By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ORDINARY ISAAN woman named Valissa works from dawn till dark at night at a roadside restaurant in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima. Little did she know about a fine for telling the police a lie about the money which she has literally earned. The 30-year-old woman from Amnart
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PM orders crackdown on cybercrime in 30 days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Apr. 1) ordered for the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) to crack down on suspected online criminals within a 30-day period from now. During his official visit to the CCIB headquarters, the prime minister instructed CCIB chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Watnakornbancha to immediately take
Read morePM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin was slammed by netizens after saying that the liberal cannabis policy had caused huge damage to the Thai people with this outstripping any economic benefit, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 1). Srettha, who mentioned this during an interview on a possible policy to relist cannabis as a category 5
Read moreBig demand for used air-conditioners in Khon Kaen as mercury soars
WITH THE temperature reaching 40 degrees Celsius in northeastern Khon Kaen city today (Apr. 1) the sweltering heat led to people rushing to buy used air-conditioners with there also being long queues for cleaning service, TV Channel 7 said. An air-conditioning technician at Thanakorn Air Khon Kaen shop in Nai Mueang subdistrict, Mueang district,
Read moreWorld Bank cuts Thai GDP growth outlook to 2.8% this year
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S economic growth is expected at 2.8 percent this year before accelerating to 3.0 percent in 2025, the World Bank said today (Apr. 1). The growth outlook for 2024 and 2025 was reduced from 3.2 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, as forecast in December. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy
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