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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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Thailand to offer US more trade concessions to avert 36% tariff
Read more: Thailand to offer US more trade concessions to avert 36% tariffThailand is making a last-ditch effort to avert a punitive 36% export levy threatened by the Trump administration with offers of greater market access for US farm and industrial goods, along with increased purchases of energy and Boeing jets.
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Nations chase US trade deals as Bessent hints at extension
Read more: Nations chase US trade deals as Bessent hints at extensionMajor US trading partners hurried over the weekend to secure trade deals or lobby for extra time, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that some countries lacking an agreement by the deadline on Wednesday will have the option of a three-week extension to negotiate.
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Thai driver makes history in F3 sprint race victory
Read more: Thai driver makes history in F3 sprint race victoryTasanapol Inthraphuvasak has made history as the first Thai driver to win a Formula 3 race with his victory at the Silverstone circuit in England on Saturday.
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Locals bear the brunt of Thailand’s economic woes
Read more: Locals bear the brunt of Thailand’s economic woesHeat and heavy traffic in Bangkok have forced commuters to rely on motorcycle taxis as a means of transport, as they are fast and cheap.
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Locals bear the brunt of nation’s economic woes
Read more: Locals bear the brunt of nation’s economic woesHeat and heavy traffic in Bangkok have forced commuters to rely on motorcycle taxis as a means of transport, as they are fast and cheap.
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Cambodia pushes for UN debate as border tensions persist
Read more: Cambodia pushes for UN debate as border tensions persistA letter from the Cambodian permanent representative to the United Nations has emerged, revealing a call the country made on June 16 for “prevention of armed conflict” with Thailand to be placed on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly.