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Deputy Prime Minister Yodchanan Wongsawat believes he has found the key to unlocking Thailand’s decades-long middle-income trap: Human capital development.
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on Friday and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire.
Samples of the Bagarius fish, a catfish species caught in the Mekong River in Thailand’s northeastern province of Loei, have been found with blisters or lumps similar to samples caught and tested in rivers in the northern province Chiang Rai.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Officer Holders decided today to accept for consideration a case filed by the Election Commission against 44 former members of the now defunct Move Forward party, including 10 incumbent MPs of the People’s party, accusing them of committing gross ethical misconduct by endorsing a bill to amend Section 112 of the penal code, commonly known as the lèse majesté law.
Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun is set to visit the United States, from May 3 to 6, to engage in high-level talks with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding ongoing trade investigations and to showcase Thai investment potential.
A paramilitary ranger was injured and a vehicle damaged when a roadside IED targeted a security patrol in Yaring district of Pattani province this afternoon.
US President Donald Trump, speaking from the White House, said yesterday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three weeks. The initial 10-day truce was set to expire on April 26.
As the US and Israel’s war on Iran continues, critical passageways between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are blocked, leaving countries around the world on edge as critical fuel supplies diminish and once again expose the fragile fossil fuel routes. In Asia, where most of the oil was headed, many countries have been hit hard. Oil is used in many industries beyond generating electricity, such as in fertilizer and plastics production, and many countries are now feeling the impact.
Indonesia will not impose a levy on vessels transiting the Strait of Malacca, as doing so would contravene international law, Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said Thursday.
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has engaged in high-level talks with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to bolster trade and investment, focusing on smart agriculture and the expedited conclusion of the Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has warned of the risk of natural water sources in Thailand becoming polluted and affected by plankton blooms, as the country is facing the onset of El Nino in May, according to the department’s director-general, Surin Worakijthamrong.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul arrived at Government House early this morning to oversee final preparations for the official visit of China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The high-level meeting is expected to focus on agricultural exports, technological cooperation and a joint crackdown on transnational call center scams.
The National Security Council (NSC) meeting, chaired by the prime minister, resolved to withdraw from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Thailand signed with Cambodia in 2001, Government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said today.
Thanut Suvarnananda, the incumbent Director of Thailand’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA), will become the new head of the government’s southern peace dialogue panel.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi called for the complete eradication of scam centres in Cambodia during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, according to Beijing's foreign ministry.
The National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) resolved today to cut the ex-refinery prices of refined oil products from six refiners by five, instead of two baht per litre from tomorrow until May 9, with another 3-baht cut following.