Articles by: Joseph O' Connor

Economy still holding its own with growth of 2.3% targeted. Faltering tourism and bad debts are threats

Economy still holding its own with growth of 2.3% targeted. Faltering tourism and bad debts are threats

August 19, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s economy posts tentative recovery with a 2.3% growth target, fueled by export surge, but faltering tourism, rising bad loans, high household debt and structural… Read More ›

Tourist chiefs forge a key partnership with Poland and Polish LOT Airways to boost foreign tourism arrivals

Tourist chiefs forge a key partnership with Poland and Polish LOT Airways to boost foreign tourism arrivals

August 18, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Thailand:

Thailand targets Polish tourists with LOT Airlines partnership, aiming to boost high-spending European visitors. Bangkok seeks to become Southeast Asia’s key hub, while TAT drives… Read More ›

Thumbs up from economic gurus for 2027 Negative Income Tax plan. It’s a game-changer for progress

Thumbs up from economic gurus for 2027 Negative Income Tax plan. It’s a game-changer for progress

August 18, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s 2027 negative income tax plan, backed by experts, aims to cut poverty, tackle inequality, modernise welfare, integrate the informal economy and give millions of… Read More ›

American lobbyist streams from the Thai Cambodian border as top Bangkok officials brief World’s media

American lobbyist streams from the Thai Cambodian border as top Bangkok officials brief World’s media

August 17, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

American lobbyist Michael Alfaro livestreamed from the Thai-Cambodian border, claiming Thai aggression, despite evidence of Cambodian landmine attacks and BM-21 Grad rocket attacks on Sisaket.… Read More ›

Budget bill passed by House in win for government. Chief whip now calls for police probe of ฿10M bribes

Budget bill passed by House in win for government. Chief whip now calls for police probe of ฿10M bribes

August 17, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai-led government wins passage of 2026 Budget Bill as Chief Whip calls for police probe into explosive claim that People’s Party MPs were offered… Read More ›

Huge economic change as Reverse Tax plan is being pushed by the Pheu Thai government as it battles on

Huge economic change as Reverse Tax plan is being pushed by the Pheu Thai government as it battles on

August 16, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Pheu Thai pushes a bold reverse tax plan as 60.8M residents and 600K businesses must file returns, allowing low-income households to receive payments, aiming to… Read More ›

Cambodians recoils at Thai concertina wire makeshift barriers just erected along the contentious border

Cambodians recoils at Thai concertina wire makeshift barriers just erected along the contentious border

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Tensions on the boil at the Thai-Cambodian border as Thailand erects tyre and wire barricades, Cambodia stages tearful protests for foreign observers, and over 100… Read More ›

People’s Party MPs claim they were offered ฿10 million to vote for casino bill before it was withdrawn

People’s Party MPs claim they were offered ฿10 million to vote for casino bill before it was withdrawn

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

People’s Party MPs reveal they were offered ฿10 million to vote for the now-withdrawn Entertainment Complex Bill athe 2026 budget. They rejected the bribes but… Read More ›

Prime Minister Paetongtarn to call five expert witness on August 21st to support her Hun Sen audio clip defence

Prime Minister Paetongtarn to call five expert witness on August 21st to support her Hun Sen audio clip defence

August 15, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will call five expert witnesses on August 21 to support her defence over a leaked audio with Cambodian leader Hun Sen,… Read More ›

Tensions are still rising on Thai Cambodian border as 2nd Army commander reveals defensive tactics

Tensions are still rising on Thai Cambodian border as 2nd Army commander reveals defensive tactics

August 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

Thai-Cambodian border tensions escalate as 2nd Army Commander Boonsin visits soldiers maimed by landmines, unveils new defensive tactics using machinery, drones and surveillance. He vows… Read More ›

Thailand heading into another Constitutional crisis as August 29th date set for deciding the PM’s fate

Thailand heading into another Constitutional crisis as August 29th date set for deciding the PM’s fate

August 14, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thailand heads into a fresh constitutional crisis as the August 29 court date looms for PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, with three high-stakes family-related court battles set… Read More ›

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

Pheu Thai MP publicly asks the Constitutional Court to defer decision on the PM’s fate, fearing a crisis 

August 13, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Pheu Thai MP urges Constitutional Court to delay ruling on PM Paetongtarn amid political crisis. Border clashes with Cambodia escalate, creating a power vacuum and… Read More ›

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

Expert warns foreign tourism has become Thailand’s curse, fueling inertia and a widespread malaise

August 12, 2025

Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s reliance on foreign tourism is now a curse, warns a Hong Kong bond analyst. It fuels corruption, instability and stagnation. Arrivals are down 6.56%,… Read More ›

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

Rate cut anticipated as outgoing Bank of Thailand governor attends last Monetary Policy Committee

August 12, 2025

Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Outgoing Bank of Thailand governor’s final MPC meeting on August 13 may cut rates by 25bps to support the economy amid rising US tariffs, weaker… Read More ›

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

Flailing Hun Sen wages new war on his own nationals in Thailand by threatening them if they don’t return

August 11, 2025

Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Hun Sen’s regime threatens Cambodian workers in Thailand with loss of citizenship and property if they don’t return. After losing 3,000 soldiers in fierce clashes… Read More ›

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

Conservatives behind plan to bring back General Prayut. Pheu Thai on Sunday insisted politics will hold

August 11, 2025

Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Conservatives push to bring back General Prayut as incumbent Prime Minister Paetongtarn faces a court ruling and her father Thaksin battles legal troubles. Political tensions… Read More ›

Finance Ministry & central bank move to boost credit by shifting non-performing debt into asset firms

Finance Ministry & central bank move to boost credit by shifting non-performing debt into asset firms

August 10, 2025

Culture, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

Thailand’s Finance Ministry and Bank of Thailand join forces to tackle rising private debt and non-performing loans. With US tariffs, tourism decline and Chinese dumping,… Read More ›

Soldier loses foot and 2 others injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmine in Sisaket while on border patrol 

Soldier loses foot and 2 others injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmine in Sisaket while on border patrol 

August 10, 2025

Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

A Thai soldier lost his left foot and two others were injured by Cambodian PMN-2 landmines while patrolling Sisaket’s tense border. Cambodia denies new mines… Read More ›

Political stasis has left people with neither brains nor heart to push the country forward: Thanathorn

Political stasis has left people with neither brains nor heart to push the country forward: Thanathorn

August 9, 2025

Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit blames 20 years of political chaos for Thailand’s collapsing birth rate and economic decline. He warns the country lacks “brains and heart” to… Read More ›

Move to uphold Senate integrity fails amid claims of forgery and misrepresentation. Divisions exposed

Move to uphold Senate integrity fails amid claims of forgery and misrepresentation. Divisions exposed

August 8, 2025

Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Move to suspend 136 ‘Blue Line’ senators collapses within 24 hours amid forged signatures and legal flaws. The scandal exposes deep Senate divisions, weak oversight… Read More ›

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