Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha said the nation has to think about expenditure in dollars to help weaken its currency. “We have to think how we will spend in dollars in many ways to help weaken the baht,” Prayuth said in a speech Monday, adding the private sector needs to …
CHONBURI, Thailand (Reuters) – Visitors to a zoo in Thailand are being offered a tasty choice over the name of its newest resident – a baby pygmy hippopotamus that is drawing crowds. The male was born at the end of October at the state-run Khao Kheaw Zoo in Chonburi province, …
A project employing women from poor hill tribes is transforming lives in northern Thailand. It started in 1988 with the Royal Villa, a residence built by the Princess Mother, who was ready to leave Switzerland, where she had lived off and on, for the northern mountains of her native Thailand. Her condition for spending …
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai LGBT+ activists submitted a legal challenge to the Constitutional Court on Friday in a bid to change laws that limit marriage to between a man and a woman, the latest in a series of attempts to achieve marriage equality in Asia. The definition of …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pope Francis warned on Friday that technology and globalization were homogenizing young people around the world to the point where their uniqueness and cultural individuality were becoming endangered species. Pope Francis attends a meeting with cardinals and bishops at the Blessed Nicholas Boonkerd Kitbamrung Shrine in Bankgok, …
A billionaire who shook up Thai politics by attracting millions of young supporters to his anti-establishment message has been convicted of violating election laws. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of the Future Forward Party broke the law by holding shares in a media firm when he registered to run in March’s elections, the …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The last time Vararunee Khonchanath was in the presence of a pope was before she was born just over 35 years ago, but when Pope Francis visits Bangkok later this week to bless Thailand’s tiny Catholic minority she will be singing in the choir. Students practice choral …
Exports seen falling 2% for year, worse than earlier estimate Economic council says pickup expected toward end of the year Thailand’s economy grew more slowly than expected in the third quarter and the government lowered its full-year forecast as the country deals with the impact of the U.S.-China trade war …
The sweet and salty noodle dish started out in a prime minister’s kitchen. S WORLD WAR II APPROACHED, Thailand was in a precarious position. For years, the country’s leaders had clutched their independence closely, worried about the French and English, who had colonized neighboring Cambodia, Laos, and Burma. Now, Japan was …
They have to eat the alms they are given, even when they are fattening The rules governing what and when Thailand’s Buddhist monks eat are strict. They must rely solely on alms from the faithful and must consume them before noon each day. Early each morning they pour out of temples …
Manhunt under way over security checkpoint assault in Yala province that killed 15 people, including defence volunteers. Authorities in Thailand have arrested seven suspects as a manhunt continues for the gunmen behind the worst attack in years in the country’s restive south. Fifteen people, including a police officer and many village defence …
Majority of economists in survey predicted 25bps rate cut Central bank to ease rules on capital outflows to curb baht The Bank of Thailand cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months and said it will ease rules on outflows to curb the currency’s gains. Five …
