Thai immigration authorities have expanded their fast lanes at the country’s international airports to accommodate not only Chinese students and families, but also growing numbers of international school holidaymakers.

Bangkok isn’t standing still. As we enter the second half of 2025, the city is being reshaped by policy reversals, economic headwinds and a quiet but powerful cultural revival. For leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals — this is not a time to pause. It’s a time to reframe how we lead and live.

NAKHON 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.

The National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.

Thailand 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.

The National Institute of Development Administration found in its recent opinion survey that most respondents doubted some Buddhist monks and wanted bad monks to be punished.