Asian bonds ⁠faced ⁠in September their heaviest ​foreign selling pressure in more than six years, ​as a sharp rise ‌in US Treasury yields and renewed Federal Reserve tightening blunted investors' appetite for emerging-market debt.

Demonstrators faced a police blockade banning them on Friday from marching to the meeting venue of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to air grievances against the two institutions.

Polymer banknote recycling in Thailand took a major and meaningful step forward on Thursday with a donation of tables and benches made from the recycled waste of polymer banknotes by Note Printing Works under the Bank of Thailand.

Police have fined a tuk-tuk driver 1,500 baht after he demanded 4,000 baht from two Russian tourists, who attended The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour for a journey to Sukhumvit 4, although they ultimately paid him only 400 baht.

Two homemade pipe bombs were thrown into a security unit’s operational base in Bannang Sata district, Yala province late on Thursday evening, leaving five security volunteers injured.

Demonstrators faced a police blockade banning them on Friday from marching to the meeting venue of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to air grievances against the two institutions.

Airport authorities can open checked baggage during the screening process without the presence of the passenger from Friday in a new regulation to increase aviation safety.

Amnesty International Thailand raised concerns over police conduct after observing the use of physical force against protesters, who gathered near the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group Annual Meetings on Thursday morning.

Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat said that nullifying the Social Security Board election, which was won by the Progressive Social Security team, was not under consideration and that politicians were not prohibited from encouraging people to vote.

Central banks are emphasising clear and effective monetary policy communication as heightened global uncertainty complicates economic assessments and policy decisions, while the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) introduces new challenges in...