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Thailand’s Trade Competition Committee has issued a set of guidelines to control the retail sector in order to prevent large retailers or retail chains from unfairly taking advantage of producers and suppliers. The committee’s spokesman, Mr. Santichai Sarathawanpaet, said the guidelines have been posted on the committee’s website, www.otcc.or.th, and members of the public and
Japan’s Emperor Akihito (L) delivers his speech as Empress Michiko (2nd L) stands next to him during the abdication ceremony at the Matsu-no-Ma state room in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 30, 2019. Emperor Akihito of Japan formally stepped down on April 30, 2019, the first abdication for 200 years in the world’s
Emperor Akihito’s abdication speech, 30 April 2019
Most Thai laborers are expecting that the minimum wage will be adjusted up to at least 400 baht when the new post-election government comes into the office, according to Bangkok Poll of the research centre of Bangkok University. Currently, there are seven rates of minimum wage in Thailand, with the maximum rate at 330 baht/day
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has produced, via his Facebook page, images of three traffic tickets he received for speeding to prove that he was rushing back to Bangkok, from the northeastern province of Buri Ram, to transfer all his shares in V-Luck Media Company on January 8th. He is due to meet with
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president has decided to move the capital of the world’s fourth most populous country away from the crowded main island of Java, but has yet to finalize a new location, the planning minister said on Monday. President Joko Widodo’s decision comes less than two weeks after private pollsters said he had
For the first time in more than 200 years, Japan’s emperor will abdicate today, putting his son on the Chrysanthemum Throne and ushering in a new era for the world’s oldest monarchy. In a set of solemn ceremonies, Emperor Akihito will hand over to his eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, also kicking off the
Both the Democrat and Future Forward parties are claiming victory in an vote recount in Nakhon Pathom’s Constituency One. The Future Forward party claimed that its young candidate, Ms. Sawika Limpasuwinna, received 35,707 votes in the recount, beating the Democrat candidate Lt-Col Sinthop Kaewpichit by a narrow margin of just 62 votes. Sinthop received 35,645 votes,
The Election Commission’s Office will this week submit to the Election Commission (EC) 2 or 3 formulae options for the calculation of the 150 party-list seats to be allocated to parties contesting the March 24th election. EC Secretary-General Jarungvith Phumma said today that the formulae would be proposed so that the seat allocation can be
Although the Thai commercial banks achieved higher net profits in the first quarter of 2019, they expect a tough year ahead amid aggressive competition in the digital era. The Thai government’s plan to turn Thailand into a cashless society has prompted local banks to remodel their business plans to cater to changing consumer lifestyle. Customers
Introducing the highlights of Satun’s gorgeous geological trails after the deep-southern seaside province has been listed as a UNESCO Global Geopark site thanks to its tremendous archeological values. The trails are on lands and into the seas and some with evidences harking back over 500 millions years. Nobody is going to tell you forthright that
A tour guide has been arrested on charges of hunting protected marine species after he allegedly picked a bunch of anemone, along with anemonefish, from the sea for display to a group of Chinese tourists. The arrest of 32-year old tour guide, Aekkawat Meetem, a resident of the Sattahip district of Chon Buri, was ordered
The Future Forward party has called for an election re-run in Nakhon Pathom’s Constituency One due to the flip-flopping on vote count results causing public confusion and rendering the election unreliable. In a statement, issued this afternoon (Monday), the party said that the election in Constituency One was plagued with problems, resulting in five counts
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Ten days after Indonesia held the world’s biggest single-day elections, more than 270 election staff have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official said on Sunday. The April 17 elections were the first time the country of 260 million
May 3: HM the King’s full formal name inscribed on a golden plate, Royal horoscope and Royal seal moved to the Paisarn Thaksin Throne Hall. HM the King proceeds to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha to pay respects to the Emerald Buddha and Royal relics of former kings and queens. May 4: HM the
Supreme Court President Cheep Chulamont wonders how Thai people can find peace if they do not accept the rules and resort to unrest. For Thai society, he said that the problems that are now confronting the country stem from the Thai people themselves who do not accept one another and do not accept the Constitution,
