People and Government

Thailand and Laos have agreed to strengthen cooperation on drug prevention and suppression to promote peace and cooperation in the border regions of the two countries.Keep watching ...

Thailand to lead smart-city project with Bangkok, Phuket and Chonburi featuring prominently in cross-border partnership.Thailand will play a leading role in implementing the smart-city network covering 26 cities in the 10 Asean countries as the Kingdom takes over as the bloc’s chair next year, Digital ...

‘Khon’, Thailand’s masked dance drama, has been inscribed on Unesco’s representative list of humanity’s “intangible” cultural heritage – a decision reached at the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius on November 29.Keep reading ...

Thailand has overtaken Russia and India as the most unequal country in the latest survey by a Swiss bank. Banyong Pongpanich, chairman of Phatra Securities, posted on Facebook on Wednesday (Dec, 5) the findings of the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2018 conducted on 40 ...

The Thai cabinet has endorsed a draft statement for the 3rd Joint Cabinet Retreat between Thailand and the Lao PDR to be held next week. Chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved the draft statement on the 3rd ...

Three weeks after a 13-year-old boy died in a muay thai ring, the bill banning children from participating in paid matches has yet to reach legislators.In response to this, the Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Centre (CSIP) has stepped up pressure on the ...

Thailand’s draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP) needs to have stronger mechanisms to oversee the operations of Thai investors overseas and ensure human rights protection in all aspects.Keep reading ...

The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has passed a bill meant to ensure more effective tax collection, especially from e-commerce businesses. Under the bill proposed to the NLA meeting yesterday (Dec 4), financial institutions will be required to report transactions of customer accounts which receive either ...

“Art is my favorite subject,” Nattinan Dankratok, a Mathayom-4 student at Kanlayanawat School in Khon Kaen province, said. However, after she lost her eyesight, she has been spending her art classes learning braille, while her classmates get their hands dirty learning about art.Keep reading ...

Members of political parties agreed on Sunday, that education should be free from political influence and that educational reform should be a bottom-up approach. The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) was hosting a seminar to discuss educational development. The seminar was attended by a number ...