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Baht slide continues as Bank of Thailand sticks to its dovish and soft approach to interest rates

Baht slide continues as Bank of Thailand sticks to its dovish and soft approach to interest rates

September 28, 2022

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Bank of Thailand sticks to its guns and holds off on higher rate rises to protect the country’s economic recovery pushing the baht into a… Read More ›

Choppy waters for the economy as central bank tries to cling to its benign interest rate policy

Choppy waters for the economy as central bank tries to cling to its benign interest rate policy

September 26, 2022

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

All eyes will be on the Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Wednesday when it will be under pressure to go beyond a… Read More ›

Shock police probe into drug dealing and money laundering linked with Myanmar to strain ties

Shock police probe into drug dealing and money laundering linked with Myanmar to strain ties

September 24, 2022

Crime, Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

The arrest of Dr Tun Min Latt who is at the heart of a vast conglomerate with extensive links to Myanmar’s ruling junta on suspicion… Read More ›

Prawit stuns the cabinet demanding a ฿35 to the dollar rate and action from the Finance Minister to stop the slide

Prawit stuns the cabinet demanding a ฿35 to the dollar rate and action from the Finance Minister to stop the slide

September 21, 2022

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

Baht’s depreciation is now being driven by a wider difference between interest rates in the United States and Thailand which had gone beyond a critical… Read More ›

Freak death of Kyrgyz woman in Pattaya linked to Chinese gang who forced her into prostitution

Freak death of Kyrgyz woman in Pattaya linked to Chinese gang who forced her into prostitution

September 19, 2022

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

The story of Anara Seitaleva shines a light on the shady world of transnational human trafficking linked with Thailand’s sex industry. It also raises questions… Read More ›

Former PM Thaksin slams modest minimum wage hike of 5%, calls for ฿800 a day rate over 2 terms

Former PM Thaksin slams modest minimum wage hike of 5%, calls for ฿800 a day rate over 2 terms

September 16, 2022

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

Slow and fragile recovery is being seen which is driven by boosted consumer confidence in Thailand despite inflation and an effective haircut in real wages.… Read More ›

Murder and rape suspected in Rayong after body of a 19-year-old woman was found in a local pond

Murder and rape suspected in Rayong after body of a 19-year-old woman was found in a local pond

September 13, 2022

Crime, Culture, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Hours after the murder investigation commenced on Tuesday morning when the body was removed from the scene for an autopsy and the husband of the… Read More ›

Krabi residents urge General Prawit to crack down on drugs as national poll gives him a thumbs down

Krabi residents urge General Prawit to crack down on drugs as national poll gives him a thumbs down

September 12, 2022

Crime, Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) opinion poll on Sunday shows that more than 63% of people are not satisfied with the acting PM’s performance… Read More ›

King Charles III to be acclaimed as the World comes to terms with the loss of Queen Elizabeth II

King Charles III to be acclaimed as the World comes to terms with the loss of Queen Elizabeth II

September 9, 2022

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

Change of era: for 90% of the world’s population there has never been any other Queen of England, a key figure in news events and… Read More ›

Black-hearted road rage act wiped out 3 young lives in Krabi on Tuesday morning in seconds, killer arrested

Black-hearted road rage act wiped out 3 young lives in Krabi on Tuesday morning in seconds, killer arrested

September 6, 2022

Crime, Culture, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Horrific murder of three high school students in Krabi at the hands of a man, driven by drugs and road rage, shocks Thailand. On Tuesday… Read More ›

Woman arrested for the theft of ฿15.7 million from dead man’s bank account after he passed away

Woman arrested for the theft of ฿15.7 million from dead man’s bank account after he passed away

September 4, 2022

Crime, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Satang Thongramphan, also known as Aoi, claims that she became close to the bank account holder at a local care facility where he had been… Read More ›

German claims he was warned off by police from pursuing his political protests against acting PM

German claims he was warned off by police from pursuing his political protests against acting PM

September 2, 2022

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

A German man living in Thailand with a Thai wife staged numerous silent protests this week in Rayong but was warned off by police officers… Read More ›

Thailand’s once mighty foreign tourism industry lastingly damaged with lower spends and numbers

Thailand’s once mighty foreign tourism industry lastingly damaged with lower spends and numbers

August 31, 2022

Economy, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Figures this week from Paris show a French foreign tourist industry achieving revenues nationally at 22% ahead of figures for 2019 while Thailand will be… Read More ›

Insurgent Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) behind firebomb spree in the South raises the stakes in talks

Insurgent Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) behind firebomb spree in the South raises the stakes in talks

August 29, 2022

Crime, Culture, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Deadly attacks which killed one and injured eight were condemned by the government as an ‘outrage’ but are believed to have been a response to… Read More ›

Low spending tourists and slowing export growth but ‘intact’ economic recovery stays on track say officials 

Low spending tourists and slowing export growth but ‘intact’ economic recovery stays on track say officials 

August 27, 2022

Economy, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

A volatile currency market, a slowing world economy amid war in Europe and raised geopolitical tensions as well as a brush this week with political… Read More ›

Prime Minister suspended from duty by the Constitutional Court as it takes up term limit case for hearing

Prime Minister suspended from duty by the Constitutional Court as it takes up term limit case for hearing

August 24, 2022

Living, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan now assumes responsibility for the role of Prime Minister while General Prayut remains as Defence Minister as the cabinet stays… Read More ›

Kingdom engulfed in crisis with over 93% of the public saying Prayut must relinquish power now over term limit

Kingdom engulfed in crisis with over 93% of the public saying Prayut must relinquish power now over term limit

August 22, 2022

Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Police in central Bangkok are already preparing water cannon trucks as protest movements take up their position in the centre of the city with key… Read More ›

Thailand to hit 1.2 million foreign tourists for August with new extended visa stays from October

Thailand to hit 1.2 million foreign tourists for August with new extended visa stays from October

August 20, 2022

Economy, Living, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

Key threat to Thailand’s economy as the year progresses is an elevated level of inflation and the slowing of economic growth in the United States… Read More ›

PM’s Office adamant there will be no dissolution as opposition petitions the Constitutional Court to clarify

PM’s Office adamant there will be no dissolution as opposition petitions the Constitutional Court to clarify

August 18, 2022

Culture, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Emotional Prime Minister, on Wednesday, gave a speech at an army song contest in central Bangkok at which he urged unity in a world full… Read More ›

Election law finalised in parliament but the basis for the next General Election is still uncertain

Election law finalised in parliament but the basis for the next General Election is still uncertain

August 16, 2022

Culture, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

Electoral reform bill that was passed by parliament on Monday due to continued failure to make a quorum, is very likely to be reviewed by… Read More ›