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The National Council for Peace and Order has confirmed more troops will be sent to support the patrol operation along the Mekong River. The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, who is also the Secretary General of the NCPO, said that national ...

The message from the first trip to Beijing by a Japanese leader in seven years was clear: the world’s second- and third-biggest economies need to cooperate, not compete. President Xi Jinping’s and Premier Li Keqiang’s meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed that relations between ...

Expert and social entrepreneurs have placed high hopes on benefiting from the advanced blockchain technology that would be able to play a major role in curbing corruption and enhancing transparency in social justice.“Blockchain could be used to promote transparency of information for anti-corruption and to ...

Government Pension Fund (GPF), Thailand’s largest institutional investor, has launched an environment, social and governance (ESG)-focused portfolio to invest in Thailand-listed companies amid a worldwide equity sell-off.Keep reading ...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is exploring the social networking universe in what is seen as a move to get a head start in the popularity stakes before a long-awaited general election that is supposed to take place next year.Keep reading ...

The Revenue Department is letting individual taxpayers claim an income tax deduction for prenatal care and childbirth expenses of up to 60,000 baht per tax year, with retroactive effect from Jan 1 this year, according to a department announcement. Keep reading ...

A prominent activist has urged every political party to express a clear stance on the country’s universal healthcare scheme and other state welfare issues ahead of the upcoming election. The call surfaced yesterday (Oct 16) amid growing concerns that influential groups intend to be selective ...

Political parties formed under the new law are allowed to collect only seed funding from founding members and membership fees from all members, the Election Commission (EC) and junta leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwan reaffirmed, following the Future Forward Party (FWP) controversy.Keep reading ...

The Ministry of Science and Technology’s procurement of the 7.8-billion-baht THEOS-2, an earth-observing satellite, is all above board, according to a special committee responsible for probing an allegation of conflict of interest surrounding the project. Keep reading ...

The Cabinet on Wednesday (Oct 9) approved the draft decree for election to the Senate. The law is expected to come into effect next month and the 250 senators should be finalised by late April.Government Spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said that the list of all Senate ...