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Thai exporters are expected to pay a heavy price as the ramping up of the US-China trade war continues.The US has now launched a new round of tariffs on Chinese imports. Last Friday US President Donald Trump tweeted: “Talks with China continue in a very ...

Massive and aged corals have started to bleach off the coast of Rayong in the Gulf of Thailand.Thon Thamrongnawasawat, assistant dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart University and a marine biologist, described the change as an “emergency situation”.Keep reading ...

The Thai Red Cross Society confirmed on Friday that its procedures for collecting and dispensing blood are in line with global standards, as fears of HIV/Aids being accidentally transmitted by the organisation have skyrocketed in the wake of a disclosure by a leading hospital in ...

IBM’s quantum ambassador, Robert Loredo, recently met staff at the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec) to ask what the company could do to help Thailand solve problems through quantum computing and advise how the Kingdom could benefit from its quantum hub partner in ...

71-year-old Decha Siriphat has been licensed to practise traditional medicine, but he has a few more steps to go before he can begin giving his patients marijuana-based medication.The newly amended narcotics law and associated organic regulations have complicated procedures, say Decha and community-rights advocates. They ...

A database has been made for administrative bodies’ to check the information of low-income families entitled to child-support subsidies for children up to the age of six at Bt600 a month. The Public Health Ministry vows to monitor and promote child development through its “pink ...

27 people have died from dengue fever in Thailand so far this year. That’s the highest fatality rate, year on year, in the past five years.The Public Health Ministry deputy permanent secretary Dr Supakit Sirilak has reacted by sending an urgent letter to related agencies ...

With China making generous loans to countries around the world, the Asian Development Bank should be seen more as an inspiration than as a rival. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was proactively responding to new challenges arising in its mission to help developing countries when ...

Elephants and elephant-related products can again be exported from Thailand under a new regulation from the Commerce Ministry, which may provoke controversy and debate over whether it violates the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office is speeding up two megaprojects in the corridor — the third phase of Map Ta Phut port and the high-speed railway linking three domestic airports — after both projects faced delays in the negotiation process with winning bidders. Keep ...