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Disgruntled fishermen from 22 coastal provinces have threatened to raise the level of their protest if the government does not respond positively to their demands for relaxation of stringent regulations within three days.An estimated 8,000 fishing trawler operators and boat crew on Tuesday converged outside ...

A new cooperation deal between the Myanmar government and private energy company, MPRL E&P, will bring good news for Thailand’s power generation sector, Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy said in a statement on Monday.The statement was issued after MPRL E&P, a Myanmar-based independent energy ...

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate at a record low on Wednesday after two cuts this year, a Reuters poll showed, although it was likely to downgrade its growth outlook again.All 16 economists in the poll predicted the ...

Thailand looks poised to improve free trade agreements (FTAs) under the Asean framework next year, aiming to extend tariff cuts to cover more products, particularly sensitive items.The Trade Negotiations Department also wants to upgrade agreements so they are in line with changing economic conditions.Keep reading ...

Disinformation or freedom of expression? Hate speech or free speech? Threat to national security or whistleblowing on corruption and tyranny?These time-honoured debates have assumed a new urgency in the internet era, where digital privacy is under attack and fake news sometimes comes from the same ...

Tourism operators are calling for more effective measures from the government to help reinvigorate the slumping domestic tourism sector next year.Phuriwat Limthavornrat, president of the Association of Domestic Travel, said the government needs to develop short-term stimulus plans for the industry. The key is measures ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will ask the cabinet to introduce lessons about basic human rights in schools nationwide next year.Commissioner Prakairatana Thontiravong said the NHRC has produced a handbook for teaching youngsters about human rights and developed lessons on the subject. The content ...

China has declared a 60-kilometre section of Mekong River off-limits to all types of boats indefinitely while rock blasting is undertaken to widen the channel for commercial shipping operations.China announced on Friday that operators of all types of boats should avoid entering the river from ...

Activist Srisuwan Janya is urging the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) to take legal action against 12 politicians who allegedly have no right to occupy Sor Por Kor land.The Association for the Protection of the Thai Constitution secretary-general on Friday filed a petition with Alro ...

Although the land and building tax will be implemented at the beginning of next year, tax filing for the measure will be scheduled for August instead of April because of some uncompleted organic laws, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).The Interior Ministry, which shares responsibility ...