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August was good to the Stock Exchange of Thailand with the index moving up 62.52 points, or 4% month-on-month, to close at 1,638.93 points. Average daily turnover improved significantly, climbing 21% to 70.7 billion baht, from only 58.3 billion in July.

Cub House Honda unveiled its newest CT 125 for the Thai market, the Trail Explorer. Thoughtful upgrades equip it better for more off-road adventure.

Thai people are now allowed to grow and sell cannabis, as well as use it for medicinal purposes. However, recreational use remains prohibited.

Thailand has expressed its "deepest sorrow" at death of Queen Elizabeth II and government offices will fly the national flag at half-mast for three working days as a mark of respect.

Rejuvenated after a tourist-bereft, three-year-long hiatus, Thailand’s Andaman Coast is a beacon of hope for the successful restoration of nature’s ecological balance, amidst a renewed travel boom.

Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), handed to Mr. Prawit Vijittanakul, Commercial Manager of BYD Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., as the company’s representative, the Investment Promotion Certificate for BYD’s 17.9 billion baht (ca. US$490 million) investment in a ‘new energy’ passenger vehicle plant in…

SINGAPORE: India’s decision to curb rice exports is expected to lift world prices and trigger a rally in wheat and corn markets, deepening concerns over food inflation.

Thailand’s goal of becoming Southeast Asia’s leading trading centre for digital assets has suffered a setback, following moves by regulators to tighten rules in the wake of trading irregularities and the collapse of a major acquisition involving a crypto exchange.

SET-listed Gulf Energy Development (Gulf) on Friday said it has invested US$409 million in a 49% stake in Jackson Generation, a 1,200-megawatt natural gas-fired power project in Illinois, its first expansion into the United States.

Their ancestors were "royal friends by correspondence" but Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Thailand's His Majesty King Bhumibol the Great developed a face-to-face bond during their lifetimes.

WHA Group is targeting Chinese automaker BYD for industrial land sales as the company aims to operate a battery electric vehicle (BEV) assembly plant here in 2024, while hoping to establish an EV production base in Rayong.