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The Bank of Thailand (BoT) skyrocketed its inflation rate forecast for this year to 4.9% from 1.7% because of energy and food price surges attributed to supply shock from the Russia-Ukraine war.

Bangkok Post

Centara launches new travel packages

Centara Hotels & Resorts has launched "Thailand Rediscovered" packages offering travellers a chance to enjoy a full- or half-board meal plan in Phuket, Krabi, Pattaya, Hua Hin or Bangkok, plus a choice of activities to immerse in local culture and experience more of the destination.

Bangkok Post

Firm pays back $20M, insists petrochemical project viable

The U.S. subsidiary of a Thailand-based petrochemical giant has repaid Ohio's private economic development office $20 million after it failed to make an investment decision in 2020 on a proposed petrochemical plant in the state

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Shane Warne remembered as 'much-loved cricketing legend' at state memorial

The former leg-spinner died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 while on holiday in Thailand

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EVs in spotlight at Bangkok motor show as petrol prices soar

Thousands attended the Bangkok International Motor Show this week where electric vehicles (EVs) were in the spotlight due to rising petrol prices and a government subsidy taking 15% off the price of some EV cars.

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It’s a Whole New World: Metaverse Thailand

Living it up like a star!

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Economic outlook turns dour as committee meets

All eyes are on the Bank of Thailand as rising inflation, spiking energy prices, a weakened baht and the impact of the war in Ukraine could all combine to influence a revision of key economic figures, especially GDP growth and interest rates, at the central bank's rate-setting committee meeting on…

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SCB sees stagflation for Thai economy

Thailand's economy has gone into stagflation because of a fragile recovery and surging price hikes, says an economist at the Economic Intelligence Center (EIC), a research unit under Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).

Bangkok Post

FCCT to host discussion on tourism

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) is holding a panel discussion on "Maybe This Time: Thai Tourism Gets Ready To Welcome Visitors Back To The Land Of Smiles" at its clubhouse on Phloenchit Road tomorrow at 7pm.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's stance is a human-centred approach

Imagine this. Within the span of a generation, former enemy states transform into top trading partners, bound together by a loose political organisation that evolves into a close alliance across open seas and vast expanses of land as decades pass. Forebears, once sworn enemies in a bloody war, give way…

Bangkok Post

Partners team up with Thai football on e-waste initiative

Advanced Info Service (AIS) has partnered with the Football Association of Thailand, the Thai League and Waste Management Siam Co to launch a sustainability programme for collecting electronic waste (e-waste) and turning it into sports medals.

Bangkok Post

Woman's invisible illness from insect bite that leaves her exhausted and in pain

India Matthews has told how she was backpacking in south-east Asia when she was bitten by an insect in Thailand. After feeling unwell it took a year and half to learn what was wrong

Daily Mirror

Woman's battle with invisible illness that leaves her exhausted and in pain after insect bite six years ago

Nathaniel Pells is walking from his home in Alwoodley, Leeds to Bath to raise money for India's treatment after she was bitten by an insect in Thailand while backpacking

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Polking 'happy' as Thais edge Suriname

Thailand coach Mano Polking said he was happy that his men sealed two wins in as many warm-up games after their 1-0 victory over Suriname on Sunday.

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US to consider tariffs on solar imports from Thailand, 3 other SE Asian countries

US trade officials on Monday said they will launch an investigation that could result in tariffs on solar panels imported from four Southeast Asian nations, a blow to clean energy project developers that rely on cheap imports to keep costs down.

Bangkok Post

Tourism sentiment in the doldrums

The tourism index in the first quarter remains depressed, while the risk of more unemployment still clouds the outlook for the next quarter, mainly attributed to the Omicron variant and the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT).

Bangkok Post

Lufthansa planning to increase capacity as travel demand surges

Lufthansa Group is focusing on ramping up capacity in Thailand this year with the aim of hitting 61% of the available seat kilometres reached in 2019, thanks to a positive outlook on leisure travel demand.

Bangkok Post

CPF hails historic Saudi chicken export

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has exported chicken products to Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2004, after getting the green light from Saudi food and drug authorities.

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Latin soul with a Thai twist

Amaru Tribe, a Latin band based in Melbourne, Australia, released their second studio album, Between Two Worlds, on March 18. The band visited Thailand in 2019 for a mini-tour, which culminated in a full band concert at Studio Lam, for which they jammed with phin and khaen players from Toom…

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Berli Jucker allots up to B70bn for growth

SET-listed Berli Jucker Plc will spend 60-70 billion baht under a five-year business plan, running from 2022-26, to double the size of its modern retail business across Southeast Asia with an increase of sales by two times to 270 billion baht.

Bangkok Post

Russia's war and its regional impact

Last week in Brussels, US President Joe Biden suggested that Russia should be removed from the Group of Twenty, or G20 as it is more commonly known, the economic forum of industrialised and developing countries. He reiterated that with the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, it could not be business as usual…

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Economy may grow 3.0-3.5% this year - Arkhom

Thailand's economy could grow 3.0%-3.5% this year, less than an earlier forecast due to soaring oil prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine war, and the key interest rate should remain low to underpin recovery, the finance minister said on Monday.

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Thai fishermen held by Myanmar police

RANONG: Two Thai men have been arrested by Myanmar police while fishing near Koh Son in Myanmar waters, Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Siam Commercial Bank catches the metaverse bug

Thailand’s biggest bank by market value has become the latest lender seeking to capitalize on the metaverse craze, with a unit announcing plans to set up a headquarters in a version of the internet that’s still taking shape.

Bangkok Post

Here's a toothy problem

Pisha Pittayapat, one of Thailand's very few forensic dentists, has urged the government to support forensic odontology so there will be more experts in the application of dentistry for the benefit of legal proceedings.

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