
Thai Customs reviews gold import duty amid surge in imports
The Customs Department is considering import duties on gold following a surge in imports to over 900 billion baht in the first 11 months of fiscal 2026.
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The Customs Department is considering import duties on gold following a surge in imports to over 900 billion baht in the first 11 months of fiscal 2026.

The Thai Foreign Ministry has not been informed that Myanmar’s ambassador to Thailand was summoned back to Naypyitaw for questioning in connection with alleged collusion with Myanmar businessmen and the issuance of passports to anti-regime figures.

Thailand and Cambodia will dial down political rhetoric and focus on the legal aspects of their maritime disputes when they meet next month to seek an amicable solution under the UN-sponsored “compulsory conciliation” process.

Four men have been sentenced to life in prison for a 2022 bombing in Pattani’s Sai Buri district that killed a civilian and injured three police officers.


Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand still send most of their money home through unlicensed brokers, according to the Institute for Strategic Policy (ISP).

The Supreme Court has issued a statement denying ties between Election Division President Worawut Thawathasin and a former politician known as 'Nai Nor'.

Congratulatory messages and praise have poured in after 16-year-old Thai guitarist and singer Nene Royal from Phuket won America’s Got Talent Season 21, with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul leading the congratulations and praising her achievement

Contraband trafficking networks have adapted their operations to evade suppression by using private couriers and shipping goods in smaller quantities, according to Prachuap Khiri Khan Customs chief Thitiphong Khamphui.

Four senior Din Daeng police officers have been transferred following a raid on an illegal gambling den in their district.

Thailand are the latest country to slam the organisation at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan, likening it to a "chaotic" game of "musical chairs".

Rescue teams searched overnight for a foreign tourist who was swept away after falling into a Pattaya canal during heavy rains yesterday.

Sixteen-year-old Thai rocker Nene Royal has won America’s Got Talent Season 21, turning a childhood dream of becoming a superstar into reality and earning the chance to take her music to a global audience.

The Meteorological Department issued a warning for 43 provinces to brace for heavy downpours and potential flash floods through September 27.

Around 100 Thai farmer representatives rallied outside the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry yesterday to protest plant variety protection under the UPOV 1991 Convention during ongoing EU free trade talks.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul met with top US business executives at the UN General Assembly in New York to boost investor confidence in Thailand.