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Red tape delaying needed trash furnace for Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/02/2026
» PHUKET - The planned new waste management plant for Phuket is still at least two years away because of delays in receiving approval from state agencies, according to the provincial governor.
Bird flu outbreaks in Japan, Denmark trigger Hong Kong poultry bans
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/02/2026
» HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities have banned poultry meat and products from parts of Japan and Denmark following reports of outbreaks of highly pathogenic strains of bird flu.
Digital community projects under review
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/02/2026
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is revising the Net Pracharat project to provide free WiFi for 24,700 villages, as well as the Community Digital Centres project that has developed 2,222 centres nationwide, in a bid to restructure them.
'No plan' for VAT rate hike
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 24/02/2026
» The incoming Bhumjaithai-led administration will not raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate to 10% over the next three years, a BJT executive said, adding that the party's immediate focus is economic recovery.
Plan to tax gold imports stokes Thai industry criticism
Nareerat Wiriyapong and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/02/2026
» Gold traders strongly oppose the Customs Department’s plan to ask the incoming government to impose import duties on gold, warning that Thailand could lose its status as a gold trading hub if the measure is implemented. They added that gold is now regarded as an investment asset rather than a commodity subject to tariffs.
Actress 'Nana’, rapper husband indicted in B100m fraud case
Online Reporters, Published on 23/02/2026
» Prosecutors have laid charges against actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai, her rapper husband Prinya "Way Thaitanium" and two firms in a fraudulent borrowing and document-forgery case allegedly involving more than 100 million baht.
Nepal bus crash kills 19, including British tourist
AFP and Reuters, Published on 23/02/2026
» KATHMANDU — A passenger bus in Nepal skidded off a mountain road and plunged into an icy river, police said Monday, killing at least 19 people, including a British tourist.
Dead man walking
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Somhatai Mosika and Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 23/02/2026
» Being labelled the "sick man of Asia" has forced Thailand to reassess the long‑standing problems causing its "chronic economic illness".
Deliberation and bureaucracy can live together
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 23/02/2026
» Deliberative democracy is now officially entangled in state bureaucracy. And that's good news for citizens around the world.
Trump’s threatened strikes to force an Iran deal risk backfiring
Natalia Drozdiak and Tony Copaccio of Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2026
» NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.