Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Thailand

Minister vows to plug Elite Card loopholes

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has vowed to plug loopholes in Thailand Elite Card to prevent Chinese nationals involved in grey businesses from using the privilege cards to enter the country.

Bangkok Post

Activists urge Thailand's opposition to scrap royal insult law if elected

Political activists met Thailand's biggest opposition party on Tuesday to demand that, if it wins in upcoming elections, it revoke a tough law that criminalises insults of the country's monarchy.

Reuters

2022 rice exports beat target

Thailand exported 7.69 million tonnes of rice in 2022, up 22.1% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Myanmar invited to military meeting in Thailand

WASHINGTON: The Myanmar military has been invited to take part in a regional military meeting in Bangkok co-chaired by Thailand and the United States, the US military confirmed on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Factory output worse than forecast

Thailand's factory output in December dropped more than expected, as a global slowdown hit demand for Thai exports, the Ministry of Industry said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Man dies from electric shock after falling asleep next to charging mobile phone

Puttawat Kamwan, 34, was found by his work colleagues in Thailand on a bed at his home where he appears to have died from an electric shock having fallen asleep while touching his charging mobile phone

Daily Mirror

Talks set to start on berry pickers' plight

The Ministry of Labour will start talks with the Swedish embassy in Thailand, after it threatened to suspend issuing seasonal working visas to Thai berry pickers following reports of unfair treatment by employers and job brokers, it said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

AIA presses on with portfolio diversification

AIA, Asia's largest publicly-listed life insurance and securities group, is looking to expand its portfolio to logistics and real estate-related projects in markets such as Thailand amid economic uncertainties.

Bangkok Post

Debunking a Ukrainian MP's strange visit to Thailand

Mykola Tyshchenko, a Ukrainian MP, has been expelled from the war-torn country's ruling party over a trip to Thailand earlier this month. The trip came to light through an encounter that was organised with the MP by the Ukrainian embassy in Thailand. Traces of this event were later deleted online.…

France 24

Tourism index up in Q4

The tourism confidence index in the fourth quarter still lagged behind the corresponding period prior to the pandemic, while the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) said tourism scams can be found everywhere.

Bangkok Post

Honda retains lead in motorcycle market

Thai Honda Co, a manufacturer and distributor of Honda motorcycles, has maintained its top rank in Thailand's motorcycle market for the 34th consecutive year, with sales standing at 1.38 million units in 2022.

Bangkok Post

Forging the path forward

Thailand may not be famous for innovation, but there are many talented inventors in the Kingdom. At "Thailand Inventors' Day 2023", visitors will be impressed by inventions by Thai innovators such as a special oral hygiene set for bed-ridden patients, a smart gun for formalin detection in food, microneedles with…

Bangkok Post

Thai soft power, or a soft sales job?

Last week Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-cha issued a new soft power policy to promote Thai culture as part of efforts to attract international visitors. Upon close scrutiny, what the government is trying to do is actually raise revenue. In a nutshell, it is a sales pitch, nothing more.

Bangkok Post

JD Central to end Thai operations on March 3

E-marketplace JD Central announced it will end its operations in Thailand on March 3, bringing down the curtain on its six years of operating an e-commerce business in the country.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Country comes to the city

The All-Thidsa Molam Band was in Bangkok this past weekend to perform at the Thailand International Jazz Conference. World Beat caught up with band last Friday when they played two sets at Isan Spicy BBQ, a rooftop bar at the Jim Thompson Art Center.

Bangkok Post

Volvo anticipates selling only battery EVs by 2025

Volvo Cars (Thailand) Co expects to sell only battery electric vehicles, or BEVs, in Thailand within 2025, thanks to a growing domestic EV market and prospective buyers with strong purchasing power.

France 24

Rohingya refugees risk death at sea to escape Bangladesh camps

In early December, a video showing Rohingyas on an overcrowded makeshift boat made the rounds on social networks. It was drifting in the Andaman Sea, between Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, but no country came to its rescue – despite appeals from NGOs and the UN. Many boats meet the…

The Times of India

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pull out of Thailand Open; Saina Nehwal too withdraws

BANGKOK: Commonwealth Games champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will miss the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament after the former failed to completely recover from his hip injury suffered recently.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Drunk man breaks into school and 'stabs boy, 9, in the head with machete'

A young boy had been sitting near a fence with a small group of pupils in school when he was suddenly stabbed in the head with a knife that was around 30cm long

The Independent UK

Chinese e-retailer JD.com leaving Thailand, Indonesia

Chinese online retailer JD

Bangkok Post

Gourmet world at Gourmet Market

Thailand’s leading supplier of imported fine food products, Gourmet One Food Service, is organising “Gourmet World By Gourmet One”, a showcase of imported fine food products from around the world, at Gourmet Market at Siam Paragon until Feb 8.

Bangkok Post

JD Central to end local operations in March

E-marketplace JD Central has announced it will end its operations in Thailand from March 3.

Bangkok Post

Cardi B to headline Rolling Loud Thailand. Okurrr?

Bardigang, have your shmoney ready for a ticket to the inaugural edition of Rolling Loud Thailand, which is scheduled for Apr 13-15 (Thai Songkran) at Legend Siam in Pattaya. Many major American hip-hop artists are in the long lineup.

Bangkok Post

Prospects await in 'land of diversity'

India is set to become the world's most populous nation this year, overtaking China, according to the latest UN report on the global population.

Bangkok Post

Cash for votes a no-go

Thailand has a history of using money to influence the outcome of elections, with allegations of vote buying, campaign finance violations and influence peddling marring past elections.

1 … 240 241 242 243

People

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

200 stories

Satwik

159 stories

Kriengkrai Thiennukul

123 stories

Sanan Angubolkul

86 stories

Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn

Pawoot Pongvitayapanu

20 stories

Ishaan Bhatnagar

17 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.