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Internet driving children to violence: study
Thai youths who spend most of the hours of their week on mobile phones and computers are at risk of developing violent behaviour and gaming addiction, a study shows.The study, by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), showed Thai youngsters spend more than 35 hours ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Confidence down as political tension flares
Stock investors’ confidence for the three months to October remains in neutral territory as concerns over heightening domestic political tension and the economic slowdown drag down optimism.The investor confidence index (ICI) fell 16% to 85.3 from June’s 101.2, according to the monthly survey by the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Poll suggests need for better strategy
Thailand is being urged to fine-tune its development strategy and rejig incentives to focus on promoting the nation as a production hub for health products like rubber gloves, supplements and medical devices in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.Aat Pisanwanich, director of the Center for ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Time to give child protection a boost
In the first half of this year, there were numerous reports of violence against children. Many of these cases share a similar pattern — those responsible for the violence are people close to the child. According to statistics from the 1300 hotline, from October 2018 ...
Bank of Thailand leaves policy rate unchanged at record low
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low for a second straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected, on signs of improvement in the economy after the easing of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak.The BoT’s Monetary Policy ...
SSO payments cut again to ease pain
Monthly social security contributions by employers and employees will be cut for the second time as a Covid-19 relief measure from September until November.Pissamai Nitipaiboon, deputy secretary-general of the Social Security Office (SSO), said the cabinet has approved the SSO board’s request for a reduced ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
'Safe and Sealed' plan brings hope for inbound tourism
Tourism operators are proposing a new inbound tourism plan, called Safe and Sealed, to replace travel bubbles and keep Thailand from realising a worst-case revenue scenario of 675 billion baht next year, down from 3.01 trillion baht in 2019.At Wednesday’s joint meeting of the Tourism ...
Narumon Kasemsuk
Rice strategy awaiting rejig
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit pledges to speed up adjustment of the Thai rice strategy as quickly as possible as the industry faces a slew of challenges including a strong baht and rising production costs.Mr Jurin said after presiding over a Thai hom mali fragrant rice ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Covid-hit businesses get B884m boost
The cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval for 884.62 million baht to be spent to fund 157 economic recovery projects in 57 provinces around the country that have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.Deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said the money would be allotted to ...
Mongkol Bangprapa
Cabinet nod sought for 2 new rail routes worth B153bn
The cabinet will be asked this month to approve two new train route extensions in the North and Northeast worth a combined 153 billion baht.The routes are Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong in the upper North and the Ban Phai-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom in the upper Northeast. Keep reading ...
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