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The election's last-mile test
News, Published on 31/01/2026
» For weeks, opinion polls have consistently shown the People’s Party (PP) maintaining a narrow but persistent lead over the Bhumjaithai Party ahead of the Feb 8 general election. The surveys have fostered a prevailing narrative of a two-horse race, with the People’s Party positioned as the frontrunner and Bhumjaithai as the most serious challenger.
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.
Cyber police apprehend 6 in international fraud bust
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/07/2025
» The cyber police have arrested six suspects in a transnational fraud ring that used fake email invoices to trick a major Japanese company into transferring more than 228 million baht to a Thai bank account.
Steel supplier in invoice strife
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/04/2025
» The Revenue Department has filed a criminal complaint against Xin Ke Yuan Steel Co, which supplied steel for the construction of the State Audit Office (SAO) building before its collapse, for fabricating more than 7,000 invoices worth over 200 million baht.
5 firms deny exporting invasive fish
News, AEKARACH SATTABURUTH & APINYA WIPATAYOTIN, Published on 10/08/2024
» Five companies have denied exporting blackchin tilapia, while the House Committee on Science, Technology, Research and Innovation estimates the invasive fish has caused up to 450 million baht of damage to farmers and the environment.
Plug digital VAT bill holes
News, Editorial, Published on 15/06/2020
» The cabinet last week approved a first-of-its-kind bill requiring foreign digital platforms to pay a value-added tax (VAT) from payments they received from users in Thailand.
Microsoft touts trust in SEC case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/07/2019
» Microsoft Corporation says it is continuing to improve trust between its customers and partners, in response to the charges issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
'Mushroom couple' to pay B2.5m or snitch
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2019
» The Royal Forestry Department (RFD) on Monday handed two poor villagers a 2.5-million-baht invoice, plus 7.5% interest, for engaging in illegal logging and damaging public forest resources.
How to succeed in the age of AI
News, Nuthasid Rukkiatwong & Kotchakorn Khwamchareon, Published on 08/08/2018
» Recent waves of technological innovation will have a deep impact on the labour market due to their rapidly expanding ability to perform human tasks and the declining cost of implementing them. Some of the most disruptive advances occur in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), where machines learn to perform tasks in a similar way to humans.