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The Government Gazette announced on Saturday an amendment to Criminal Code sections 301 and 305, which would make it possible for women to terminate their pregnancy of up to 12 weeks.The amended law reads:Section 301: A woman who aborts a foetus that is older than ...

The Commerce Ministry is scheduled to propose to parliament on Tuesday the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact, the world’s biggest free trade deal, signed by 15 nations in Asia-Pacific including Thailand last November.Sansern Samalapa, commerce vice-minister, said the ministry expects ...

The government aims to accelerate the country’s R&D spending to 2.2% of GDP in seven years to improve economic development and reduce social disparity in the face of future uncertainty.“We are on a roadmap to become an innovation country as we are scaling up efforts ...

A civic group protested in front of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry building on Friday as part of a campaign to pressure the government to resettle ethnic Karen villagers displaced from the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi over a decade ago.Twenty activists and ...

The consumer price index (CPI), a gauge of headline inflation, fell 0.34% year-on-year last month, marking the 11th straight monthly decline since March 2020.According to Pimchanok Pitfield, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, major contributions came from low energy prices (down 4.82%) from ...

The Finance Ministry is preparing to reconsider the eligibility criteria for receiving financial aid under the Rao Chana (We Win) scheme, which stipulates recipients should have a taxable income of no more than 300,000 baht per year.Approved in January, the We Win scheme aims to ...

Thailand is implementing the “seal and bubble” strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19 in factories in Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of the latest outbreak in the kingdom.Ministry of Foreign Affairs deputy spokesman Natapanu Nopakun said for factories providing on-site accommodation for their workers, the ...

Fuel consumption in Thailand contracted in January, especially for jet fuel, following the return of Covid-19 in mid-December last year, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).The largest plunge was jet fuel consumption, which contracted by 82.6% to a daily average of 3.85 from ...

The Commerce Ministry has teamed up with 11 digital platforms to roll out new discount campaigns, running until Feb 28, to relieve economic hardship amid the pandemic.According to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, more than 100,000 shops are participating in the new campaign, with 1 million ...

The Commerce Ministry has pledged to speed up tackling the container shortage and open more border checkpoints to increase trade, aiming to reach the ministry’s goal of export growth of 4% this year.Speaking after the year’s first meeting of Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative ...