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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — Malaysia is committed to playing a constructive role in supporting efforts to achieve regio...

Net profit for the Thai banking industry fell by nearly 10% year-on-year in the third quarter, weighed down by lower interest income and financial assistance measures aimed at easing customers' financing costs.

Thailand is poised to "take off once again" following a successful hosting of the IMF-World Bank meetings earlier this month, says Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Thai exports are projected to grow by 17.8% year-on-year in 2026 before slowing to 7.4% in 2027, influenced by US tariff risks, the electronics cycle and a bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Institute of Trade Strategies at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has called for urgent action in three areas to restore public confidence and improve people's economic security: creating quality jobs; tackling inequality, particularly unequal access to opportunities; and reforming the public sector by cracking down on corruption at all levels.

PASIR MAS, Oct 22 — Eleven police reports regarding damage to concertina wire fences at 13 illegal crossing points...

Thai authorities have urged organisations to urgently update websites and systems using PHP to prevent potential personal data leaks, with universities and medical school hospitals told to prioritise patient records and student databases.

PATTAYA - Immigration police say a Chinese man wanted in his home country for running a major gambling business had his biological daughter registered as the child of a Thai man to obtain Thai nationality.

Dass die Geburtenrate in Japan, Südkorea und Taiwan sinkt, ist bekannt. Besonders frappant ist der Einbruch aber in Thailand. Die Politik ist alarmiert.

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Vietjet Thailand has reaffirmed that the asset freeze imposed on Vietjet Group's operations by a UK court should not affect the airline's operations in Thailand, as it is established as a separate entity and air operator.

Vietjet Thailand has reaffirmed that the asset freeze imposed on Vietjet Group's operations by a UK court should not affect the airline's operations in Thailand, as it is established as a separate entity and air operator.

Thailand must move beyond cheap labour and instead channel its industrial strengths into advanced manufacturing, electric vehicles (EVs) and automation if it is to secure its position in the future global economy, according to Amol Gupte, head of Asia South at Citi.

Thailand’s and Nepal’s Oscar submissions, “9 Temples to Heaven” and “Elephants in the Fog,” are among 10 titles competing at the 27th edition of Tokyo Filmex, which will run Nov. 20–29 in the Japanese capital’s Yurakucho district. Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, who has appeared in every feature by auteur Tsai Ming-liang since “Rebels of the […]

Thai singer-songwriter and actor Jeff Satur, whose music has passed 2 billion streams, has signed with Universal Music Southeast Asia (UM SEA), the regional division of Universal Music Group, as he pushes to take T-pop to a global audience. The first major release under the new deal will be Satur’s second studio album, slated for […]

Thailand pushed their gold medal haul up to five at the 2026 Asian Para Games as the country's track stars put on a dazzling show in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday.