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THAILAND

Drinks tycoon well after falling from concert stage

Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 16/02/2026

» CHON BURI - Beverages tycoon Tan Passakornnatee, 66, fell from the high stage at a concert he had organised on Sunday night, but said later he escaped with only a slight backache.

WORLD

Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

THAILAND

Illegal Chinese caught with hundreds of mobile phones

Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/02/2026

» PRACHIN BURI - Highway police arrested eight illegal Chinese migrants and seized 283 mobile phones on a highway near the Cambodian border in this eastern province. 

BUSINESS

Thailand’s competitiveness problem is not about ideas. It’s about getting things done

Arinya Talerngsri, Published on 16/02/2026

» By the time you finish your first coffee in Bangkok, you have probably already read about another plan, roadmap or announcement about how Thailand will grow faster, become more innovative or compete better in the global economy.

WORLD

Crowds of black-clad Malaysians protest against anti-graft chief

ิิBloomberg, Published on 16/02/2026

» Hundreds of black-clad Malaysians gathered in the capital on Sunday, calling for the arrest of anti-graft chief Azam Baki after reports alleged he had improper shareholdings and that abuse of power took place in the commission he leads. 

WORLD

New anti-government chants in Tehran after giant rallies abroad: reports

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» PARIS - Some residents of Tehran on Sunday chanted slogans against the clerical leadership from balconies and windows, reports said, a day after Iranians abroad staged giant opposition rallies in Europe and North America.

BUSINESS

Baht to remain volatile despite foreign fund flows

Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/02/2026

» Although positive domestic sentiment has supported baht appreciation against the US dollar, the local currency is expected to remain highly volatile amid persistent external uncertainties.

WORLD

'Ultra-left' blamed for youth's killing that shocked France

AFP, Published on 16/02/2026

» LYON - France's government said Sunday the "ultra-left" was behind the fatal beating of a French youth aligned with the far right, after the killing inflamed political tension ahead of March local elections.

BUSINESS

Digital agency touts operations plan

Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 16/02/2026

» The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) has outlined its operations plan for this year, dubbed "depa unstoppable" and focusing on continued training of human resources, the promotion of innovation investment and the development of digital infrastructure.

BUSINESS

Egat makes B31bn investment to upgrade EEC power system

Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/02/2026

» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is spending 31 billion baht to upgrade the power transmission system in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), in a bid to ease a bottleneck for electricity supply to data centre development projects.