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Published on 12/11/2023
» Despite being in office for only two months, the Pheu Thai-led government has made progress on several campaign pledges including plans to raise salaries for civil servants and the daily minimum wages for unskilled workers, although the timeframe set for these changes is within four years.
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/06/2023
» The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) will present proposals to the new government for the island's tourism recovery, which aim to restore the 400 billion baht in income that the island enjoyed in 2019.
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 03/04/2023
» Nneka Henry, head of the UN Road Safety Fund (UNRSF), is calling on Asean member countries including Thailand to work closely with her organisation to promote road safety in the region.
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2020
» China tried to come to grips with the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll climbing as residents returned from the Lunar New Year holidays.
Published on 09/11/2019
» A quick look back at some of the week's top stories in the Bangkok Post.
News, Published on 03/10/2019
» The government has allocated almost 490 billion baht to the Ministry of Education, which places the ministry among the highest-spending government agencies this year.
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/06/2018
» If you were to ask the people of Bangkok what problems they most earnestly want the city to solve, most respondents would point to nagging issues like traffic congestion, flash floods and the need to preserve more green space.
Business, Published on 16/04/2018
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) aims to help the 30% of low-income earners under the state welfare scheme who apply for job training programmes to rise above the poverty line.
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/02/2018
» Thailand has entered into negotiations for a number of free trade agreements (FTA). Its first FTA was the Asean Free Trade Area, signed in 1992. The country has six FTAs with India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Chile.
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 30/12/2017
» The influence of social media on society today is of profound importance, and 2017 was no exception. This past year was one when netizens widely used social media platforms to scrutinise matters of public interest. Below are the top five news stories of the year that spread online mostly through social media initially in a much faster and wider manner before the mainstream media picked up and pursued them.