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Cabinet approves measures to ease fuel cost impact
Online Reporters, Published on 26/03/2026
» The caretaker cabinet on Thursday approved a series of measures aimed at easing the impact of soaring fuel prices on households and businesses, ranging from welfare card top-ups to soft loans for small businesses.
Bangkok Bank’s B2,000 e‑Savings minimum sparks outcry
Online Reporters, Published on 09/03/2026
» Bangkok Bank has come under heavy criticism after announcing a new requirement that all e‑Savings accounts must maintain a minimum balance of 2,000 baht from April 9, or customers will be unable to withdraw or transfer funds.
Cash-in-the-trash chaos at entrance exam
Online Reporters, Published on 07/03/2026
» A controversy has erupted over the strict rules set for those taking the exam for admission to Matthayom Suksa 4 (Grade 10) at a prestigious Bangkok school after some students had to discard cash in trash bins, raising concerns that some might have no money to travel home.
Youth increasingly targeted as scammers deploy new fear‑based tactics
Online Reporters, Published on 06/03/2026
» Criminal networks are intensifying their focus on young people, using increasingly sophisticated online tactics to extort money, lure victims into criminal schemes and, in some cases, facilitate cross‑border trafficking, the Anti‑Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) has warned.
New government urged to prioritise anti-graft drive
Online Reporters, Published on 19/02/2026
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has urged caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to put the fight against corruption at the heart of his new administration’s agenda, after Thailand’s corruption score fell to its lowest in nearly two decades.
Co-payment scheme ends, injecting B84bn into Thai economy
Online Reporters, Published on 01/01/2026
» The government’s Khon La Khrueng (half-half) Plus co-payment scheme has officially ended, with more than 9.21 million participants fully using their allotted benefits, while over 10.5 million users did not exhaust their entitlements.
Hat Yai clean-up efforts intensify as authorities add more workers and machinery
Online Reporters, Published on 08/12/2025
» Clean-up and rehabilitation efforts in flood-hit Hat Yai have been expanded, with authorities deploying additional workers and machinery to meet the government’s 14-day restoration target.
1,300 sq km under water in four central provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 13/11/2025
» New satellite images show widespread fooding across four central provinces in Thailand, affecting 813,817 rai (1,300 square kilometres) of land, mostly low-lying agricultural areas and riverside communities, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Chinese man caught with 1,000 SIM cards in border bust
Online Reporters, Published on 09/11/2025
» SA KAEO – Thai border rangers arrested three foreign nationals — a Chinese man, an American and an Indian — after they illegally crossed from Cambodia into Thailand before dawn on Sunday, seizing more than 1,000 mobile SIM cards believed to be connected to an international call-centre scam network.
Ex-minister sentenced to 3 years in B30m kickback case
Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» Former cabinet minister Witoon Nambutr has been sentenced to three years in prison for demanding a 30-million-baht bribe in exchange for securing a state construction project more than a decade ago.