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Fisheries officials are rushing to inspect seawater in Pattaya on Thursday after freshwater blackchin tilapia were reportedly caught off the beach in the resort city in Chon Buri.

NEW DELHI – They come in blister packs of 10 like any normal painkiller and you can buy them easily in roadside kiosks and street pharmacies across west Africa.

The government’s interest payment burden relative to government revenue, even after borrowing 400 billion baht, is unlikely to exceed the level acceptable to credit rating agencies, according to the Finance Ministry.

The government has declared war on the encroachment of public land and the use of Thai nominees to front foreign-owned businesses, starting with Koh Phangan in Surat Thani and at Freedom Beach in Phuket.

Thailand’s border trade with third countries increased by 41.4% year-on-year in March, surpassing 100 billion baht, driven by a substantial rise in electronic product imports, according to the Department of Foreign Trade (DFT).

The hospital admission of a Chinese man arrested last week in Pattaya with a huge cache of military-grade weapons resulted from an overdose of his own medication, according to the Department of Corrections.

Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat will hold discussions with representatives from the South Korean embassy this week after Seoul blacklisted Thai workers from four northeastern provinces because of problems with seasonal labourers absconding from their employers.

Lumphini Park opens its doors before sunrise. Joggers weave past monitor lizards. Groups gather for Tai Chi, and cats are preparing for a new day of being petted and loved. But beneath the park’s visible harmony lies a growing stray cat problem.