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Cabinet approves new top-up tax rules
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/12/2025
» The cabinet has approved in principle a set of decrees and regulations under the 2024 Top-Up Tax Act to specify detailed guidelines for the imposition and calculation of the tax, says Kulaya Tantitemit, director-general of the Revenue Department.
Exit the Snake, enter the Horse
News, Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo, Published on 30/12/2025
» As we bid farewell to 2025, and welcome 2026 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Horse -- we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
When flood warnings come too late
News, Simon Wang, Published on 29/11/2025
» Pictures can speak a thousand words; images can induce rivers of tears and break so many hearts. Viral images are too grim to look at. Thirty newborns in a darkened ward. Nurses working by flashlight. Outside, streets had become rivers. Parents could not reach their children. In Hat Yai, the water pushed past the second floor.
In a world on fire, workers get burned
News, Sally Tyler, Published on 13/10/2025
» In these chaotic times that many characterise in terms of rollback, regression, and retreat, there is one measure that continues to surge ahead -- global temperature. The year 2024 was the hottest ever since worldwide temperature recording began. Though climate occupied a major space in discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York City last month, significant progress did not emerge from the fractured international environment.
Global youth drive green innovation
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 29/09/2025
» Younger generations from 35 countries took part in the Enactus World Cup 2025, hosted by Thailand for the first time, to showcase their commitment and contribution to creating a better world through sustainable green development.
Ministry to host Marriage Equality Act event
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2025
» The Interior Ministry will host a launch event for the Marriage Equality Act at the United Nations (UN) Convention Centre in Bangkok next Monday to showcase Thailand's readiness for implementing the law on Jan 23, the first of its kind in the country.
Pundits warn of Trump policy risks
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/01/2025
» Thailand should prepare for risks that may arise from the aggressive trade policies of US President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn in on Jan 20 for his second term in office, say experts on international affairs.
Political tensions still simmering
News, Published on 28/12/2024
» This year witnessed the premiership changing hands despite relative unity within the coalition government.
New threats in regional drugs fight
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 16/12/2024
» Cross-border and multisectoral cooperation among countries in the greater Mekong subregion (GMS) is needed to mitigate illicit drugs, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
UN envoy urges soil, water action
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 10/12/2024
» The United Nations Special Envoy on Water has said constructive action to ensure sustainable soil and water management should be a high political priority for all member states.