Government
Departments trade data
The Revenue Department has linked its information with the Legal Execution Department to better chase down the tax liabilities of people who went bankrupt. Cooperating with the Legal Execution Department via this technology allows the Revenue Department to get real-time information, which could help it ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Thailand election: A vote for a hybrid democracy
When the Thai army seized power in May 2014, it described it as a coup to end all coups. The army had failed to do the job properly during the previous attempt, in 2006, one of the coup leaders told us in 2014. This time we ...
Jonathan Head
2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ready for Tuesday opening
Preparations have been underway for the opening of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s Mae Sot district and Myanmar’s border city of Myawaddy on Tuesday. Therdkiat Chinsoranand, the mayor of Nakhon Mae Sot Municipality, on Sunday inspected the preparations. The construction of the bridge, ...
Assawin Pinitwong
Thailand's early voting kicks off with crowds, long lines
Hundreds of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand on Sunday, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country’s first election in eight years.Advanced voting is usually a tepid affair, but on Sunday excitement was high as ...
Election Commission says advance ballots to be kept safe
The Election Commission (EC) has promised the advance ballots cast on Sunday in a prelude to the general election will be in safe hands. EC deputy secretary-general Nat Laosisawakul said on Sunday that maximum security measures will be maintained as advance ballot papers are sent ...
Mongkol Bangprapa
PRD, EC organize "The Path to Building Thailand, Election 2019"
The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) has cooperated with the Election Commission (EC) to organize an event called “The Path to Building Thailand, Election 2019” at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University (BSRU) in Bangkok.The PRD Director-General, Lt. Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, chaired the event to provide knowledge and ...
Praphorn Praphornkul
No negative records for state welfare cardholders: Finance Ministry
State welfare cardholders will have no negative records and no restriction to financial transactions, said Finance Ministry Spokesman Lavaron Sangsanit.He dismissed rumors circulated online alleging low financial credit scores and restricted financial services being provided for welfare cardholders.Keep reading ...
Tewit Kemtong
Thailand, Laos hold talk on cooperation in immigration
Thailand’s and Laos’ immigration units held talk in Udon Thani province on security measures and cooperation in immigration affairs.Thai Immigration Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpal, and Laos’ Department of Immigration Director-General Col Saisaming Sivilay co-chaired a meeting on bilateral cooperation in immigration at ...
Tewit Kemtong
Will Thailand’s election turmoil hit China-backed US$54 billion Eastern Economic Corridor?
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor, a 1.7 trillion baht (US$54.2 billion) development heavily reliant on Chinese backing, should emerge unscathed by the kingdom’s pre-election political turmoil, analysts say.Keep reading ...
How corrupt we are
Thailand was ranked 99 out of 180 countries and territories in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which shows that despite some progress, many countries are still failing to make serious inroads against graft.The index ranks the countries and territories by their perceived levels of ...
Pradit Phulsarikij