Thai business loves carbon credits, but are they harming the climate and grassroots people?

While carbon credits are hailed in some quarters as a solution for the climate crisis, environmentalists warn they could send the planet spiralling into an even worse disaster. The carbon…

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Saudi Arabian investment in electric vehicle production in Thailand sought

The Thai government has been courting Saudi Arabia for investment in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) in Thailand, to achieve its goal of becoming the EV production hub in…

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Government and opposition performance passable – Dusit Poll

Out of a maximum score of 10, the performance of the government during the past two months was rated at 5.2, compared to 5.86 for the opposition, in an opinion…

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As smog season returns, can Thailand avert another health crisis?    

Millions of people in Thailand are dreading ‘smog season’, as air pollution levels begin to rise at the end of the rains. Bangkok and other areas of the country have…

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Thailand may grant visa exemption for Chinese tourists in October

The Thai government is likely to introduce visa exemption for Chinese tourists in an effort to boost arrivals over yearend, as arrivals during the first seven months of this year…

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Cabinet approves increased medical coverage for serious head injuries 

Employees who suffer serious head injury in the course of their work, requiring surgery or not, will soon be entitled to medical coverage of 65,000 baht, up from 50,000 baht,…

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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen

Hun Sen defends comments regarding Pita’s failure

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has defended statements he made concerning the failure of Thai prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat to secure enough votes to be elected to lead Thailand….

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Thailand’s new House of Representatives to hold its first meeting between July 4th and 6th

The first meeting of the House of Representatives is expected to be held between July 4th and 6th, after the Election Commission (EC) announced the confirmation of 400 constituency MPs…

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Potential coalition formulae for the new Thai government

As no party is likely to win an absolute majority in the 500-member House of Representatives, a new coalition government will need to be formed and there are some potential…

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Thailand and Russia will hold high level talks later this month

Thailand and Russia will hold a Joint Thai-Russian Commission on Bilateral Cooperation in Bangkok on April 26th and 27th to strengthen cooperation of mutual interest, according to an informed source. …

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Thai government pre-empts bid to debate delay to enforcement of anti-torture law

Thailand’s opposition parties’ bid to hold a debate on the executive decree, delaying the enforcement of some provisions of the Act for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced…

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Malaysian facilitator Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, flanked by Thai chief negotiator Gen Wallop Raksanoh (left) and BRN representative Anas, during the press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

BRN agrees to have other rebel groups join peace talks

More separatist groups will be invited to join the BRN in peace talks with the Thai government, the Malaysian facilitator of the peace process said on Wednesday. BenarNews quoted former…

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The Thai delegation arrives for peace talks at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday morning.

Southern peace negotiators end first day of talks

Peace negotiators, representing the Thai government and a separatist group, ended their first day of talks in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon (Tuesday). A Thai PBS news team reports that they…

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The Thai delegation arrives for peace talks at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday morning.

Southern peace talks resume in Kuala Lumpur

The peace dialogue between representatives of the Thai government and a separatist group has resumed in Kuala Lumpur after more than a year. The session, being held at a hotel…

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Thai government considers new measures on guns and narcotics abuse

The government plans to overhaul gun laws, to make it harder for people to acquire licensed firearms, to empower authorities to confiscate guns from people who are mentally unfit to…

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Thai government claims it took steps 3 years ago to contain swine flu

The Thai government took precautionary steps to prevent and control the spread of the highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF) when the disease was first reported in China in 2018,…

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Thai government urged to formalise cross border assistance to Myanmar

BANGKOK – The Prayut government is being called upon to formalise cross border humanitarian assistance to crisis-hit Myanmar through the Thai Red Cross. The call was made at the third…

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A general view shows the Evergrande Center building in Shanghai on September 22, 2021. Hector RETAMAL / AFP

Thai government advised to prepare for financial fallout from China’s ‘Evergrande’ crisis

Thailand’s former finance minister and Kla Party Leader Korn Chatikavanij has strongly advised the Thai government to take precautionary steps to protect against any fallout from China’s Evergrande crisis. In…

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Thailand’s 2022 budget passed by House, debate in Senate on August 30th

The Thai government’s 3.1 trillion baht spending budget for the 2022 fiscal year passed its second and third readings in the House of Representatives late Saturday night, with 257 in…

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Rainbow Capitalism: Does it hurt or help the LGTBQ+ movement?

Every June, gay people around the world celebrate Pride month to honour, recall and rejoice over LGTBQ activists, whose trailblazers changed the world. The conversation surrounding ‘Rainbow capitalism’, however, also…

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Government urged to try harder to procure sufficient vaccine for Thai people

The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT) is urging the government to try harder and faster to procure sufficient, quality vaccines, including alternatives, to inoculate people in Thailand, to…

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Thai hospitals instructed not to postpone vaccination appointments – DPHM

Hospitals in Thailand have been instructed to keep vaccination appointments, even though they may have received fewer doses of vaccine than expected, especially for people over 60 and those suffering…

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Medical staff administer doses of CoronaVac or AstraZeneca vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus to residents of the Klong Toey community outside of an indoor football stadium in Bangkok on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Thai govt must revisit, review, replan vaccine rollout to survive latest wave

The third wave of COVID-19 that rolled into Thailand last month has rocked not just the fragile economic recovery but also the government’s vaccination plans. The resurgent virus has spawned…

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Three scenarios for final vote on Thai charter amendment bill

A heated and lengthy debate accompanied by chaos including a walkout are expected in Parliament when the charter amendment draft bill returns for its third and final reading on March…

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Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha smiles in parliament after a no-confidence vote against him was defeated in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

No-confidence vote reveals winners, losers and path ahead for Prayut’s govt    

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and nine other Cabinet members managed to sail through last week’s no-confidence vote — mostly with comfortable margins — while the opposition declared success in opening…

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