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Since the forced closure of countries’ borders due to COVID-19, manufacturers sourcing ingredients and materials from foreign countries have been seeking local suppliers despite higher prices, so as to secure production, a trend that will most probably continue even after the pandemic.Keep watching ...

A dam planned for construction by Laos on the Mekong river will have negative impacts not only on Lao villages but also in nearby Thailand, a coalition of Thai environmental groups says, adding that the government in Bangkok should cancel plans to buy electricity from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following Thursday’s broad-daylight abduction of an exiled Thai political activist in Cambodia, both country’s police forces have bluntly refused to investigate, prompting calls by critics and human rights groups, including US-based Human Rights Watch, for swift action. Human rights defender Angkhana Neelapaijit warns that Thai ...

The Thai economy is likely set for a U-shaped recovery and a return to pre-pandemic growth levels in two years, according to the Siam Commercial Bank’s Economic Intelligence Center (EIC).GDP growth would show pre-coronavirus levels by early 2022, said Yunyong Thaicharoen, chief economist of the ...

The baht will trade next week (June 8 to 12) at around Bt31.30 to Bt31.70 to the US dollar, and important factors worth monitoring are the Fed meeting and dot plots, and estimation of US economic numbers, according to Kasikornbank.Important economic numbers, such as consumer ...

The Commerce Ministry has teamed up with manufacturers, distributors, retailers and wholesalers to organise a campaign to lower prices of goods by 4-68% to help reduce living costs for people nationwide. The two-month scheme is scheduled to begin on Sunday.Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the ...

The government should include 24 million informal workers in its 400 billion baht economic recovery plan for alleviating the economic impact of Covid-19, a recent seminar was told.Conducted online, the seminar on the impact of Covid-19 on informal workers was organised by Wichaya Komin, a ...

The Ministry of Transport has allowed all public transport, such as buses, trains and planes to resume to meet the people’s demand for travel, except to some provinces that had not ended the lockdown measures.Anon Luangboriboon, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, said that the move ...