Rice exports forecast to fall to lowest in 7 years
Thailand’s rice exports in 2020 are forecast to drop to their lowest in seven 12 months, the nation’s rice exporters group mentioned on Thursday, because the robust baht reduces the competitiveness in opposition to different shippers.
— Bangkok Publish
Fourth phase of stimulus on the cards
Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has instructed the Fiscal Coverage Workplace (FPO) to check a fourth part of the Style-Store-Spend stimulus scheme.
— Bangkok Publish
Prominent Thai Politician calls for legalization of brothels and adult shops in Thailand
Thai Civilized occasion chief, and member of the Home committee learning methods to cut back rape and different sexual violations, Mongkolkit Suksintharanont, has proposed that Thailand ought to allow regulated and licenced brothels and intercourse toy retailers as a option to handle the issue.
— The Pattaya Information
Teachers owe B1.1 trillion, 16% of total public debt
The debt collected by academics nationwide totals 1.1 trillion baht, about 16% of the general public debt, with every instructor owing a mean three million baht.
— Bangkok Publish
Korn says he is setting up new political party
Former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij, who resigned from the Democrat Celebration on Wednesday, admitted Thursday night time that he’s within the technique of forming a brand new political occasion.
— Thai PBS Information
Thailand is Sending Submarine Crew to Train in China
The Royal Thai Navy on Thursday mentioned the primary group of Thai submariners would obtain their coaching in China, the place Thailand’s first submarine fleet in almost 70 years are being constructed.
— Khaosod English
Toyota Leasing first to issue debt using blockchain
Toyota Leasing Thailand Co Ltd, the automotive leasing arm of Toyota Motor Thailand, has turn into the primary firm to subject debentures by the blockchain-integrated distributed ledger expertise (DLT) underneath the Securities and Trade Fee’s regulatory sandbox.
— Bangkok Publish
Another Democrat quits to join Korn in forming a new party
Former Democrat PM for Bangkok, Attawit Suwanpakdee, has give up the Democrat occasion, efficient at this time, to hitch one other former Democrat MP, Korn Chatikavanij, in forming a brand new political occasion.
— Thai PBS Information
Gov’t MP Disappears as Court Convicts Him of Disrupting ASEAN Summit
The Supreme Court docket on Thursday discovered a pro-government lawmaker responsible of crashing a world summit again in 2009, weeks after he disappeared from the Parliament.
— Khaosod English
Temperature inversion traps dust in Bangkok and suburbs today
Bangkok and its suburbs are experiencing one of the crucial polluted days at this time (Thursday) resulting from an unusually excessive accumulation of effective airborne mud being brought on by stagnant air, producing a temperature inversion impact.
— Thai PBS Information
BMA mulls ban on overladen trucks
Metropolis Corridor is trying to ban overloaded lorries from sure components of Bangkok in a proposal aimed toward not solely defending metropolis roads from additional injury but in addition to cut back hazardous ultra-fine mud particles within the air.
— Bangkok Publish
PM orders provinces to ‘dig for water’
All 76 provinces throughout the nation have been ordered to start khut din laek nam (digging for water) as a part of pressing state measures to struggle a drought which has already parched 18 provinces.
— The Phuket Information
Spending on cyberthreat measures set to soar
Cybersecurity spending in Thailand is anticipated to soar from this 12 months, pushed by the enforcement of the Cybersecurity Act and Private Information Safety Act (PDPA), in addition to the roll-out of the 5G community and Web of Issues (IoT) units.
— Bangkok Publish
Natural Resources Min to propose to Cabinet to regulate ten wheelers in BKK
The Ministry of Pure Assets and Atmosphere is planning to suggest to the Cupboard subsequent week a regulation on ten-wheelers working in Bangkok, in a bid to deal with ongoing air air pollution within the capital.
— Newsline (video)
Mideast ties strong, says Don
Though absent from a Home committee assembly by which he was to be requested to make clear his “misinformed” remarks in regards to the battle between the US and Iran, International Minister Don Pramudwinai mentioned Thailand’s ties with the Center East are good.
