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Thai grads shun full-time work amid growing insecurity
Read more: Thai grads shun full-time work amid growing insecurityThe Thai labour market faces an increasingly challenging outlook as new graduates show declining interest in working full-time for companies, while existing employees face heightened risks of layoffs amid economic uncertainty.
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Bangkok’s giant sinkhole is expanding
Read more: Bangkok’s giant sinkhole is expandingThe filling of the huge sinkhole on Bangkok’s Samsen Road will require much more sand that earlier thought because it’s getting bigger, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority.
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Sangha Act to be revised after senior monks’ sex scandals
Read more: Sangha Act to be revised after senior monks’ sex scandalsThe Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) will form a special committee to revise monastic regulations following a high-profile sex scandal involving 11 monks and a woman known as “Miss Golf”.
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Thai defence chief suggests ways to ease border tensions with Cambodia
Read more: Thai defence chief suggests ways to ease border tensions with CambodiaChief of Defence Forces Gen Songwit Noonpakdee has urged Cambodia to coordinate border operation hours and withdraw long-range weapons to facilitate cross border trade and ease tensions between the two countries.
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Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airports
Read more: Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airportsImmigration police have set up fast lanes for Chinese students’ families at major airports to welcome them to Thailand during their school holidays.
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Thammanat calm amid coalition storm
Read more: Thammanat calm amid coalition stormCapt Thammanat Prompao, chief adviser to the Klatham Party, says he is confident the coalition government will carry on despite its slim majority, while declaring the party’s goal of winning at least 70 seats in the next election.
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Poll: 80% of Thais want PM Paetongtarn to quit or dissolve House
Read more: Poll: 80% of Thais want PM Paetongtarn to quit or dissolve HouseAn opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration early this month found more than 80% of respondents wanted suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to either resign or dissolve the House. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was the most favoured choice as the next premier.
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Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico
Read more: Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and MexicoUS President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on Aug 1 after weeks of negotiations with the key trading allies failed to reach a more comprehensive trade deal.