Bangkok Post

Commerce Ministry seeks B6bn to bolster recovery

The Commerce Ministry is seeking more than 6 billion baht to fund various projects aimed primarily at helping farmers increase sales by improving their product distribution channels, a source at the ministry said.Funding for the programmes will be taken out of the 400-billion-baht budget that ...

Phusadee Arunmas

Business unusual

This moment is a uniquely testing time for us all. The speed at which Covid-19 has spread across the world and the severity of the disruption to the global economy have been unprecedented.With the pandemic affecting every element of business, from the robustness of supply ...

Our disappearing rights

It’s been over a week since the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, an exiled Thai activist living in Cambodia, touched off a heated debate in Thai social media and beyond.Mr Wanchalearm has been an ardent critic of the current government and its military predecessor; he fled ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Alro readying to repossess forest land, rent it back to businesses

The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) says it will “repossess” Sor Por Kor land illegally occupied by resorts and hotels, and then rent the land back to them.However, the process involves amending the land’s allocation status.“What we are going to do is take land back ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Education in classrooms, not online, comes first: Minister

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan has pledged to prioritise learning in the classroom even as he moves to add online lessons.Speaking about the reopening of schools in July, Mr  Nataphol said all students can return to schools under strict health guidelines but both online and on-air ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Civil groups want abortion rights

Pro-choice groups are moving to have an entire section in the Criminal Code revoked in the hope of giving women with unwanted pregnancies the right to legal abortion and protect medical personnel performing the procedures from facing legal action.The Choices Network Thailand (CNT), however, insisted ...

Penchan Charoensuthipan

Industrial group supports Thailand joining CPTPP

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) supports the move to make Thailand a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to boost the nation’s international trade in the post-pandemic period.The panel’s stance, unveiled on Tuesday by the ...

Lamonphet Apisitniran

Group threatens rally over fishing quotas

A group of trawler owners yesterday vowed to stage a big rally in Bangkok if the Department of Fisheries is adamant on imposing new fishing quotas, a move to appease the European Union after it called on the kingdom to follow sustainable measures in the ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Govt should create jobs, cut taxes to reduce unemployment: Poll

Most people want the government to create job opportunities and reduce taxes, along with taking other measures, to ease the ongoing unemployment crisis, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.The poll was conducted online between ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Companies want clarity on CPTPP

The private sector is calling for a quick and clear stance from the government on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).Companies cited foreign investors who have already invested and are interested in further spending in Thailand, though they are waiting for the ...

Phusadee Arunmas

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