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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:21:00 +0700
‘Lupin Taiwan’, key ‘k-powdered milk’ suspect, held
A Taiwanese man has been arrested with large quantities of drugs believed to have been used in making the “k-powdered milk” cocktail, during a raid in Bangkok.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:26:00 +0700
Thailand set to start Covid-19 vaccinations Feb 14
The government plans to begin Thailand’s national vaccine rollout from Feb 14, starting with healthcare and front-line workers, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:45:00 +0700
Borders tighten, curfew fury mounts: virus world update
HONG KONG: Border restrictions were being tightened around the world Monday in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat, after a weekend in which anger at social distancing rules bubbled over into fiery clashes in the Netherlands.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:40:00 +0700
Thailand logs 2 deaths, 187 new Covid cases Monday
The government recorded 187 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 13,687. Two additional deaths were reported, raising the accumulated toll to 75.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 07:22:00 +0700
Now or never for digital transformation
We are back where we started in the early months of 2020. However, we are already aware of the impacts of Covid-19 on us, our businesses and the economy. While it is disheartening to be back at square one, we now have more knowledge and are prepared ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 07:11:00 +0700
Finance: Political worries hold back fiscal stimulus
Thailand remains conservative regarding its public debt-to-GDP ceiling because of concerns over a domestic political backlash, even as other countries have already raised their debt ceilings to counter the crisis, says a ministerial source.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:30:00 +0700
BioThai slams wet market closures
The government must not resort to preferential treatment when it comes to enforcing orders to close wet markets as part of Covid-19 containment measures, says the BioThai Foundation.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:11:00 +0700
Egat plans world's largest floating solar farm in June
State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) expects to operate a 45-megawatt floating solar farm it claims to be the largest in the world in Ubon Ratchathani in June after a delay caused by the pandemic.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:44:00 +0700
Dechapol, Sapsiree crowned badminton champions at Thailand Open
Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai beat Seo Seung-Jae and Chae Yu-Jung to win the mixed doubles badminton title at the Toyota Thailand Open on Sunday.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:04:00 +0700
1 year after Covid began, poll reveals what Thais have learned
A slight majority of people hold out moderate hope that vaccines will help end the Covid-19 pandemic, but worry about side effects, according to a wide-ranging opinion survey by Bangkok University (Bangkok Poll).



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