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Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms fresh polls promise
Read more: Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms fresh polls promiseConservative tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by parliament on Sep 5, ending a week-long power vacuum following the ouster of his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
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South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid
Read more: South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raidUS immigration authorities arrested 475 workers, including over 300 South Koreans, at a Hyundai Motor car battery factory in the southern state of Georgia.
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Commentary: Can Malaysia nudge ASEAN beyond non-interference to tackle the scam crisis in Myanmar?
Read more: Commentary: Can Malaysia nudge ASEAN beyond non-interference to tackle the scam crisis in Myanmar?Traditional principles are clashing with urgent need for coordinated response to the threat of transnational crime, say researchers from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
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Hong Kong student let off with warning over AI porn, fuels calls to ban sexually explicit deepfakes
Read more: Hong Kong student let off with warning over AI porn, fuels calls to ban sexually explicit deepfakesA law student at the University of Hong Kong allegedly used AI to turn photos of his friends, classmates and other acquaintances into sexually explicit content.
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Plenty of fuel, govt insists, as motorists drain pumps dry
Read more: Plenty of fuel, govt insists, as motorists drain pumps dryGovernment officials have rushed to reassure motorists that “out of stock” signs reported at some petrol stations were caused by private motorists and public transport operators panicked into topping up by the Middle East war, not by a shortage of fuel reserves in Thailand.
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People’s Party’s access to ID verification system blocked after data breach
Read more: People’s Party’s access to ID verification system blocked after data breachThe Department of Public Administration has blocked the People’s Party (PP) from using its digital ID verification system, after the party’s membership database was hacked.
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Election Commission confident about polling day
Read more: Election Commission confident about polling dayThe Election Commission (EC) is confident the upcoming general election and referendum will proceed smoothly following a full-scale simulation exercise, stressing that voters will be required to verify their identity twice to ensure accuracy and prevent confusion.
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No more bodies found at Korat train crash site
Read more: No more bodies found at Korat train crash siteNAKHON RATCHASIMA – Authorities have ended the search for three missing persons after failing to locate their bodies at the site where a crane collapsed onto a moving train on Wednesday, killing 32 people.
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Rama II Road crane collapse kills two
Read more: Rama II Road crane collapse kills twoSAMUT SAKHON – Two people were killed and five injured when parts of a construction crane collapsed onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, reportedly hitting two vehicles travelling below, police said.
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Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms fresh polls promise
Read more: Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms fresh polls promiseConservative tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed by parliament on Sep 5, ending a week-long power vacuum following the ouster of his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
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South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid
Read more: South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raidUS immigration authorities arrested 475 workers, including over 300 South Koreans, at a Hyundai Motor car battery factory in the southern state of Georgia.
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Loan repayments set to hit record high
Read more: Loan repayments set to hit record highKasikornbank (KBank) expects loan repayments to hit a record high in 2025, with loan growth in 2026 projected to increase marginally in line with Thai economic conditions.
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BBL urges government emphasis on FDI
Read more: BBL urges government emphasis on FDIBangkok Bank (BBL) has called on the new government to emphasise investment support to accommodate an anticipated increase in foreign trade and investment flows across Southeast Asia over five years.
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Red levels of PM2.5 in Bangkok and 20 provinces
Read more: Red levels of PM2.5 in Bangkok and 20 provincesRed (seriously harmful) levels of PM2.5 blanketed Bangkok and 20 provinces, with 54 provinces in total covered with unsafe degrees of ultrafine dust on Wednesday morning.