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Foreigners key to North's residential market
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 18/03/2025
» The residential market in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai will need to rely on demand from China and Myanmar, along with locals in the upper-end segment as lower-income earners continue to struggle in terms of purchasing power and access to mortgage loans.
Call to give local firms same perks as foreign investors
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/03/2025
» The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) is urging the government to grant Thai businesses the same incentives that foreign investors currently enjoy.
Group rejects 'slum' label for Myanmar community
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/03/2025
» The director of a Catholic-run school in Phuket denies that a Myanmar community in the province is living in a "slum", as labelled by a foreign YouTuber.
Built to last?
Published on 18/03/2025
» Re: "Five killed in beam collapse on Rama II Road", (BP, March 16).
Refugees in limbo, Thailand in denial
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 18/03/2025
» Who would have thought that the infamous assault by the then State Law and Order Restoration Council, as Myanmar's military junta was formerly known, on the strongholds of the Karen National Union (KNU) in January 1984 would leave a massive time bomb for Thailand some four decades later? That military operation forced the mass displacement of Karens and other ethnic groups, pushing them to cross the Thai border in search of refuge.
BMA to plant 1m trees in eastern suburbs
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/03/2025
» City Hall has set a target of planting 1.06 million trees in Bangkok's eastern suburbs by April next year, according to governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
Thai Youth Drive Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Published on 17/03/2025
» The Ministry of Education, through the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), in collaboration with Starfish Education Foundation, has introduced the Future Youth Thailand initiative. This programme is designed to equip Thai youth with future-ready skills and 21st-century competencies through Pitching Season 1, a competition themed "Creative Learning Innovation."
Building Hope: A New Heart Center for Thailand
Published on 17/03/2025
» Because heart disease cannot wait, Banphaeo Hospital (Public Organization) has taken a significant step forward by laying the foundation stone for the Ngow Hock Centennial Building, a state-of-the-art comprehensive heart disease treatment centre. This initiative aims to accommodate the growing number of heart disease patients, reduce waiting times, and provide life-saving treatments in a timely manner.
Board of Investment approves B200bn of projects to expand Bangkok metro system, data-centre network
Published on 17/03/2025
» Thailand approved investment applications worth a combined 200 billion baht, led by a Bangkok transit line and three data centers, giving a potential boost to the nation’s lackluster economic growth.
Dentists ask police to arrest violent German patient
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/03/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A local dentist society has again asked police to arrest a German man they accuse of repeatedly assaulting their members in their clinics and damaging their equipment.