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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will use the budget it has requested for the upcoming fiscal year to improve five key aspects of people’s lives in the capital, says Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang.“These key areas are cleanliness, convenience, safety, quality of life, as well as self-sufficiency,” ...

Persistently discounted as gullible, desperate, and unsophisticated, the 22 million inhabitants of Isaan–about a third of the country’s population–have long borne the brunt of bias from Thailand’s urban middle class.A new study by the Asia Foundation sets out to investigate if these biases hold any ...

The government’s “active investment” on water management has been successful in limiting drought damage to local communities and saving people from flooding in the rainy season, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says. Speaking at a seminar called “Knowledge Creation, Communication and Water Management in Rainy Season”, organised ...

Since the government and relevant sectors have stepped up their efforts to suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and have the country removed from the yellow-card status imposed on it by the European Union (EU), another issue has arisen with domestic fishing operators voicing ...

The Thailand Education Partnership (TEP) has launched a platform for all sectors to share their ideas on education development in the country to adapt to global changes.Keep watching ...

The Department of Labor Protection and Welfare earlier today organized an event, marking the World Day Against Child Labour, which falls on June 12th annually. The event featured exhibitions and activities arranged by public agencies, private development organizations, employers and employees.Keep watching ...

The Council of Engineers and its network partners have held a public discussion on the causes of forest fires and PM2.5 particles. The event was being held for the fourth time, with the intention of providing further information on policies and the strategies being used ...

The National Fisheries Association of Thailand is threatening protests in the capital if the new government ignores its demand to revise strict rules and regulations on trawlers and their crews. “If these laws aren’t changed, the fishermen will head to Bangkok and camp out in ...

More than 100 billion baht a year is needed to fund welfare schemes promised by the new government, according to Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) estimates. The actual welfare spending, however, would hinge on the coalition government’s final decisions, taking into account the available budget and ...

Fisheries Department Director General Adisorn Phromthep said his agency will temporarily close the Gulf of Thailand’s Alphabet Kor area for the rehabilitation of aquatic animals off eight provinces. A survey found aquatic animals suitably rehabilitated and after previous temporary closures of the same areas.Keep reading ...