Prayut proposes solution to Preah Vihear stalemate
During his visit to Cambodia, Prime Minister Prayut wants to discuss the possibility of jointly developing the controversial Preah Vihaer temple, just across the border with the neighboring country, as a tourist destination. However, other border issues are taboo.
90% of government stocks of rice are of poor quality
Ninety percent of the government's stock of 18 million tons of rice is of poor quality. 70 percent is yellow and the rest is so rotten that it is only suitable for the production of ethanol. This has emerged from a national rice inventory.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha predicts that Thailand will again be the world's largest rice exporter next year, a position it lost to India and Vietnam two years ago. Thailand has already regained its lead in ASEAN, he says.
The Ministry strives to improve the quality of taxi transport
Taxi fares will go up by 1 percent on December 8. A second increase of another 5 percent after six months depends on the quality of the service, says the Ministry of Transport.
Is corruption still news?
Bangkok Post opens today with a major news story about corruption in the procurement of solar panels for street lamps. The question is: Is that actually still news?
Ban on beach parties
The full moon parties on Koh Phangan may continue, but otherwise all beach parties are prohibited for safety reasons, the governor of Surat Thani has ordered. The ban comes more than five weeks after the murder of two British tourists on the holiday island of Koh Tao.
Support for rice farmers
To alleviate their financial worries, rice farmers can borrow their rice crop interest-free up to a value of 90 percent of the harvest, which is 10 percent more than the current arrangement. However, the allowance only applies to Hom Mali (jasmine rice) and glutinous rice.
Another 'confession' in Japanese murder case
Somchai Kaewbangyang, who previously confessed to murdering and dismembering the missing Japanese Tanaka, has now also confessed to murdering his ex-wife's previous Japanese partner. But his brother says he is lying.
British (24) died after cosmetic surgery
A month after a Thai TV presenter died from a cosmetic procedure, such an operation has claimed another fatality: 24-year-old British Joy Noah Williams. The doctor who performed the procedure has been arrested and charged with negligence.
Koh Tao Double Murder: Emotional Prison Reunion
It was an emotional reunion with many tears yesterday as the parents of the two suspects in the Koh Tao murders visited their sons in Koh Samui prison. "He told me he is innocent," said Win Zaw Htun's father.
Egat continues plans for coal-fired power plant
The national electricity company does not care about the protests of residents of Krabi against the construction of a coal-fired power station and the construction of a deep-sea port. Harmful to the environment and human health and disastrous for tourism, they say.
Prime Minister Prayut: Help poor debtors
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha calls on debt collectors to understand their debtors, who are usually low-income people. A bill that sets strict requirements for their behavior is currently under consideration in parliament.
The woman who killed two Japanese
Soon in this theatre: 'The woman who killed two Japanese'. The synopsis is already there: a man who fell down the stairs, and a man who was chopped to pieces. Tragic for the bereaved, but a treat for crime movie aficionados.
Citizens are the child of the bill
The mortgage system for rice, which was debunked by the previous government, has saddled the country with a debt of at least 800 billion baht. It is right, writes the Bangkok Post, that then Prime Minister Yingluck is being held accountable.
OM: Withdrawing confession from Koh Tao murders irrelevant
The retraction of the confessions of the two suspects in the Koh Tao murder case does not affect the position of the Public Prosecution Service. The prosecution attaches more value to witness statements and evidence than to a confession, says the director general of the Office of Public Prosecution Region 8.
Missing Japanese murdered and dismembered
The 79-year-old Japanese man, missing since last month, was killed by his Thai girlfriend and her boyfriend. They chopped up his body and dumped it in a canal in Samut Prakan. The death of her previous husband, also Japanese, will be re-investigated.
Thailand is a popular location for expats
After China and Singapore, Thailand is the third most favored country in Asia for expats to settle in and the seventh worldwide. Thailand's strengths are its relatively low cost of living and its high quality of life.