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Anti-Money Laundering Office eyes assets tied to scam networks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2026
» The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has asked prosecutors to confiscate 13 billion baht in assets linked to alleged transnational scam networks.
Big-spenders abound as poll race tightens
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/01/2026
» With only two weeks to go before the Feb 8 general election, the battle over economic policy has intensified into what many observers describe as a full-blown "populism war". Major political parties are locked in a contest of ever more generous handouts, welfare schemes and cash-based incentives, each attempting to outbid the other to secure votes.
'Myanmar rebel' arrested for migrant smuggling
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/08/2025
» Police have arrested a man in Kanchanaburi for allegedly smuggling 21 illegal migrants from Myanmar.
A brotherhood of monarchs
News, Published on 28/07/2025
» The bond between the kingdoms of Thailand and Bhutan was enlivened by a historic state visit by Their Majesties the King and Queen earlier in the year -- a visit that has strengthened the enduring ties.
Mobile operators need competition
News, Peter Cramton & Erik Bohlin, Published on 31/03/2025
» Thailand's mobile communications market has two service providers with an equal share of customers. In economic terms, it is a symmetric duopoly. This is the worst market structure because the two can easily discipline each other to limit competition: "I'll match any lower price you set; I'll limit 5G and 6G investment if you do." This reciprocity limits competition in price and quality, which helps the carriers' shareholders but harms consumers, especially in the long run, through slower innovation in a critical infrastructure industry.
Family of three missing for a month found dead in pickup
News, Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2025
» KAMPAENG PHET – Three members of a family have been found dead in their pickup truck parked in a forested area after having been missing for about a month. Police believe they might have been murdered.
Thailand's Hua Hin airport set to go 'international' next year
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2024
» The Transport Ministry aims to upgrade Hua Hin Airport to be an international airport next year.
Adapting cities to climate change
News, Sumet Ongkittikul & Nuntachart Ratanaburi, Published on 04/12/2024
» Relentless floods. Searing Heat. Vanishing coastlines. Thailand's cities are under siege from climate risks. Without urgent intervention, the worst is yet to come.
Rethinking national prosperity through institutions
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 13/11/2024
» Each autumn, a telephone call from Stockholm launches one or a few scholars to international fame with the bestowal of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences -- a process that Irving Wallace dramatised in his 1962 potboiler The Prize.
Three killed in speeding truck crash
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 29/10/2024
» KANCHANABURI – Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when their speeding pickup truck lost control after it hit another vehicle and crashed into a roadside store on Tuesday morning.