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    Cybercriminal assets targeted

    Armed forces leaders were yesterday briefed that police are stepping up efforts to confiscate the assets of criminals who use the internet to commit fraud.Chatrapee Poonsri, spokeswoman for the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, said that the Royal Thai Police’s online operations report had been ...

    Wassana Nanuam

    Building a digital water management system for Thailand

    Effective water management is crucial for both Thailand’s large agricultural sector and for its fast developing high-tech manufacturing sector. Cloudasset’s Digital Solution for Water Management integrated over 40 databases and data from satellites and over 30,000 sensors to provide Thailand with near real-time monitoring & ...

    Thailand leads in ASEAN with its smart cities

    Thailand introduced the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) initiative to transform three Thai provinces into smart cities during the 2019 ASEAN Summit. This move has proved to be a successful one, one report notes.The EEC was established to create a centre for trade, investment, regional transportation, ...

    Alita Sharon

    Excise delays levy process

    The Excise Department has put on hold a process to consider levies on salty food and non-alcoholic beer until the Covid-19 epidemic is under control, its chief says.Given that containing the deadly virus outbreak is the top priority of the Public Health Ministry, which plays ...

    Wichit Chantanusornsiri

    Southeast Asia’s dugongs may disappear soon

    In 2019, two baby dugongs were found alive after they washed ashore in Krabi and Trang provinces, in Thailand, but sadly died not long after they were rescued. The event even caught the attention of Hollywood star, Leonardo DiCaprio who posted about it on social ...

    Health product importers face FDA legal sanction

    More than 500 importers of illegal health products have faced legal action over the past year, says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Secretary–general Paisarn Dunkum said the Consumer Protection Police Division has investigated importers of illegal and dangerous health products and arrested more than 500 ...

    Bangkok Post Reporter

    NESDC lowers 2020 economic growth estimate

    Thailand’s economy grew by 2.4 per cent in 2019, lower than the previous estimate of 2.6 per cent, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Monday (February 17).The NESDC said gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2019 expanded by 1.6 ...

    The Nation Reporter

    Economic growth slips to 5-year low, virus to hit tourism

    Thailand’s economy grew at its weakest pace in five years in 2019, as exports and public investments slowed, and the impact from the coronavirus epidemic is set to pile more pressure on Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy this year.The trade-dependent economy has been buffeted by the ...

    Wichit Chantanusornsiri

    Plastic still proliferates

    Several retail chains have taken the initiative to cut down on plastic waste by not giving out plastic bags, and people find themselves carrying their own tote bags when they shop at malls and convenience stores.The adjustment seems to be going well. But while the ...

    Melalin Mahavongtrakul

    US trade preferences cut to affect 40,000 workers

    Labour networks will meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on March 3 to discuss ways to avert the US suspension of preferential trade privileges for Thailand under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).Speaking at a seminar on the issue on Saturday, Chalee Loysoong, deputy chairman of ...

    Penchan Charoensuthipan

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