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Once dubbed as a sleeping partner, Thai commercial banks are set to experience numerous challenges next year. Apart from the slower economy, an entry of digital technology has prompted Thai banks to further remodel their business in line with the evolution in the financial service system. Next year could be tough for commercial banks to
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. The 193-member world body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of the resolution which also calls on Myanmar’s government to
Thailand’s new minimum wages, ranging from 313 baht to 336 baht per day, will come into effect nationally on January 1st. The new minimum wages, by province, are: 336 baht/day for Chon Buri and Phuket 335 baht/day for Rayong 331 baht/day for Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon 330 baht/day
A navy Seal who took part in the dramatic rescue of the 13 members of the “Wild Boar” soccer team and their coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai last year has died from a blood infection contracted during the operation, the Royal Thai Navy said on Friday. Petty Officer Beirut Pakbara had
United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) leader, Jatuporn Promphan, has repeated his advice that executive committee members of the Future Forward party, who are also MPs, resign their seats in parliament so their party-list seats can be filled by replacements from their membership before the Constitutional Court delivers its ruling on the “Illuminati”, or
This is the first in a series of three articles in which I take a look back at 2019 in Thailand from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived and worked here for the past 25 years. I will be taking a look at the economy and Thailand’s media scene, but I begin with
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian authorities stepped up security in major cities on Friday and mobile data services were suspended in some places ahead of protests against a new citizenship law. At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the law, seen as discriminatory toward Muslims, was adopted on
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has deployed a fleet of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), or drones, to provide real-time traffic monitoring of main highways to the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPDPM) during the New Year holiday period. RTAF commander-in-chief Air Chief Marshal Manat Wongwart said today that the deployments are
