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Cute posts, cruel trade
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/11/2025
» For years, CITES -- the United Nations' multilateral treaty aimed at protecting endangered plants and animals from threats posed by international trade -- has focused on combating wildlife trafficking networks that smuggle exotic animals from forests and breeding centres to meet demand from private zoos and the traditional medicine trade.
Thailand plans loans buyback of B122bn to ease household debt woes
Published on 03/11/2025
» Thailand plans to buy back 122 billion baht worth of small loans from 3.5 million people, the finance minister said on Monday, a move aimed at easing the country's crippling household debt problem. Thai policymakers have long maintained household debt has been an impediment to growth in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.
Smuggled laughing gas from China seized at Bangkok Port
News, Online Reporters, Published on 03/11/2025
» Customs officials have seized thousands of cylinders of undeclared nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas and often used illegally as a party drug, found among a consignment of goods imported from China.
1,598 arrested fleeing bombed scam centres in Myawaddy
Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2025
» TAK - Immigration police have arrested about 1600 foreigners fleeing the KK Park scam-centre in Myanmar's Myawaddy township amid a series of attacks on buildings there.
Bangkok police raid drug-fuelled sex party
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/11/2025
» Bangkok police stormed a luxury hotel in the Sukhumvit area early Sunday morning and arrested 29 men — 28 Thais and one Filipino — at what they described as a drug-fuelled sex party.
Bangkok Bank, MIT aid SMEs and farmers
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/11/2025
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a well-known educational institution, to bring the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation to Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the agricultural sector.
Don't rush into embracing Cambodia
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/11/2025
» A slip of the tongue has put Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in hot water. Here is what he was quoted to have said that provoked the emotions of anti-Cambodia, ultra-nationalist groups.
Bangkok police raid drug-fuelled sex party
Online Reporters, Published on 02/11/2025
» Bangkok police stormed a luxury hotel in the Sukhumvit area early Sunday morning and arrested 29 men — 28 Thais and one Filipino — at what they described as a drug-fuelled sex party.
Easing tensions bolster outlook
Business, Published on 01/11/2025
» Global investor sentiment has improved following an easing of US-China trade tensions after talks on Wednesday between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The 10% reduction of the "fentanyl tariff" on Chinese goods is good news for Beijing as well as US consumers.
Ex-PM, ministers face NACC probe
Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has unanimously agreed to open an inquiry into allegations against former prime minister Srettha Thavisin, several cabinet members, and senior government officials regarding the reallocation of loan repayment funds originally earmarked for five state-run banks to finance the government's 10,000-baht digital wallet scheme.