Lessons learned from previous travel subsidy schemes that cost the government 2.3 billion baht due to fraud have the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) defending the complicated registration process for the latest programme.

Suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has come under mounting political pressure as she prepares to be sworn in as minister of culture despite a Constitutional Court order that temporarily bars her from performing her duties.

A university student using a pedestrian crossing was run down by a bus on Sukhothai Road in Bangkok and the incident was recorded by surveillance camera footage and shared online.

Thailand’s ruling coalition was already fraying when a court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday, raising fresh doubts about her survival, the country’s economy and the future of a dynasty that has loomed over the Southeast Asian nation for decades.

Hotel operators are enmeshed in the slow approval process for the first phase of the 1.7-billion-baht co-payment scheme, while some online travel agents (OTAs) have started to offer even lower prices than the government’s subsidy scheme.

The Finance Ministry has tasked the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) with restoring investor confidence and outlined four mandates to drive sustainable development of the country’s capital market.