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The Fiscal Policy Office of the Bank of Thailand voted 5:2 on Tuesday to slash the benchmark policy rate by 25 points to 1.25% with immediate effect in a bid to boost the slowing Thai economy. Fiscal Policy Office secretary, Mr. Tittanan Mallikamat, said today (Wednesday) that the fiscal policy committee decided on the cut
The National Human Rights Commission today issued a statement condemning southern insurgents for their brutal attack on a village defence volunteer unit in Yala’s Muang district on Tuesday evening, resulting in the deaths of 15 innocent people. An unknown number of insurgents approached the outpost on foot under the cover of darkness and opened fire
A day after opting out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the Indian government said on Tuesday is was exploring a trade agreement with the US, according to the Times of India. It quoted sources as describing the move as a “strategic shift” by the Modi government. “At present, India is exploring trade
Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up to the deck of the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace vessel conducting research around Mount Vema, an underwater mountain located around
The Silver Spitfire, a British single-seat fighter aircraft, which played a pivotal role in WWII, landed in Thailand on October 29th, 2019, the latest country on its journey to visit over thirty countries in four months. The Thai PBS World team discovers more about the Silver Spitfire and the purpose of their mission. #ThaiPBSWorld #SilverSpitfire
Malaysia is ranked as the world’s 8th largest dumper of garbage into the sea. Several academics have blamed the marine waste pollution crisis on the abject indifference to the problem displayed by certain groups of people. The Thai PBS team visited an island, which is not far from Kuala Lumpur, to show the extent of
About 200 local and border patrol police are hunting for two fugitives and their helpers who are believed to be on the run near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sa Kaew province in an apparent bid to flee into Cambodia. According to Sa Kaew provincial police commander Pol Maj-Gen Prasai Chittisonthi, seven groups of police officers
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said today that he has not recognized the existing Constitution from the beginning, while disagreeing with a rewrite of the entire document “because that won’t be useful at all”. “We must sit down together to discuss what we want, as far as democracy is concerned. How many Houses should we have?
An unhealthy level of smog is reported in 16 areas of Bangkok and two neighbouring provinces today, according to a bulletin from the Department of Pollution Control released via its Facebook page at 7am this morning. The areas where the level of PM2.5 dust particles exceeds 50 microns are Kanchanapisek Road, Din Daeng Road, the
Fifteen village defence volunteers were killed and two others seriously injured in a surprise raid on their makeshift outpost, situated on a road in Tambon Lam Phraya in the Muang district of Yala province, late Tuesday night. Security officials said that there were about 17 volunteers at the outpost at the time of the attack,
The seven opposition parties have settled on their planned censure motion against the Government with the debate taking place between December 18th and 20th , opposition chief whip and Pheu Thai MP Suthin Klangsaeng said today (Tuesday). He said that, during the censure debate, the opposition will take a new approach by shifting their focus
Smog returned to Bangkok today (Tuesday), with the level of PM2.5 dust particles exceeding safety levels in 20 areas, the Pollution Control Department reports. Readings from Bangkok’s 46 monitoring stations show the level of PM2.5 particulate in the atmosphere exceeds 50 microns in the worst areas, with only one area considered safe and the other
The Port Authority of Thailand’s labour union has threatened protests if the management and Government press ahead with their ambitious plan to transform a large tract of the port’s land into a huge commercial city, complete with a mega-mall and high-end real estate project. Union president Sakchai Kulsanan said today (Tuesday) that the mega project
Before we hate each other like we are now, we used to like or even love one another. Reading news of the recent times, one cannot feel the hatred that exudes from the current affairs. The call-out culture, the generational clashes in every single issue, the unsettled feelings, the unnecessary classification of ‘us’ and
Malaysia imports a huge amount of industrial waste for recycling, after China banned similar imports. The country has earned the unenviable reputation of being the “garbage dumping ground for developed countries”. Su-ngai Pertani is one of the numerous dumping sites for imported industrial waste for recycling in Malaysia. The Thai PBS team will take
Even though India is not yet on board the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), ASEAN leaders believe that they have made a breakthrough to make one of the world’s most important free trade agreements a reality. “It’s a pity that India is not yet on board. We hope one day it will come on board,”
