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BoT tightens scrutiny of foreign cash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/12/2025
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has stepped up regulatory oversight of inbound foreign exchange transactions to ease baht appreciation pressure and prevent misreported or undesirable capital inflows, a senior official said.
Protecting workers from heat
News, Laura Alfers & Christy Braham, Published on 02/09/2024
» Today's escalating climate crisis disproportionately affects the world's two billion informal workers. As heat waves become increasingly frequent and intense, the absence of global occupational safety and health (OSH) protections against climate-related risks leaves these workers dangerously exposed. Forced to labour in record-breaking temperatures, their health and even lives are in jeopardy.
King grants titles to royal family
News, Published on 09/07/2024
» On May 5, 2019, the second day of the coronation ceremonies, His Majesty the King bestowed new titles upon senior royal family members under his new reign.
Harnessing Thailand's human capital
News, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Published on 28/06/2024
» Thailand is currently on a distressing trajectory towards depopulation, with the number of deaths each year surpassing the number of births. The latest available data from the Department of Provincial Administration paints a grim picture, showing over 48,000 more deaths than births last year. This number is set to escalate as the number of births continues to plummet and death rates surge. Should the current trend persist, by 2083, Thailand's population is projected to shrink by half to 33 million. The leading cause of this demographic dynamic is the decline in fertility rates among Thai women. These declining fertility rates have severe repercussions and thus warrant the attention and actions of national leaders.
Thailand wants faster inflation
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 06/06/2024
» It's hard to find a leader anywhere these days who will argue the case for faster inflation. Politicians would rather drink hemlock than call for a renewed acceleration; they are often too busy nodding sympathetically at what their opponents call a cost-of-living crisis. But there is a kingdom where calling for more elevated prices, sooner, isn't off limits. In fact, the government embraces the concept.
Long hours won't help India grow
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 06/11/2023
» Do Indians not work enough? According to one of the co-founders of the Indian software giant Infosys Ltd, we don't. The billionaire Narayana Murthy said last week that young Indians in particular were picking up "undesirable habits" from the lazy West and thereby holding back India's productivity and its growth. "My request," he said, "is that our youngsters must say, 'This is my country, I want to work 70 hours a week.'"
Cases surge by 4% from last week
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2023
» Covid-19 caseloads have increased by 4% from last week, reaching a daily average of 440 cases, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
New UN climate report clutching at straws
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/03/2023
» The final report of the United Nation's climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has come out at last. The desperate optimism that characterised the last few volumes (this is part four of four) has frayed away to almost nothing.
Review vape ban
News, Published on 06/02/2023
» Re: "Actress' vaping case sparks debate" (BP, Feb 3).
BJT calls in support for bill
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/11/2022
» The Bhumjaithai Party has asked for support from the coalition parties to help pass the Cannabis and Hemp Bill after the Democrat Party threatened to reject it.