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Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:37:00 +0700
BoT launches car loan debt programme
The Bank of Thailand has implemented a new auto loan debt mediation programme, aiming to help 100,000 borrowers ease their debt burden during the pandemic.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 05:42:00 +0700
Pandemic reveals bitter truth of income gap
While local residents are feeling anxious over long-awaited vaccinations that the government has promised to roll out from next week, contrasting scenes have been seen in recent weeks as wealthy people have chosen not to wait but fly across the world...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 05:36:00 +0700
April surge buoys export outlook
Helped by an export boom in April, the shippers' council feels upbeat that the country's exports could rise by 10%-15% this year.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0700
AstraZeneca delivery 'on track': Anutin
The country is on track to receive six million AstraZeneca vaccine doses this month, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +0700
Govt fears Covid storm from East
The government is keeping a close watch on a recent influx of people from Cambodia into the eastern border province of Sa Kaeo amid concern that many of them may be infected with Covid-19.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0700
Govt frets over local jabs rush
Fearing a disorganised vaccine rollout by individual local administrative organisations (LAOs), the Interior Ministry has referred the issue to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), which some fear could prove a stumbling block in ...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:00:00 +0700
PM defends defence spending
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha defended the Defence Ministry's share of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year during the first reading of the bill in parliament on Monday, after opposition MP slammed the figure as unusually high when compared to ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 06:10:00 +0700
Opening your mind to the new world
Just over a year ago, we began talking about how businesses would be facing a daunting “new normal” because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the first half of 2021 draws to a close, we realise now that there is no new normal, but an evolving norma...

Sun, 30 May 2021 10:27:00 +0700
7 illegal crossing points found along Thai-Malaysian border
SONGKHLA: Thai authorities have found seven spots where illegal border crossings had taken place along an 85-kilometre span of border in Sadao district opposite Malaysia's Kedah and Perlis states, governor Jaruwat Kliangklao said on Saturday.

Sun, 30 May 2021 09:50:00 +0700
73% of Thais feel 'hopeless' amid pandemic - poll
About three-quarters of the population feel anxious and hopeless about their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.



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