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The Commerce Ministry has agreed to allow palm oil producers to increase the price of a one-litre bottle by 1–2 baht, to 49–50 baht, while oil palm growers in the southern provinces are demanding that the ministry step in to stabilise the price of oil palm seeds.
The leader of Myanmar ’s military-backed government has invited the country’s armed resistance groups to fresh peace talks, state-run newspapers reported Tuesday, marking the first such call from President Min Aung Hlaing since he took office earlier this month.
The family of a Phetchabun native has made a desperate plea for help after she vanished during a vacation in Laos with her American husband nearly four months ago.
Moody’s Ratings has revised Thailand’s sovereign credit outlook from "negative" to "stable," citing improved political stability and a clearer trajectory toward structural reforms.
Billionaire and healthcare pioneer Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, founder of Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand’s largest private hospital network, as well as Bangkok Airways and PPTV, passed away yesterday at the age of 93.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Thailand this week as a guest of the Thai Foreign Ministry, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said today.
One way to measure the success of the recently concluded Songkran festival is through data: the millions of revelers and the billions in revenue. But perhaps a truer metric lies in the departing words of overseas visitors.
The pump prices of diesel and other refined oil products today are down by as much as 1.20 baht/litre, after the Oil Fuel Fund Executive Committee resolved yesterday to reduce oil refineries’ mandatory contributions to the Oil Fuel Fund following a weakening of global oil prices.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the US ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for peace talks, as Tehran's deadline to end the pause came and went without incident.
A court today sentenced the former abbot of a well-known temple in Nakhon Pathom province to 50 years in prison for conspiring with other defendants to embezzle approximately 300 million baht from temple funds, as well as for misconduct in office.
The Energy Policy and Planning Committee is scheduled to meet representatives of six oil refiners for the second time this Thursday to discuss a further cut in the Gross Refining Margin (GRM), aimed at reducing the ex-refinery price of finished oil products by two baht per litre, according to Energy Minister Akanat Promphan.
The Climate Change and Environment Department has warned that the country may face the effects of a “super El Niño,” which could extend the dry season by up to one and a half years.
Security staff will be entitled to overtime pay for the first time in nearly two decades, following a revision of a Thai ministerial regulation that will take effect on April 24.
Thailand and Cambodia’s relationship remains challenging, as the latter has not shown any genuine effort at this point, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said today.
Thailand is pursuing what Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow calls “Diplomacy 2.0” to proactively drive the country’s interests through multi-dimensional and multi-directional foreign policy, amid pressing global challenges, including the current Middle East crisis and border tensions with neighbouring countries.
The Disease Control Department has launched an investigation into a cluster of hepatitis A infections after 55 employees at a factory in Chon Buri were diagnosed with the disease.
