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BoT considers rate cuts amid debt crisis
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/07/2023
» The Bank of Thailand is mulling cutting interest rates to help people struggling with debt to exit from a pernicious cycle, says a central bank executive.
Pheu Thai heaps pressure on MFP's Pita
News, Published on 26/06/2023
» 141 versus 151? They are not three-digit lottery numbers, but the number of the Pheu Thai Party's seats in the House of Representatives compared to those of the Move Forward Party.
Vendor ‘extortion’ police surrender
Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2023
» Two police corporals suspected of collecting a bribe from a food vendor in Nonthaburi in exchange for a special sticker have reportedly surrendered after a video of them went viral on social media.
Pink card graft appals
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/06/2023
» A bribe scandal involving the issuance of identity cards for ineligible Myanmar migrants in Tak's Mae Sot district shows how deeply rooted corruption is in this country and the failure of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government to clean up the state service over the past nine years.
Teaching kids about money
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 14/06/2023
» Anita* is a student at Prathandongrungwittayakarn School in Kanchanaburi who participated in UOB Money 101: Teen Edition -- a financial literacy programme launched by UOB Thailand in collaboration with the Thailand Collaboration for Education (TCFE) in 2021. After completing the six-hour programme, she established a food delivery business targeting teachers and students.
Kin fret about Thaksin's return
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/06/2023
» The Shinawatra family wants fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to postpone his return from exile to Thailand, according to a source.
'World's best restaurant' to reopen in Spain as museum
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» ROSES, Spain: elBulli, repeatedly voted the world's best restaurant before it closed over a decade ago, is set to reopen as a museum dedicated to the culinary revolution it sparked.
Thaksin's planned return 'depends on situation'
Post Reporters, Published on 07/06/2023
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra still plans to return in July but when this will actually happen depends on the situation in the country, his daughter Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra said on Wednesday.
Turning lotteries into retirement funds
Oped, Published on 07/06/2023
» Lottery ticket sales in Thailand are a social and economic paradox. While the poor are the biggest buyers, they are also in dire need of savings for their old age. Common sense suggests that poor people should not put their hard-earned money into a game of chance. But there may be a way to bridge this gap and achieve a win-win situation. And not only the poor will benefit from this scheme, but also all lottery buyers.
On Thaksin's return plans
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/06/2023
» Self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has once again vowed to return home next month after 17 years of living abroad.