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Funding for drought 'paused, not scrapped'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong has acknowledged the Budget Bureau's notice halting disbursement of 51 billion baht for drought relief.
Expert backs push to seize drunk drivers' cars
Published on 15/06/2025
» An academic has backed the Office of the Attorney-General's (OAG) new guidelines on drunk driving cases, which enable courts to confiscate an offender's vehicle to deter future offences.
Brazil sues EV giant BYD over ‘slavery’ conditions at plant
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Brazilian labour prosecutors are suing Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) Company and two contractors over allegations of slave labour and human trafficking at the construction site of a manufacturing plant.
US academic in limbo in Thailand over royal insult case, family says
Published on 16/05/2025
» An American scholar remains in Thailand after prosecutors dropped charges against him of insulting the monarchy, his family said, as his legal jeopardy continues in a case that has raised concern in the US government.
Engineer with PhD loses over B8m to scammers pretending to be from DSI
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2025
» A 32-year-old engineer with a PhD degree claimed scammers had duped him into transferring more than 8 million baht to their accounts.
Turkey detains prominent journalists in raids
Reuters, Published on 10/04/2025
» ANKARA — Turkish police detained two prominent opposition journalists in early morning raids on Thursday in Istanbul as part of an investigation into alleged threats and blackmail, according to a court document seen by Reuters.
Earthquake unlikely to damage Thai GDP
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/04/2025
» The impact of last week's earthquake is unlikely to affect Thai GDP this year, says Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul.
Seize or freeze? Friction in Europe over Russian assets for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 05/03/2025
» PARIS - As Europe scrambles to boost military aid to Ukraine, calls are intensifying to fund it by seizing tens of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets, in an issue causing tension between European allies.
Another illegal durian farm found in Chanthaburi
Published on 04/03/2025
» A durian and banana farm has been found on a 400-rai plot of land in a national reserved forest in Khlung district of Chanthaburi. Authorities are working to identify the owner.
Chachoengsao land sold to foreigners seized
Published on 27/02/2025
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered the confiscation of all plots of forest land in Tha Takiab district of Chachoengsao, totalling 1,500 rai, as the land was unlawfully sold to a Thai company using a local nominee on behalf of a group of Chinese investors.