— Bangkok Publish
Thailand’s Police Chief Fears Gold Heist Murder has Fled Country
Thailand’s Police chief has reported that the suspect within the Lopburi gold heist case, who additionally killed three folks might have fled the nation.
— Chiang Rai Occasions
Thailand gets more businesses to sign up for VAT refund stations
The Income Division is accepting purposes from entrepreneurs to open everlasting VAT refund stations for international vacationers in Bangkok to hurry up the refund course of in addition to increase gross sales of retail retailers.
— The Star On-line
Government to raise public awareness on its drought tackling policies
The Authorities has adjusted its public relations plans on its drought mitigation insurance policies to advertise larger public consciousness.
— Newsline (video)
Aviation firms reeling after gusty 2019
Regardless of larger international vacationer arrivals and rosy tourism income, the monetary efficiency of SET-listed companies working within the aviation business has been reeling from a slew of damaging elements, sending airline share costs right into a nosedive throughout the board in 2019.
— Bangkok Publish
Thailand gets ready for data protection law
Thailand has joined Singapore and Malaysia in Southeast Asia to enact a private knowledge safety legislation to guard the privateness rights of people.
— ComputerWeekly.com
Kratom to Be Removed as Type-5 Narcotic in Thailand
Thailand’s Justice minister has introduced kratom will probably be taken off the nationwide narcotics checklist in June this 12 months.
— Chiang Rai Occasions
Thai Tycoons May Find Tesco Is Closed
Bangkok’s billionaires don’t normally need to deal with a lot resistance as they increase.
— Bloomberg
Thailand and Japan host environmental seminar in Bangkok
Thailand is internet hosting the ‘Thailand-Japan Environmental Options Week’ occasion in Bangkok from January 14th to 16th.
— Newsline (video)
Second-hand unit sales record rise
Second-hand property gross sales are tallying larger progress than the general housing market, says property brokerage ERA Holding Thailand.
— Bangkok Publish
How will Thailand’s FFP play its hand?
Earlier this week, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was quoted as saying that rallies have been a “waste of time”.
— The Asean Publish
Chinese New Year arrivals ‘too early to tell’, says TAT Phuket chief
The Chinese language New Yr holidays from Jan 25 to Feb 1 are anticipated to see greater than 430,000 vacationers go to Phuket and generate an estimated B15.825 billion for the native economic system, studies Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket Workplace Director Kanokkittika Kritwutikon.
— The Phuket Information
Bank of Thailand lands in hot water
It caught nearly everybody unexpectedly when the baht strengthened previous the psychological stage of 30 baht per US greenback through the New Yr holidays.
— Bangkok Publish
Inequality has been rising in Thailand since 2015 as the kingdom becomes an aged society in 2021
Whereas Thailand’s financial planners discuss of financial reform and taming the robust baht, figures revealed this week by the Nationwide Financial and Social Growth Board level to an enormous transformation when it comes to demographics that can happen in Thailand within the subsequent twenty years.
— ThaiExaminer.com
3BB leads Thai fixed internet service performance in 2019 – nPerf
nPerf customers carried out greater than 10.59 million connection checks on Thailand’s 4 largest ISPs in 2019.
— Telecompaper
Drowning still a huge problem for Thai kids
Thailand is known for a lot of issues, one in every of which is its sandy seashores.
— The Asean Publish
Thailand’s PTT plans multi-billion-dollar capex over next five years
State-owned Thai vitality group PTT Pcl plans a multi-billion greenback capital spending spree over the following 5 years, it mentioned on Thursday, that can embody increasing in liquefied pure fuel and investing in oil and fuel pipelines.
— Reuters
Transport Ministry to propose BMTA overhaul plan to Cabinet
The Ministry of Transport has opened a public discussion board gathering enter on plans to restructure the enterprise of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), which embody the renting of some 2,000 buses plus upkeep from personal firms and modifications to the routing community.
