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Co-payment, welfare card schemes backed to lift GDP
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/10/2025
» The Finance Ministry expects the "Khon La Khrueng" co-payment scheme and increased allowances under the state welfare card programme to lift private consumption by 0.87 percentage points.
Finance minister outlines ‘Five Pillars’ strategy
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/10/2025
» The government is moving ahead with its “Five Pillars of the Economy” initiative, combining short-term economic stimulus with long-term structural reforms aimed at improving competitiveness, according to Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
A wolf in sheep's clothing?
Published on 04/10/2025
» The sudden decision by Thamanat Prompow, the patriarch of the Klatham Party, to defect from the Pheu Thai-led government and throw his support behind a new minority coalition with Anutin Charnvirakul as premier has jolted the already fragile Thai political landscape.
Canada blocks theme park from sending whales to China
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» TORONTO - Canada on Wednesday denied a request from a controversial theme park to export 30 beluga whales to China, saying the refusal was necessary to protect the mammals from exploitation.
Co-payment stimulus scheme to start on Oct 29
Published on 01/10/2025
» The government’s Khon La Khrueng (half-half) co-payment economic stimulus scheme will begin on Oct 29, with registration expected to open soon after cabinet approval next week, according to Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
‘Khon La Khrueng’ co-payment scheme will cover 33m recipients in first phase
Online Reporters, Published on 26/09/2025
» Key government figures confirmed that the Khon La Khrueng (half-half) co-payment stimulus programme will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase set to roll out between December and January, covering 33 million people.
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
Nation in transition
Life, Published on 20/09/2025
» 'In the next decade, Thailand will become a super-aged society," said Prof Emeritus Pramote Prasartkul, senior adviser to Mahidol University's Institute for Population and Social Research.
Push for bill to protect freelancers
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2025
» The Klatham Party is pushing for a bill to promote legal and welfare protection for more than 20 million freelance workers nationwide.
An Asean free from 'wars on drugs'
Oped, Published on 19/09/2025
» Asean governments recently met in Singapore for a regional meeting about drugs, where the host nation urged renewed commitment to a "drug-free region". The problem isn't simply the recycling of an outdated mantra first declared in 1998, nor the fact that the region's drug markets have only expanded since then, but that this approach ignores how government policies themselves shape those markets -- and the devastating harms that follow.