that killed at least 30 people and injured many others met with investigators today, pledging to pay compensation to all victims and assist with investigation.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s official visit to China is in the spotlight as his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Manet, has also been invited, prompting speculation that Beijing may again seek a role in easing tensions between the neighbouring countries.
More than six million people have signed an online petition calling for Argentina to be disqualified from further participation in the FIFA World Cup, alleging that referees and the football's governing body have favoured the defending champions, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Laboratory tests have confirmed that canned fish, seized from a factory in Samut Sakhon, contains blackchin tilapia, a native West African, highly destructive and invasive species in Thailand, contradicting previous assurances from state agencies that the products were made from tilapia, a broad family of generally farmed, native freshwater fish, according to Biodiversity, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Action Thailand (the BioThai Foundation).
President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday he would expand US strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not make a deal.
The Cabinet today approved a bill to split the Ministry of Tourism and Sports into a separate Sports Ministry and merge tourism affairs with the Ministry of Culture, which will be renamed the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that the law governing night entertainment venues and their zoning should be reviewed in the aftermath of the fatal pub fire in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on Sunday night, which has left 30 people dead so far and about 70 others injured, over 20 of whom are in a serious condition.
