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The Thai Soil Partnership (TSP) has vowed to pursue a ban on herbicides to improve soil health and agricultural practices.The announcement by the TSP, representing a network of government, private, academic, religious, civil society and public sector groups against farm chemical use, was made to ...

The National Rice Policy Committee has approved maintaining the price of unmilled rice for the production year 2019 to 2020 with a budget of Bt31.49 billion in order to help rice farmers, Permanent Secretary of Commerce Ministry, Boonyarit Kalayanamit, said following the meeting on Friday ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee on Friday (December 6) gave the nod to the establishment of a committee to regulate the high-speed train project linking three international airports.A second new committee will also be set up to manage the contract for this project, Kanit ...

Thousands of fishing trawler operators and fishing boat crew on Friday gathered in separate rallies in 22 coastal provinces in protest against the government’s stringent regulations aimed at countering illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Keep reading ...

The national wage committee agreed on Friday to increase the minimum daily wage by 5-6 baht, from 308-330 baht to 313-336 baht, and will propose the rise to cabinet for effect from Jan 1.Unskilled workers in most provinces will be entitled to 315-320 baht a ...

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will launch a campaign to monitor wastewater in some government buildings across the country early next year.Pralong Damrongthai, director-general of the PCD, told media the project is a response to the 60% increase of wastewater discharged from government office buildings.Keep ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has praised Thailand’s role in providing care and protection to displaced persons based on the principles of compassion and humanity.The Ministry of Defence Spokesman, Lt Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich, revealed that Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan welcomed ...

Efforts to protect Thai seafood workers from labor exploitation and modern slavery risk stalling as most international brands and retailers refuse to pay their suppliers more to comply with new anti-slavery policies, researchers said on Wednesday.Thai seafood suppliers are struggling with rising production costs as ...

The Energy Ministry has high hopes for Thailand to become a regional trading hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in early 2020, thanks to a plan to decentralise the gas business.Speaking after yesterday’s Energy Policy Administrative Committee (Epac) meeting, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said the ...

The government has sought help from 230,000 environmental volunteers in its campaign to help reduce the scourge of plastic waste in the country.“These volunteers will act as a good model [for conservation] and alert people to the crisis,” permanent secretary for natural resources and environment ...