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Latest Headlines
Thai hairdressers: lives behind the scissors
↗“Neighbourhood barbershops and salons are becoming places only for people who are too lazy to wash their own hair or who have certain physical limitations. For example, they may have just undergone eye surgery,&rdq
Thailand celebrates ninth World Heritage site
↗Thailand celebrated a major cultural milestone on Saturday as the Unesco World Heritage Committee approved the inscription of Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat as a World Cultural Heritage site.
Italian embassy apologises for rowdy teens on BTS
↗The Embassy of Italy on Saturday apologised to the Thai people over “the inappropriate behaviour of a group of Italian underage tourists” on a BTS Skytrain in Bangkok that generated heated conversations onlin
Criminal complaint filed in share-reporting case
↗The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against a heretofore unknown investor for allegedly submitting false disclosure forms claiming ownership and trading of billions of baht worth o
Giving (cautious) credit where credit is due
↗In the spirit of not simply passing judgement without the intent of fairness, it must be acknowledged that a serious effort seems to have been made in response to the civil service exam cheating scandal, one that allows
New pension formula promises fairer retirement benefits
↗The cabinet approved in principle the Career Average Revalued Earnings (Care) formula, a major reform of the Social Security pension system aimed at addressing long-standing complaints over unfair retirement benefits.
Car production target hit by Mideast war
↗The escalating Israel-US war on Iran is denting Thai car exports to the Middle East, causing the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) to downgrade the country's car manufacturing target for 2026.
Thai exports rise 20.8% in June thanks to industrial goods
↗Exports surged 20.8% year-on-year to US$34.7 billion in June, driven by strong demand for industrial goods such as electronics, smartphones, electrical appliances, and automobiles and auto parts, says the Trade Policy an
Self-reporting scandal prompts reform calls
↗Reliable information is the foundation of every capital market. Whether investors are buying a few hundred shares or evaluating a multi-billion-baht acquisition, they make decisions assuming the information disclosed thr
Phuket illegal hotel blitz ramps up
↗The government has intensified its crackdown on illegal hotels in Phuket after inspections found three properties operating without licences.
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