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A worried Thai private sector is monitoring possible major changes in US trade policy when president-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” approach could have both positive and negative impacts on the Thai economy, especially Thai exports.
Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, took the opportunity during her stop in Los Angeles to stroll around Erewhon, one of America’s most expensive grocery stores, and to enjoy one of its famous 20$ (around 700 baht) smoothies.
The opposition Palang Pracharath party has promised to investigate one of its members, former actor Rattapoom Tokongsup, who has been accused of demanding a 20 million baht under-the-table payment from iCon Group CEO Waratphol Waratvorakul.
A man has been arrested in the north-eastern province of Buri Ram on suspicion of killing and decapitating four puppies.
Immigration police in Chiang Mai province have arrested a Briton for alleged possession of various controlled substances, including ten bags of cocaine, with intent to sell.
The second term of a Donald Trump presidency would heighten tensions across key hotspots in Southeast Asia, as his administration would likely intensify efforts to counter and contain its chief rival, China, analysts predicted.
MoU 44, a written territorial understanding between Thailand and Cambodia, can be terminated unilaterally, but this should not be done because it may adversely affect relations between the parties to it, according to Council of State Secretary-General Pakorn Nilprapunt today.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched a campaign urging “Loy Krathong” revellers not to use “krathongs” made of bread or Styrofoam and to use those made of natural materials, like corn husk, banana trunk or leaves, to protect the environment.
Supachai Matsuwannakit, a 26-year-old wheelchair user and Thammasat University computer engineering graduate, recently attended a job fair held especially for people with disabilities.
Zhuhai, China - A driver rammed his car into a crowd at a sports centre in southern China, killing 35 people and severely injuring 43 in one of the deadliest attacks in contemporary Chinese history.
In a recent move to reduce Thailand’s educational inequality, the Ministry of Education has announced that secondary students in select provinces will receive digital devices in the next academic year. The initiative, part of the "Anywhere Anytime" project, is intended to make learning more accessible and adaptable to modern educational demands. Questions remain, however, about the policy’s efficacy and possible downsides.
This November, the National Science Museum in Pathum Thani will make an unlikely turn into a hub of cultural discovery where ancient art meets modern innovation.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Forest Department official, based at a forest protection unit in Waritchaphum district of Sakhon Nakhon, on suspicion of involvement in the stealing of Siamese Rosewood logs, worth about 800,000-baht, and two service pistols.
Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra asked expat Thais in the United States, who have a good education, technical knowhow or professional expertise, to return to Thailand to help in national development, said Government Spokesman Jirayu Houngsub today.
Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said today that he hopes that the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) can work in the same direction, even though he has not yet been formally advised who the next board chairman will be.
