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Thai economic growth this year is unlikely to pass 4 percent as economists have recently revised the growth downward because the Thai exports are facing strong headwinds amid local political uncertainty. The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) last week lowered the economic growth forecast for 2019 from 4.0-4.3 percent initially to
About 88% of poll respondents say that the current political situation has affected their mood, whereas 11.2% say it does not make a difference. The pollster, Super Poll, conducted a field survey of 2,875 people in different occupations nationwide regarding their happiness vis-à-vis the current political situation. The survey shows 46.9% said they feel ‘so so’ and can carry on as normal, 27.5% say they are not happy and 25.6% claimedthey are
Officials and members of the public in Thailand’s 76 provinces today took part in a nationwide ceremony to draw sacred water from 108 water sources to be used during the Coronation of HisMajesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn on May 4th. The ceremony began in all provinces at the auspicious time of 11.52am. The only exception is Bangkok where the same ritual will be held
Kanom Tom is an old-school Thai dessert that encompasses the three main ingredients that always incorporate in Thai traditional sweets. Now overshadowed by a lot more elaborate other desserts, Kanom Tom has become a hidden gem when you manage to find one that is truly delicious.
Drunk, reckless and speeding drivers, as well as those riding motorcycles without crash helmets, will face maximum penalties permissible by law during the Songkran festival, which starts next week, said Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanich today. The instruction to police to get tough with violators during the holidays, from April 13-16, was issued today
Several hundred supporters of the Future Forward party gathered in front of Bangkok’s Pathumwan district police station this morning to offer moral support to party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, who was there to acknowledge charges of sedition and of abetting or giving shelter to a criminal suspect in an incident dating back to 2015. The supporters shouted their support and gave him flowers while hundreds
A group of Democrat party members, including several former MPs and newly-elected candidates, want the party to join a pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat coalition government, according to Democrat party deputy leader Thavorn Senniam. The group of about 30 party members, including former party leader and now chief party advisor Chuan Leekpai, attended a 4-hour meeting at
Support has been pouring in from various sectors of Thai society for Khao Kwan Foundation president Decha Siripat after a combined force of police, military and anti-narcotic officials raided the foundation’s offices in Suphan Buri last Wednesdayand seized about 200 marijuana plants, cannabis oil, dried marijuana seeds and marijuana powder. Some foundation staff were held in police custody
Well-known medical cannabis researcher Decha Siripat has insisted that he has a moral obligation to distribute cannabis oil to patients for treatment of some illnesses. The president of the Khao Kwan foundation, a privately-run organization known for its promotion of grass-root agricultural sustainability, said he will report to the authorities tomorrow to answer charges of
Because of his height and good look, Korn Chatikavanij is an outstanding man. In politics, though, he is the sort of men who let many people, including those less qualified, fly overhead. Abhisit Vejjajiva’s resignation from the Democrat Party’s helm may, however, push Korn to the forefront where he will need to mix his academic
Formal activities preceding the Royal Coronation Ceremony of His Majesty the King will commence tomorrow with the drawing of sacred water in every of the 76 provinces throughout the country for use in the ceremony next month. In Bangkok, the sacred water will be collected from Ho Sastrakhom, a small building inside the Grand Palace,
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has hit back at Army Commander-in-Chief Apirat Kongsompong, saying he didn’t know what message the latter was trying to convey by branding him and those of similar views as“pretentious leftists” crying for change to Thailand’s constitutional monarchy. He maintained that his party has been fighting for and demanding the restoration of normality and democracy inThailand and a return into the world community as a country that respects
CANBERRA (Xinhua) — The medical experts behind the rescue of 12 young “Wild Boars” soccer players and their coach from the Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai last year said that the evacuees were anesthetized with Ketamine before being swum to safety. Richard Harris, the South Australian anaesthetist and cave diver who led the medical
Deputy national police chief has claimed that police have sufficient evidence to support the sedition charge filed against Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit. Pol Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul also insisted that police have not been ordered by anyone to take legal action against the firebrand party leader or intend to discredit him, but they are
