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Skyscrapers in Bangkok don’t hold the title of the country’s tallest building for long. Completed in 2016, King Power MahaNakhon held the record for a while, only to be replaced by the 70-floor Magnolias Waterfront Residences, which now stands the tallest. It’s a monument to ...

The Mekong River basin was identified as a major disaster risk hotspot by the United Nations today.Poor people living close to the river suffer high exposure to flood and drought, according to a report released today. A UN official also called for the nations in ...

The Commerce Ministry is ramping up business matching activity and trade fairs for potential growth products in cosmetics, healthcare and education in an effort to increase shipments.Keep reading ...

Though the government plans to spend Bt150 billion on agriculture price guarantees, this measure will not improve the quality of products or boost farmers’ quality of life, an academic warned.“The price guarantee cannot be applied to all products because they all take different times to ...

Latest UN report also warns ‭Thais living in the northeast are vulnerable. The relentless sequence of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific in the past two years was beyond what the region had previously experienced or was able to predict, and this is a ...

The National Science and Technology Development Agency will invest Bt3.4 billion in a pilot biorefinery in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (ECCi).The aim is to add value from biological research to industrial manufacturing and create innovative products, while raising Thailand’s as a hub for ...

The National Rice Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, on Wednesday announced 21 billion baht in subsidies to help stabilise prices for rice farmers hurt by drought and a strong baht.Under the new rice scheme, the government will agree to pay farmers a ...

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Mananya Thaiset has announced that at least one or two of the three controversial agricultural chemicals – paraquat, glyphosate, and chlorpyrifos – will be banned in Thailand by the end of this year.Keep reading ...

The Energy Ministry plans to launch the “One Community, One Power Plant” scheme for renewable resources in September to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.Kulit Sombatsiri, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said this plan follows the decarbonisation concept as the government is concerned about climate change.Keep reading ...

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul plans to use telemedicine technology to screen out patients from large crowded hospitals in towns, a Bhumjai Thai MP said.Bhumjai Thai MP and spokesman Setthapong Malisuwan said Anutin had assigned him to take charge of the use of telemedicine at ...