Phuket is preparing to welcome more than 5,000 Thai and foreign athletes to the island during the weekend of November 26…
Economic
MPC raises key policy rate in bid to tame impact of inflation on economic growth
The latest hike by 0.25 percentage point followed a similar increase last month.
The MPC has sent out a strong signa…
Capital Set To Lure More Tourists With Vibrant-Nightlife Project
Speaking at a Thai Hotels Association luncheon on Wednesday, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the tourism and h…
Wind And Solar Top 10% Of Global Power Generation For First Time
The world’s wind and solar projects combined to meet more than a tenth of global electricity demand for the first …
Harvested rice fields in Chao Phraya River basin to be used as water retention areas
Rice fields in the Chao Phraya River basin, on Thailand’s central plains, will be turned into temporary water retention …
Thailand’s daily wage hike will not necessarily put more food on the table
Although the minimum daily wage will rise by an average of 5 percent from October 1, not many workers see a brighter fut…
Investors shun Thai government plan for development zones in north-eastern provinces
The Thai government’s ambitious plan, announced about seven years ago, to transform some north-eastern provinces borderi…
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning -BMKG
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a tsu…
Global headwinds could blow Thai economy off track
The decelerating export growth in July has raised concerns that the outlook for Thailand’s economic growth may be bleak …
BMA ordered to pay to BTS amounts outstanding for Green Line extensions
Thailand’s Central Administrative Court issued a ruling today (Wednesday), ordering the Bangkok Metropolitan Administrat…
