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Despite the Ministry of Education’s policy allowing students to opt out of full Scout uniforms, in an effort to alleviate financial pressure, many schools continue to mandate the complete attire, forcing parents to shoulder costs exceeding 1,000 Baht per child.
The trilateral meeting between Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Prime Minister Hun Manet, facilitated by ASEAN chair President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., yielded a concrete stepping stone for both countries to elevate their relationship to the next level.
A campaign against the government’s controversial land bridge infrastructure project has gained significant momentum, with over 100,000 individuals and organisations signing a petition to demand a comprehensive review of the 1-trillion-baht investment.
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is to ask the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate ten officials of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), including the assistant governor, for allegedly taking bribes from a Bitcoin mining gang in exchanging for allowing them to steal electricity to power their huge server farms.
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a weather warning for northern Thailand, and greater Bangkok, as a high-pressure system from China interacts with moisture-laden winds to create a risk of severe thunderstorms and isolated hail.
As the 61st Venice Biennale opens its doors, a quiet but powerful “hum in a minor key” resonates from the historic chambers of the Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù.
FIFA has officially announced that Thai K-pop sensation Lalisa "Lisa" Manobal will be a headline performer at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States.
A Chinese man is being held for intensive questioning after police found a large cache of war weapons in his rented house in Huai Yai sub-district of Chon Buri province yesterday.
Southeast Asian nations hit by soaring fuel and food prices caused by the Middle East war are weighing solutions that include setting up a regional oil reserve, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday.
The Thai Garment Manufacturers’ Association (TGMA) has partnered with the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) to implement enhanced Good Labour Practices (GLP+), aiming to purge the industry of forced labour and secure removal from US trade watch lists.
A People’s party MP in Samut Songkhram province has claimed that canned fish, labelled as being “sardines in tomato sauce”, that he purchased has been found to contain a different fish species, which could be a tilapia or blackchin tilapia.
The Israeli Embassy in Bangkok has issued a warning to all its citizens in Thailand to follow Thai laws strictly, after Thai authorities in Phuket launched a clampdown on law-breaking foreign tourists and expats.
Life in Bangkok has undoubtedly changed under Governor Chadchart Sittipunt’s guidance, driven by innovations like the highly responsive complaints platform, Traffy Fondue. However, as his term nears its end on May 21, a critical question looms: Has Chadchart lived up to the high expectations of voters who handed him a landslide victory in 2022?
In the orchards of Thailand’s east, the day begins before the heat sets in. High in the branches, a climber steadies himself against the trunk, blade in hand. With a quick, practiced cut, a ripened durian is released.
The opposition People’s party has agreed to support the Democrats in seeking a Constitutional Court ruling on the constitutionality of the government’s emergency decree seeking a Bt400 billion loan, ostensibly to boost the economy, help people affected by oil crisis and to drive Thailand’s transition from dependence on fossil fuels to alternative and clean energy.
The government plans to allocate 6 billion baht to purchase organic fertiliser for distribution to farmers, as an alternative to chemical fertiliser, urea in particular, which has become scarce and more expensive as a result of global oil crisis.
