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The lowdown on net errors and omissions
Read more: The lowdown on net errors and omissionsThe baht has continuously appreciated this year, with the Bank of Thailand attributing it primarily to a weaker dollar. Greater clarity in domestic politics lifted investor confidence, and Thailand’s gold trade further supported the currency.
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Phiphat green lights SRT legal action in land row
Read more: Phiphat green lights SRT legal action in land rowTransport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has authorised the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to proceed with lawsuits against individuals occupying land in the Khao Kradong area of Buri Ram province.
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Storm warning for Thailand prompts ‘war room’ activation
Read more: Storm warning for Thailand prompts ‘war room’ activationA 24-hour “war room” has been activated for real-time weather monitoring and disaster coordination.
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Acting Thai PM Phumtham affirms anti-drug stance
Read more: Acting Thai PM Phumtham affirms anti-drug stanceActing prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai affirmed the government’s commitment to combatting the spread of narcotics in the country, before adding officials who are negligent and/or complicit in the illegal drug trade will face serious consequences.
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Landmine clearing starts near Cambodian border
Read more: Landmine clearing starts near Cambodian borderCombat engineers started mine-clearing operations in the Chong Bok area near the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province on Sunday after a landmine explosion injured three Thai soldiers there on July 16.
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Ecclesiastical chief of Nakhon Sawan quits monkhood amid sex scandal
Read more: Ecclesiastical chief of Nakhon Sawan quits monkhood amid sex scandalNAKHON SAWAN: The abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan, who was also the ecclesiastical chief in this lower northern province, left the monkhood just before midnight on Saturday night.
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Landmines inside Thai territory newly laid, probe finds
Read more: Landmines inside Thai territory newly laid, probe findsThailand is now pursuing retaliatory measures against Cambodia after a probe showed the landmines responsible for Wednesday’s mine explosion in the Chok Bok border area in Ubon Ratchathani were newly planted, army commander Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk said on Saturday.
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Thaksin has ‘nothing to lose’
Read more: Thaksin has ‘nothing to lose’Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has stepped back into the political spotlight as the ruling Pheu Thai Party and his daughter, suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, find themselves on increasingly shaky ground.
