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Agencies probe causes of building's collapse
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/04/2025
» Four engineering institutes will work with the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning (DPT) to model the collapse of the State Audit Office's (SAO) 2.1-billion-baht high-rise, aiming to identify the real causes of the March 28 disaster following an earthquake in Myanmar.
Judge orders White House to lift restrictions on AP access
AFP, Published on 09/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press's access to President Donald Trump's official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their "viewpoints."
Unesco push for Wat Arun
News, Published on 09/04/2025
» The Culture Ministry will this month submit relevant documents to the Unesco World Heritage Centre in Paris in its bid to propose the iconic pagoda at Wat Arun on the Tentative List of World Heritage sites.
Cabinet gives cybercrime, digital asset bills the nod
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/04/2025
» The cabinet yesterday approved two draft laws to combat cybercrime and regulate digital asset businesses.
Analysts downbeat as SET nosedives
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong and Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/04/2025
» Downside risks remain for the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index after it plunged to a five-year low on Tuesday on heightened fears of a global recession as trade anxiety ramps up, say analysts.
Abhisit sees entertainment complexes as slippery slope
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/04/2025
» Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has expressed his opposition to the bill proposing the establishment of integrated entertainment complexes that include casinos, citing concerns about the social and economic impact.
Money laundering regulation revised
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/04/2025
» The Department of Business Development (DBD) and the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) have amended the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1999, which empowers authorities to seize and freeze assets linked to both Thai and foreign individuals engaged in nominee businesses and unauthorised foreign operations.
Grab looks to AI to generate new features
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/04/2025
» Grab, a leading super-app in Southeast Asia, has embraced generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and agentic AI to offer new features as a growth strategy.
Migrant kids left behind
Oped, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2025
» On Monday, Kallaya Tahsom, former director of Thairath Wittaya 6 School in Ang Thong province, listened to police criminal charges against her. Her alleged crimes? The former school director, also a Ministry of Education official, was accused of assisting illegal migration and neglecting her duty. In 2023, the school was founded, providing education to 126 Myanmar students who had fled their homeland's civil war, illegally entering Thailand.
Insurers must embrace AI tools
Oped, Pierre du Rostu, Published on 09/04/2025
» Over the past year and a half, insurers have been pulling out of high-risk areas at an alarming rate. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in California, where wildfires have become more frequent and intense -- the Los Angeles conflagration in January being only the latest in a series of devastating blazes. And it's not just wildfires: the Golden State is also prone to large, damaging floods.