Customs officials have seized 23 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth about 50 million baht sent from Germany and destined for Laos, at the Bangkok postal centre in Hua Lamphong.

The Internal Trade Department and traders in the poultry industry have agreed to freeze chicken prices for six months while steps are taken to solve the problem of soaring pork prices, department director general Wattanasak Sua-iam said on Tuesday.

Vietnam's parliament approved a stimulus package worth about 347 trillion dong (US$15.3 billion) to revive an economy battered by Covid-19 and harsh lockdowns with a focus on assisting virus-hit businesses, workers and increasing infrastructure spend...

The leader of the opposition Pheu Thai Party and a Democrat Party member of the House commerce committee on Tuesday held the government accountable for escalating pork prices and pointed to uncontrolled African swine fever as the cause.

Officials have detected African swine fever in a surface swab sample collected at a slaughterhouse in Nakhon Pathom province, Sorravis Thaneto, Director General at the Department of Livestock Development, told a news conference on Tuesday.

The economy will take a 0.3% hit from an outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, although it should be managed within the first half of 2022, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) governor said on Tuesday.

CHON BURI: A fire aboard a yacht at the Ocean Marina Yacht Club in tambon Na Jomtien, Sattahip district, caused an estimated 10 million baht damage on Tuesday.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A revered 72-year-old monk is nearing the end of his 1,500-kilometre barefoot pilgrimage from Phuket to his home province of Nakhon Phanom.

There were 7,133 new Covid-19 cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the third consecutive day of slight declines, along with 12 more coronavirus-related fatalities, the Public Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning.

Exports this year are expected to rise between 5% to 8%, boosted by strong global demand and a weaker baht currency, the Thai National Shippers' Council said on Tuesday.