The Latest Breaking News from Thailand

While the recent banking debacle in the US and Europe sparked fears about a contagion spreading worldwide, the head of Thailand's Deposit Protection Agency (DPA) said since the agency's establishment in 2008, Thailand has never been close to requiring action to protect deposits.

The government is still looking for a way to bring back Sak Surin -- one of three elephants that Thailand gifted to Sri Lanka back in 2001 -- for medical treatment, after an animal rights organisation reported last year the pachyderm had been mistreated by its new handlers.

A range of shelf-worthy products and innovations by the country's top researchers will be showcased during "PMUC Research For Thailand's Competitiveness 2023", which will take place at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Wednesday and Thursday, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Thailand remains on track to improve economic ties with Saudi Arabia as it seeks a new potential market for its products, following sluggish exports to the US and Europe.

Greater power usage during the summer months is heating up electricity prices as people crank up air conditioners.

Thailand's event management industry is expected to grow by 25-30% to reach 16-17 billion baht this year as both the government and private sectors are rolling out events, particularly related to election campaigns.

The Metropolitan Police Bureau will endorse a crackdown on Chinese underhand dealings in Bangkok as the number of abduction and ransom cases is increasing.

The hot season in Thailand is nearing the end and the country is approaching the rainy season, which is expected to officially begin in mid-May, Thai Meteorological Department deputy director-general Thanasit Iam-ananchai said.

Another abduction case of a Chinese national has taken place in Bangkok, with police admitting the two suspects have fled Thailand.

Transgender Australians seeking lower body procedures can go to just a handful of local surgeons. It means long waits, huge costs and difficult decisions

Thailand's opposition bloc should stick together to dislodge the military from politics and form a government after an election in May, the leader of a popular opposition party told Reuters on the sidelines of a packed campaign rally on Saturday.