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The cabinet has agreed to extend its foreign migrants' amnesty programme until the end of the month, allowing about 500,000 workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to sort out the permits they need to legally reside and work in the country.

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TKC, EC-Council establish joint venture

SET-listed digital solutions provider Turnkey Communication Services (TKC) has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding with EC-Council, a global leader in cybersecurity education and certification, to establish a joint venture to act as a security operation centre (SOC) for enterprises as well as offer comprehensive training programmes in Thailand.

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Pita invites Taylor Swift to Thailand

Taylor Swift is coming to Southeast Asia next year but fans will have to go to Singapore if they want to see her.

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Parks chief: No policy to reclaim Thai ‘ambassador elephants’

The government has no policy to reclaim Thai “ambassador elephants” in Sri Lanka, says Atthapol Charoenchansa, acting chief of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).

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Chinese students a bonanza for listed international school

The growing number of wealthy Chinese leaving their homeland has been a boon for Thailand’s only SET-listed school operator and turned its chief executive officer into a multimillionaire.

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Wealth of Thailand's 50 richest rises to $173bn

The Chearavanont Brothers of the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group have retained the top spot on the 2023 Forbes list of Thailand’s 50 richest, with the combined wealth of all tycoons rising by almost 15% to US$173 billion.

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Wealth of Thailand's 50 richest on Forbes list rises to $173bn

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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened

MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

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Four Thai hotels among world’s top 200

Four hotels in Thailand have received top-10 scores by La Liste, an authoritative French hotel and restaurant rating guide

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All set for Thai MotoGP

The northeastern province of Buri Ram will host the OR Thailand MotoGP Grand Prix for the fourth time in October, organisers said on Wednesday.

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Tracing ancestry

With Thailand serving as a significant commercial hub for centuries, Chinese merchants played a key role in bridging cultural linkages through marine trade prior to the establishment of diplomatic ties between Thailand and China in 1975. To celebrate the 48th anniversary of this milestone, Life explores Bangkok's early communities to…

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Melodies of friendship

Four highly distinguished musicians from the capital city of the Republic of Kosovo, Pristina, proudly joined forces with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra late last month for the "Thai-Kosovo Friendship Concert" at the Thailand Cultural Centre, in celebration of the momentous 10th anniversary of a fruitful bilateral agreement between the…

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Businesses urged to intensify push to tackle climate change

Businesses need to accelerate their existing adoption of digitisation, electrification and automation in an effort to curb climate change and gear towards sustainability. All these processes would prove that they would be able to compensate businesses and even generate profits, according to France-based industrial technology company Schneider Electric.

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Thai Credit banks $105m IFC loan

International Finance Corp (IFC), a unit of the World Bank Group, is providing a US$105-million loan to Thai Credit Retail Bank Plc (Thai Credit) to support female entrepreneurs in Thailand.

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Roojai boosts portfolio with FWD deal

Roojai, Thailand's leading online insurance provider, has agreed to acquire FWD General Insurance Plc in Thailand for an undisclosed amount.

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New online commerce surges in Thailand

So-called "shoppertainment", where content and commerce converge on a platform, has become the next era of online commerce, expected to be worth US$1 trillion across Asia-Pacific by 2025, says Sirinit Virayasiri, head of business marketing for Thailand TikTok.

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Care sought for other jumbos

Thailand is seeking to strike deals with several veterinarian organisations in Sri Lanka to ensure proper care for Thai ambassador elephants, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Wednesday.

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Drivers warned of obscure road rules in holiday hotspots including Spain, France and Thailand

Driving abroad can be pretty terrifying, especially if you’re doing it for the first time - so we've listed the most obscure road rules on holiday.

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Sugar Rallies on Drought Conditions in Thailand

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed +0.21 (+0.90%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23 ) closed up +7.70 (+1.18%). Sugar prices Wednesday climbed to a 1-week high and closed moderately higher. Excessive dryness in Thailand, the world's third-largest sugar producer, may curb sugar production and...

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Four Thai hotels among ‘world’s top 10’

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has welcomed the news that four hotels in Thailand have received top-10 scores by La Liste, an authoritative French hotel and restaurant rating guide, a government spokesman says.

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GPO signs vaccine pact with Korean biotech giant

The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has bolstered its partnership with SK bioscience of South Korea to enhance regional vaccine security, starting with the production of influenza vaccines scheduled for availability next year.

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Student fighting for life thousands of miles from home after balcony fall

Jack Heathcock was enjoying his 'dream summer holiday' when he fell from the third floor balcony

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Brit student fighting for life after falling from balcony while backpacking in Thailand

Jack Heathcock, 21, a nursing student originally from Redcar, Teesside had been on a 'dream summer holiday' backpacking around Thailand with a couple of pals when the horrific accident happened

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GDP growth outlook remains at 3.0-3.5%

Thailand's economy is expected to grow 3.0% to 3.5% this year, the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) said on Wednesday, unchanged from its previous forecast, as tourism gathers momentum but exports soften.

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Inflation unexpectedly up in June but at slower pace

Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.23% in June from a year earlier, slowing from a 0.53% year-on-year rise in the previous month, the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.

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