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Hopeful outlook for debt relief plan
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2025
» Thailand is grappling with a debt challenge that spans the public, business and household sectors -- a structural vulnerability that weighs on the country's economic growth and financial stability.
Thai PM Anutin mulls urgent fix for Gold Card debt
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has acknowledged that the National Health Security Office (NHSO) is deeply in debt to hospitals across the country under the Universal Healthcare Scheme, widely known as the "Gold Card" programme.
17 loan sharks nabbed in Pattaya
Post Reporters, Published on 29/11/2024
» PATTAYA - Seventeen Chinese nationals have been arrested in two houses in Pattaya on charges of operating an illegal loan business, police say.
Hospital tycoon’s ex-wife denies involvement in alleged multi-billion-baht fraud
Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2024
» The ex-wife and daughter of Thonburi Healthcare Group founder Dr Boon Vanasin told police they had nothing to do with his alleged multi-billion-baht fraud but police still detained them for further questioning.
The thorny roots of debt
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2024
» Overwhelming debt has been the key issue during economic discussions the past several months, as it contributes to declining car sales and weak demand for property, particularly in the low-income segment.
Pyramid scheme charges added to multi-billion-baht iCon Group case
Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2024
» The Department of Special Investigation is listing the suspects who will additionally face fraudulent borrowing, aka pyramid scheme, charges in The iCon Group direct marketing case.
Transsexual arrested for serial swindling of Japanese men in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 04/08/2024
» A 48-year-old transsexual was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly swindling a Japanese man, the latest in a decade of similar offences against mostly Japanese men, adding up to about 26 million baht.
Supreme Court acquits Yingluck in roadshow case
Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2024
» The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and five others of malfeasance and collusion in the awarding of a 240-million-baht campaign to promote her government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure projects.
Pita returns to parliament, criticises handout scheme
Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2024
» Former Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat made a return to parliament on Thursday and said the country is not in need of the government's 500-billion-baht digital wallet handout scheme, which could result in long-term burdens.
Doubts raised over wallet loan bill
Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2024
» A leading critic of the 10,000-baht digital wallet handout has said that the government might face a lawsuit if it decides to continue to try and fund the scheme through its 560-billion-baht loan bill.