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Environmental campaigners are urging the new government to overhaul what they see as its “overly pro-industrial investment policy” and move the country down the path of sustainable development, in order to protect its citizens and the country from costly environmental and health damages.Keep reading ...

City councillors have finally approved the enforcement of a regulation to charge Bangkok residents for wastewater treatment after 14 years of vacillation. The new city ordinance has been in place since 2004 but it has not been implemented. In calculating wastewater treatment fees, 80% of ...

The Energy Ministry expects the solar power project for household rooftops to achieve its projection of 15,000 participants by year-end thanks to the popularity of the trend globally and declining investment cost in the sector.Keep reading ...

Numerous transport infrastructure projects in the Northeast are in the pipeline to establish links between Thailand and Laos, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says. The first project is the sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge, linking Ubon Ratchathani with Salawan, he said. The cabinet on Tuesday gave approval ...

Some 60% of banks in Asia-Pacific do not have full digital account-opening services for new customers, despite recent reports that nine in 10 financial institutions in the region say they are ready to embark on a “digital transformation”, according to a survey by the credit ...

New national parks will impose stricter penalties to further limit the rights of farmers and indigenous people, land rights activists and analysts said on Friday, after a series of convictions highlighted their vulnerability.Under the National Parks Act, which was unveiled by the government last week ...

The next Thailand government (whoever that will be) needs to invest in human capital if the country is to achieve its goal of reducing inequality and reaching high income status by 2036, as is its ambition.The cost of under utilisation of human capacity in Thailand ...

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) says the first year of the country’s effort to reduce plastic waste has been successful and has received cooperation from the business sector. “Our plan to reduce plastic waste is in its early steps and voluntary, but we received strong ...

Half of smartphone users in Thailand would switch mobile operators within six months to one that offered 5G wireless services if their own provider did not offer technology, accordiing to a recent report.Some 40% of respondents expect Thailand to switch to 5G within the next ...

Through the power of petitioning, one 11-year-old girl is doing more to save Thailand’s environment than perhaps most of the country combined.Since she was 8, Ralyn “Lilly” Satidtanasarn has been meeting with mall executives to demand reductions in single-use plastic waste. Central Group’s recent decision ...