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Mon, 25 May 2026 05:32:00 +0700
Thai aviation faces tougher quarters
Thai airlines, which reported mixed financial results in the first three months of 2026, will remain under pressure in the second and third quarters from the oil price spike as the uptick in airfares and fuel surcharges are insufficient to cover the ...

Mon, 25 May 2026 05:29:00 +0700
Extortion scandal hits Chinese bookings
Chinese tourists are losing confidence in travelling in Thailand again as their bookings slow for the coming months, following a recent case involving police officers extorting Chinese nationals in Sa Kaeo, says the Association of Thai Travel Agents ...

Mon, 25 May 2026 05:12:00 +0700
Economic restructure proposed
While economists and industry leaders say the proposals by executives to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on May 15 are practical and should be implemented, they noted more needs to be done by the government to ensure sustainable growth, calling fo...

Mon, 25 May 2026 05:06:00 +0700
Most Covid-19 cases linked to mild variant
The NB.1.8.1 strain has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in Thailand over the past year, although health authorities say there is no evidence it spreads faster or causes more severe illness.

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:50:00 +0700
New stimulus registration opens today
Registration for the "Thais Help Thais Plus 60/40" scheme opens today from 6am for both merchants and ordinary citizens, with the government subsidising up to 60% of purchases in an effort to stimulate the grassroots economy nationwide.

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:40:00 +0700
Cannabis market barely dented by new rules
Thailand's latest effort to tighten cannabis controls has introduced stricter rules -- but on Bangkok's streets, particularly in tourist areas where cannabis shops thrive, little appears to have changed.

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:32:00 +0700
PM insists on 'equal' site visits
Paris: Thailand will insist that any future Unesco inspection of disputed border temple sites cover both the Thai and Cambodian sides of the frontier, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday.

Mon, 25 May 2026 04:24:00 +0700
Thailand steps up Ebola screening
The Ministry of Public Health is preparing to tighten Ebola surveillance measures after 10 travellers from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo entered Thailand and were placed under monitoring.

Sun, 24 May 2026 19:45:00 +0700
Possible Iran-US deal: What we know
TEHRAN - The United States and Iran appear closer than ever to a deal that would end a war that has engulfed the Middle East and disrupted the global oil market.

Sun, 24 May 2026 17:15:00 +0700
21 foreign suspects in Koh Phangan nominee probe in court on Monday
SURAT THANI - Police will oppose bail when they apply to extend the detention of 21 foreign nationals arrested in connection with the operations of nominee businesses on Koh Phangan in the Samui Provincial Court on Monday.  

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