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TCG provides B14.5bn in credit guarantees for SME loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/03/2026
» In the first two months of this year, the Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) provided credit guarantees worth 14.5 billion baht to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), an increase of 4.4 times year-on-year, driven by government support measures.
Oil forecasts rise as Mideast war rages
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/03/2026
» Analysts are lifting their oil price estimates for this year and 2027 amid transport disruption in the Middle East, even though the potential release of reserves by the G7 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) could help temporarily alleviate supply pressures.
1,000 eager to return home
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 13/03/2026
» Nearly 1,000 Thai workers in the Middle East have expressed a desire to return home amid the escalating regional conflict, according to the Ministry of Labour.
Echoes ignored
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2026
» Re: "With Iran war, US is alone", (World, March 6). The Deputy Director of the German Marshall Fund, Kristina Kausch, is upset that US President Donald Trump has not sought the world's approval in his quest to destroy Iran's military abilities and for the removal of its genocidal dictatorship. One which screams daily: "Death to Israel" and "Death to America". (Time Off, Bangkok Post, March 8).
Thailand 'too reliant' on foreign energy, Korn says
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/03/2026
» Thailand is facing rising fiscal and energy risks stemming from the conflict in the Middle East , according to former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij.
Democrats urge use of high refining margins to bolster oil fund
Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2026
» The Democrat Party has called on the government to divert windfall refining profits into the Oil Fuel Fund, warning that relying on subsidies of nearly 16 baht a litre to cap diesel prices risks shifting the burden onto the taxpaying public.
Iran sets two oil tankers ablaze near Iraq
Published on 12/03/2026
» Iran has set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel in defiance of President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States had already won the war.
Thai oil fund spending B1 billion a day on subsidies
Published on 11/03/2026
» The Thai government is widening efforts to curb demand for fuel, as it burns through cash fighting to keep domestic diesel prices artificially low amid surging global energy costs.
Night closures of petrol stations planned, not yet enforced
Published on 11/03/2026
» The government plans to close petrol stations at late-night hours only in a worst-case scenario stemming from the Middle East war, as the present situation is not critical enough to justify such a measure, the Department of Energy Business reported.
Preparing for AI-enabled bioweapons
Oped, Published on 11/03/2026
» We don't know when the next epidemic or pandemic will hit, or where the next infectious threat will emerge. But we do know that the nature of the threat is constantly evolving. One of the most sobering takeaways from this year's Munich Security Conference was that AI-enabled gene editing has radically lowered the barrier to developing genetically engineered bioweapons. We must prepare to live with even deeper uncertainty about whether emerging infectious threats are natural or man-made, and whether they have been accidentally or deliberately released.