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News, Editorial, Published on 25/09/2024
» The national tripartite wage committee deferred its meeting again yesterday, derailing the Pheu Thai Party's flagship policy of raising the daily minimum wage to 400 baht nationwide by Oct 1.
Published on 16/09/2024
» LONDON - Britain should outlaw imports of products made by forced labour in China's Xinjiang region, a senior lawmaker from the ruling Labour party said, while reiterating his call for more scrutiny of fashion retailer Shein's possible London listing.
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 16/09/2024
» 'Thaksin thinks, Pheu Thai acts." This famous slogan of the ruling Pheu Thai Party was clearly reflected in the government's policies presented to parliament by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra last Thursday.
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2024
» Re: "Thai household debt at record high", (BP, Sept 10). The average debt per Thai household is now 606,378 baht, up 8.4% from 2023 -- the most since the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce began its survey in 2009.
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/09/2024
» Pichet Chuamuangphan of the Pheu Thai Party was on Wednesday appointed first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and Paradorn Prissanananthakul of the Bhumjaithai Party the second deputy.
Published on 09/09/2024
» China will allow wholly foreign-owned hospitals to be set up in several major cities, and let foreign investors offer human stem cell and gene therapy services in pilot free-trade zones, as part of efforts to bring back foreign investment and stabilise growth.
News, Published on 08/09/2024
» WASHINGTON, US: Republican former vice president Dick Cheney said Friday he will vote for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris over Republican former president Donald Trump in the Nov 5 US elections, following a similar statement made by his daughter Liz Cheney this week.
Online Reporters, Published on 07/09/2024
» Two popular kitchenware brands have announced promotions offering stainless steel meal trays made from high-quality materials comparable to Royal Thai Army specifications, but at prices around 30% lower.
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/09/2024
» With the sole exception of the fifty people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific (and another two million living in other bits of its former empire on islands in all the world's major oceans).
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2024
» Myanmar's military government will conduct a nationwide population and household census in October, state media said on Monday, paving the way for a promised general election next year amid raging conflict across swathes of the country.