— Newsline (video)
Direct air route launched between Ho Chi Minh City and Pattaya
The low-cost service Vietjet Air have just lately opened a direct air route connecting Ho Chi Minh Metropolis with Pattaya in Thailand, with 4 return flights per week.
— Pattaya Mail
TAT and Chinese Embassy to hand out souvenirs to CNY tourists
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Chinese language Embassy in Thailand will give away commemorative cash marking the 2020 Chinese language New Yr… to vacationers visiting Bangkok’s Chinatown or “Yaowarat” beginning subsequent weekend.
— Newsline (video)
Big C confirms Tesco interest
The highest boss of Large C Supercenter has acknowledged that the corporate is eager to amass Tesco’s Asia enterprise and has submitted its intent to bid.
— Bangkok Publish
Thai teacher caught on video striking a student in Sa Kaew
A instructor in Thailand’s east has been caught on video flogging a scholar while screaming invectives on the younger woman.
— The Thaiger
3 arrested, 500kg of marijuana worth over B7.6m seized
Two males and a lady have been arrested and over 500kg of compressed marijuana seized at a checkpoint in Nam Phong district on Thursday.
— Bangkok Publish
Flare-up at meeting of House Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee
A heated argument erupted, at a gathering of the Home Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee this afternoon, between the committee chairman, Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavet on one aspect and two committee members, Miss Pareena Kraikupt and Sira Jenjakha, on the opposite aspect.
— Thai PBS Information
Health ministry ordered to pay B2.7m compo to paralysed boy
The Supreme Court docket has ordered the Public Well being Ministry to pay 2.7 million baht to the household of a child boy left paralysed after his dad and mom’ motorbike was hit by a hospital automobile 5 years in the past.
— Bangkok Publish
Motion to oust Seripisut from House Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee
An pressing movement has been submitted to the Home of Representatives, by a bunch of Palang Pracharat MPs, demanding the elimination of Seri Ruam Thai occasion chief, Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavet, from the Home Anti-Corruption and Misconduct Committee.
— Thai PBS Information
More than 100 Chiang Mai students hospitalised with food poisoning
There was chaos at Chiang Mai hospitals yesterday when round 130 college students have been hospitalised with meals poisoning.
— The Thaiger
10 ways Thailand is moving to a greener future
“Inexperienced” shouldn’t be normally the phrase that involves thoughts when talking of Thailand, particularly if you end up talking by a PM2.5 face masks.
— The Thaiger
Smuggled cigarettes seized in Phang Nga valued at 6 million baht
A former police officer has been arrested in Phang Nga, simply north of Phuket, final night time for his participation in a cigarette smuggling ring.
— The Thaiger
Thai fashion platform Pomelo appoints former H&M executive as Chief Retail Officer
Thailand-headquartered digital vogue model Pomelo has appointed Anders Heikenfeldt, ex-Managing Director of an H&M enterprise, as its Chief Retail Officer (CRO).
— e27
British and Thai man arrested for flogging fake watches online
A British and a Thai man are in custody after a sting operation in Pattaya caught them promoting counterfeit model identify watches on-line to international consumers at an enormous markup.
— The Thaiger
From Drug Dealer to Stage Actor: Play Gives Youths New Life
4 years in the past when he was solely 17, Tossawat was arrested for utilizing and promoting medicine. However on Tuesday night time, he was a number one actor for a play that aimed to encourage teenagers like him to show their lives round.
— Khaosod English
Thief arrested in Pattaya after robbing over ten houses, caught on CCTV swimming in victim’s pools
A brazen thief who Pattaya police say broke into greater than ten homes in Pattaya has been arrested yesterday, January 15, 2020.
— The Pattaya Information
Police track down “the great Bangkok pantie snatcher”
One man’s been busy shifting round Bangkok condos and residences within the northern suburbs and ‘sampling’ a variety of girls’s underwear and lingerie.
— The Thaiger
Top YouTube makeup artist reveals she’s transgender, says she was blackmailed
Probably the most influential make-up artists on social media (sure, it’s a giant factor) rocked her followers Monday night time with a video revealing she’s a transgender girl.
— The Thaiger
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