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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 ...

Supanburi province signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on action plans to sustainably address its waste issue. Provincial Governor of Suphan Buri Nimit Wanchaitanawong presided over the MOU signing ceremony for waste management measures in the central province.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 ...

The government will set up a centre to facilitate the hiring of Myanmar workers in Samut Sakhon province. “We will set up the centre for Myanmar migrants at Talaythai market,” Labour Minister Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo said.Keep reading ...

Despite the upgrading of Ban Huak crossing in Phu Sang district to a permanent border checkpoint, only local residents are currently allowed to travel across the border to Laos. Wiroon Sitthuwong, chief of Phu Sang district, said the Ban Huak checkpoint operates on a border ...

Universities of Myanmar and Thailand have vowed to cooperate in education sector following a Thai delegation’s recent visit to a Myanmar university in Myeik, Myanmar’s southern Taninthayi region, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday.Keep reading ...

Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is slated to be an arterial node for trade, investment, and regional transportation, besides also serving as a strategic gateway to the Southeast Asian region. Stretching a total area of 13,000 square kilometres – encompassing the eastern provinces of Rayong, ...

The upheaval in global supply chains triggered by the trade dispute between the U.S. and China is benefiting the largest developer of industrial estates in Thailand.Keep reading ...