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Household debt in the first quarter this year soared to 16 trillion baht, accounting for 90.6% of GDP, attributed to increases in debt as well as the redefinition of national household debt, says Sakkapop Panyanukul, the Bank of Thailand's senior director of the economic and policy department.

The Vatican has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Order, the highest rank in the Order of St Gregory the Great, to a Thai individual for his outstanding service to the Catholic Church and the wider community.

Early this month, there was a short news report about the death of a railway staffer in Muang district of Udon Thani province. Local news rarely gathers much mainstream media attention, but this shed light on safety issues related to the infrastructure of the railway system.

It's been a rough start in forming a coalition government, particularly with the row over the House speaker position between the Move Forward Party (MFP) and Pheu Thai. Now we've seen that it's a fragile partnership between the two, and if they do form a government together, more difficult times…

PARIS - France on Friday deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.

Thai consumers are prepared to spend higher amounts shopping online, but expect more from their experience, including faster delivery, according to a survey by marketing communications agency Wunderman Thompson.

With fruit supply from the southern region entering the market, the Internal Trade Department is establishing partnerships with housing projects and condos, in addition to wholesale and retail stores, local markets, traders and exporters, to directly buy fruit.

The Tourism Confidence Index remained below the 2019 rate in the second quarter, slipping from the first quarter because of the low season and weaker tourism income.

NAIROBI - At least 48 people were killed when a truck lost control and ploughed into other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday, police said.