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A state engineer Thursday (Jan, 17) dismissed panicked reports in the media and online that the Mekong River is about to flood.Water released upriver from Thailand by a Chinese dam has caused levels to rise downriver between Thailand and Laos, but despite local news and ...

n a small bookshop in Suan Phlu, a lively district of Bangkok, an unusual conversation is taking place. Men and women crammed into the nooks and crannies between the books listen intently as Wipaphan Wongsawang picks up a microphone and gestures around her. “Women in ...

The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) aims to attract 1 million teenagers to join the e-commerce workforce and 200,000 micro-SMEs to go online this year to boost the online economy. By 2023, ETDA wants to have 8 million workers and 1.6 million micro small and ...

Thailand now has the largest wealth gap in the world, according to a recent report by Credit Suisse. The Global Wealth Report and Databook, published in December 2018, showed that the richest 1% in Thailand now controls almost 67% of the country’s wealth.Actors across the ...

The severe air pollution problem in Bangkok will take a heavy toll on the country’s economy unless the authorities can effectively clear the smog, a research report warned yesterday (Jan, 15). A Kasikorn Research Centre analysis yesterday  (Jan, 15) said the smog could cost Thailand ...

Human rights defenders are calling for an end to capital punishment for women as a next step forward to achieving the universal abolition of death sentences in Thailand.A public forum hosted by the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) on Monday (Jan, 14) discussed a proposal ...

Thanks to the growing popularity of online shopping in Thailand, e-commerce is expected to have the brightest growth prospects this year, while book rental, handicraft and conventional furniture are forecast to face the bleakest outlook. Thanavath Phonvichai, vice-president for research at the University of the ...

Thailand’s Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is implementing its 20-year Anti-Corruption Master Plan (2017-2036), aimed at promoting concerted cooperation among all sectors of society in preventing and suppressing corruption, as well as developing a “Zero Tolerance and Clean Thailand.”Keep reading ...

Artificial intelligence will be operating the traffic lights at all 505 intersection in Bangkok “soon”, rather than police officers manually working the switches, according to a senior policeman.Pol Col Kitti Ariyanon, deputy commander of the Police Bureau’s Traffic Police Division, said AI was already on ...

The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) will work with other government agencies to develop a data analytics system as part of the government’s effort to upgrade the management of Thailand’s farm sector.According to Chantanont Wankejorn, deputy chief of OAE, more than 30 agencies will be ...