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Arsenic contamination in sediment and water across the Salween River basin in Mae Hong Son exceeds safety standards at all monitored points, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) says.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul voiced strong support for Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun over the online durian sale saga, dismissing mounting criticism and calls for her resignation as ill-intentioned.

Labour groups marched to Government House on Friday to mark International Workers’ Day, submitting a nine-point list of demands to the government including energy reform, social security restructuring and the scrapping of the controversial “Care” pension formula.

The Criminal Court has sentenced the son of a former senator to 132 years and six months in prison in an online gambling and money laundering case.

‌The legal team for Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet the detained former leader of Myanmar on Sunday after she was transferred to house arrest in the capital by the military-backed government, a representative said on Friday.

A school uniform manufacturer is keeping prices stable for the academic year, but has warned of potential increases in the future due to rising production costs.

Thai tourists are taking fewer trips during the long holiday this weekend due to high energy and living costs, with estimated tourism revenue reaching 10.1 billion baht from 2.83 million local trips, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Despite higher costs driven by rising energy prices as a result of the war in the Middle East, condo developers are continuing to launch new projects as planned this year because construction contracts for these projects were already secured with contractors.