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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:05:00 +0700
Thailand tops 20,000 Covid cases with additional 836
Another 836 cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed caseload since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 20,618.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:12:00 +0700
SET: Rules bar Thai GameStop
The Thai stock market is unlikely to encounter a similar situation to the market frenzy around GameStop (GME) shares thanks to regulators' tighter grip on market volatility, says Pakorn Peetathawatchai, the president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:19:00 +0700
J&J seeks to register single-shot vaccine
Johnson & Johnson is seeking to register its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed on Monday.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:13:00 +0700
Households pile up debt as new virus wave weighs on income
Thailand’s household debt, already among the highest in emerging Asia, is expected to rise further as a fresh Covid outbreak curbs incomes, weighing on consumer spending and heightening financial-stability risks.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 06:05:00 +0700
Debt key threat to bond markets
Global bond markets may plunge into a financial crisis if private bad debt and public debt mount, while global stock markets could fall sharply if the Federal Reserve (Fed) pulls back on its quantitative easing (QE) after the central bank signalled a...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0700
Students happy to go to class -- for a change
Pupils returned to schools across Bangkok on Monday although not everyone was allowed to reunite with friends and colleagues.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 04:55:00 +0700
Govt team to check for royal slurs
The coalition government has formed a legal team to monitor the upcoming censure debate for inappropriate references to the monarchy, said a key government figure on Monday.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 04:44:00 +0700
Myanmar coup means huge losses
Thailand is estimated to forego about 50 million baht a day from inconvenient transportation of goods and strict security checks by Myanmar's military administration.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +0700
3rd Army boss plays down influx threat
The Third Army has given assurances that there will be no influx of Myanmar people into Thailand in the wake of the military seizure of power in the bloodless coup on Monday.

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:04:00 +0700
UDD members acquitted of lethal grenade attack in 2010
The Criminal Court on Monday cleared three former members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) of involvement in a grenade attack that killed five soldiers, including Col Romklao Tuwatham, and injured many others during the vi...



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