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Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn asked the Royal Thai Police to investigate the accusation against members of Thailand Elite Card that have been linked with shady Chinese businesses, while tourism operators suggest connecting application procedures with international police to verify criminal records.

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Department poised to kick off FTA talks with EU

Thailand has set its sights on kicking off free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Union (EU) this year and accelerating the conclusion of negotiations regarding planned FTAs with the European Free Trade Association (Efta), Canada, Turkey and Sri Lanka, according to the chief of the Trade Negotiations Department.

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The lowdown on the high-end scheme

The Thailand Elite Card is in the public spotlight again after Jirayu Huangsap, an MP from the Pheu Thai Party, said in parliament last week that shady Chinese business operators had become members of this privilege programme.

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Slowing exports pressure growth

A higher risk of slowing exports amid a global economic slowdown will pressure Thai economic growth this year, despite positive growth of the tourism sector, says an executive of the Bank of Thailand.

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'Penis enlargement' YouTuber found dead naked from the waist down in apartment

Laith Abdallah Algaz, 34, a YouTuber who also went by Leo Rex, was found dead in Thailand's popular tourist hotspot of Pattaya wearing only a black shirt and naked from the waist down in a room full of prescription drugs and narcotics

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Thailand improves in corruption survey

Thailand has improved by nine places to 101st out of 180 countries in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index from 110th in 2021, Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesday.

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Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek enter 2nd round in Thailand

BANGKOK: The young men's doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek progressed to the second round with a straight game win on a disappointing day for Indian shuttlers at the Thailand Open Super 300 here.

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Minister vows to plug Elite Card loopholes

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has vowed to plug loopholes in Thailand Elite Card to prevent Chinese nationals involved in grey businesses from using the privilege cards to enter the country.

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Activists urge Thailand's opposition to scrap royal insult law if elected

Political activists met Thailand's biggest opposition party on Tuesday to demand that, if it wins in upcoming elections, it revoke a tough law that criminalises insults of the country's monarchy.

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2022 rice exports beat target

Thailand exported 7.69 million tonnes of rice in 2022, up 22.1% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

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Myanmar invited to military meeting in Thailand

WASHINGTON: The Myanmar military has been invited to take part in a regional military meeting in Bangkok co-chaired by Thailand and the United States, the US military confirmed on Monday.

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Factory output worse than forecast

Thailand's factory output in December dropped more than expected, as a global slowdown hit demand for Thai exports, the Ministry of Industry said on Tuesday.

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Man dies from electric shock after falling asleep next to charging mobile phone

Puttawat Kamwan, 34, was found by his work colleagues in Thailand on a bed at his home where he appears to have died from an electric shock having fallen asleep while touching his charging mobile phone

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Talks set to start on berry pickers' plight

The Ministry of Labour will start talks with the Swedish embassy in Thailand, after it threatened to suspend issuing seasonal working visas to Thai berry pickers following reports of unfair treatment by employers and job brokers, it said on Monday.

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AIA presses on with portfolio diversification

AIA, Asia's largest publicly-listed life insurance and securities group, is looking to expand its portfolio to logistics and real estate-related projects in markets such as Thailand amid economic uncertainties.

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Debunking a Ukrainian MP's strange visit to Thailand

Mykola Tyshchenko, a Ukrainian MP, has been expelled from the war-torn country's ruling party over a trip to Thailand earlier this month. The trip came to light through an encounter that was organised with the MP by the Ukrainian embassy in Thailand. Traces of this event were later deleted online.…

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Tourism index up in Q4

The tourism confidence index in the fourth quarter still lagged behind the corresponding period prior to the pandemic, while the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) said tourism scams can be found everywhere.

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Honda retains lead in motorcycle market

Thai Honda Co, a manufacturer and distributor of Honda motorcycles, has maintained its top rank in Thailand's motorcycle market for the 34th consecutive year, with sales standing at 1.38 million units in 2022.

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Volvo anticipates selling only battery EVs by 2025

Volvo Cars (Thailand) Co expects to sell only battery electric vehicles, or BEVs, in Thailand within 2025, thanks to a growing domestic EV market and prospective buyers with strong purchasing power.

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Thai soft power, or a soft sales job?

Last week Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-cha issued a new soft power policy to promote Thai culture as part of efforts to attract international visitors. Upon close scrutiny, what the government is trying to do is actually raise revenue. In a nutshell, it is a sales pitch, nothing more.

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JD Central to end Thai operations on March 3

E-marketplace JD Central announced it will end its operations in Thailand on March 3, bringing down the curtain on its six years of operating an e-commerce business in the country.

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Forging the path forward

Thailand may not be famous for innovation, but there are many talented inventors in the Kingdom. At "Thailand Inventors' Day 2023", visitors will be impressed by inventions by Thai innovators such as a special oral hygiene set for bed-ridden patients, a smart gun for formalin detection in food, microneedles with…

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Country comes to the city

The All-Thidsa Molam Band was in Bangkok this past weekend to perform at the Thailand International Jazz Conference. World Beat caught up with band last Friday when they played two sets at Isan Spicy BBQ, a rooftop bar at the Jim Thompson Art Center.

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Rohingya refugees risk death at sea to escape Bangladesh camps

In early December, a video showing Rohingyas on an overcrowded makeshift boat made the rounds on social networks. It was drifting in the Andaman Sea, between Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, but no country came to its rescue – despite appeals from NGOs and the UN. Many boats meet the…

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pull out of Thailand Open; Saina Nehwal too withdraws

BANGKOK: Commonwealth Games champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will miss the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament after the former failed to completely recover from his hip injury suffered recently.

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