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Top business group retains 2022 GDP outlook despite Omicron

Thailand’s leading joint business group on Wednesday said it has maintained its economic growth forecast at 3.0% to 4.5% this year, despite a rise in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron variant.

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B2m cash reward offered to Thais as play-offs start

Thailand football team were offered a two-million-baht incentive for making it the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup finals on the eve of their first play-off battle against Vietnam in Mumbai, India.

Bangkok Post

Hotels tasked with checking bookings

Hotels must verify each Thailand Pass booking within 30 hours or visitors' registration will be automatically rejected, according to new procedures aiming at monitoring RT-PCR tests.

Bangkok Post

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Long-stay visa becomes sole enticement

The government has vowed to woo affluent foreigners for lengthy stays, specifically aiming for the wealthy, retirees, remote workers and experts, with the aim of boosting the economy and investment in the country.

Bangkok Post

SRT preps for high-speed airport link extension

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is preparing to submit its fiscal 2023 budget proposal for a feasibility study of the second-phase extension of the high-speed rail project linking three major airports.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World review: Is Jimbo’s talent the weirdest Drag Race moment of all time?

First international spin-off series mostly sticks to the tried-and-tested ‘Drag Race’ formula – but queens from Thailand and Canada have some tricks up their sleeves

The Independent UK

Dam plans threaten forests

Two of Thailand's World Heritage sites are at risk of getting downgraded as they face threats from development projects being pursued by the government, environmentalists warn.

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BoT paper eyes rejig of the financial sector

The Bank of Thailand plans to allow commercial banks to obtain more than one banking business licence, including a planned virtual bank licence, to pave the way for the country's digital economy.

Bangkok Post

Governments Differ On Crypto Taxation: Thailand Drops Levy Plan, While India Imposes 30% Tax

Thailand's authorities decided to suspend the implementation of a previously-planned cryptocurrency capital gains tax after it was met with a widespread backlash by traders. India decided to go a different route.

Benzinga

Beauty of the unseen

Most artists create their artworks by focusing on the visual aspect of what each object looks like, but olfactory artists are different since they create their pieces by using scents as a medium. While olfactory artists are still rare in Thailand, a Thai pioneer of the art form Waruncharat Laaiadsin…

Bangkok Post

Thailand needs new ways of governance

To survive the post-Covid economy, Thailand needs to launch new ways of growth by up-skilling and re-skilling its workforce, investing in a green economy and bridging social disparities through a universal welfare system.

Bangkok Post

Thailand Drops Plans To Tax Crypto 15% After Pushback From Public

Thailand has reportedly scrapped plans to impose a 15% withholding tax on crypto transactions following a surge in cryptocurrency trading. The proposal, which was presented earlier this year, triggered a lot of opposition, but it appears that some sort of crypto tax will still be implemented.

Benzinga

Major boost for Irish passengers as Bali, Thailand and Philippines reopen to tourists in February

The easing of rules will mainly benefit those who have been fully vaccinated, or have their booster shot

Irish Mirror

Sri Trang Group donates 7.6 million gloves to fight Covid-19

Sri Trang Group’s Sri Trang Agro-Industry PCL (STA), the World’s Leading Fully Integrated Green Rubber Company, and Sri Trang Gloves (Thailand) PLC (STGT), the world’s leading manufacturer and distributor of natural and nitrile rubber gloves, continued into the second year of the “Sharing Love to Communities” project in donating over…

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‘Leave or die’: Myanmar refugees recount how they fled the junta

One year after Myanmar’s military coup, the country has been plunged into civil war. Facing escalating violence and an uncertain future, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes since the February 1 coup. FRANCE 24 spoke to refugees trying to rebuild their lives abroad, from Thailand to France.

Bangkok Post

Lunar New Year merit-making

Thais, many of Chinese descent, make merit at Wat Boromracha Kanchanapisek Anusorn in Bang Bua Thong district, Nonthaburi province, to mark the Lunar New Year, which was on Tuesday this year. The Chinese temple is under the patronage of the Chinese Buddhist Sangha Council in Thailand. (Photos: Chanat Katanyu)

Reuters

Human rights groups urge Thailand not to deport Lao activist

Human rights groups have urged Thailand not to deport a Lao political activist arrested at the weekend, over concern he could be imprisoned by its communist government if sent back.

Bangkok Post

Thailand set for tourist rush with quarantine-free visas

Thailand expects to welcome hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers a month with the kickoff of a quarantine-free visa program that is set to serve as a model for tourism-reliant countries balancing safe border reopenings with economic revival.

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Chaba Kaew shift focus to play-off ties

Thailand assistant coach Natsuko Todoroki has said Chaba Kaew are ready to fight in their two play-off battles and earn a place in the 2023 Women's World Cup finals.

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MPI poised to expand by 4-5% on global recovery

Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit expects bright prospects in the industrial sector this year, believing Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) will expand by 4-5%, driven by global economic recovery.

Bangkok Post

Tax waiver set to boost financing of Thai startups

A royal decree aimed at waiving capital gains tax for investment in startups is expected to come into force by the first quarter of this year, according to the Digital Council of Thailand (DCT).

Bangkok Post

Volvo aims for 30% sales growth this year

Volvo Cars (Thailand) Co has set a sales target of 20%-30% growth in 2022, all driven by sales in the battery electric vehicle (BEV) segment as domestic and global demand for environmentally friendly cars continues to rise.

ABC News

Myanmar nationals now safe in Australia reveal how they fled a military coup one year ago

These journalists faced deportation and arrest in Myanmar, but Australia took them in. Now they reveal their daring escape from the military coup.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thai Cafe Serves up Crypto Advice with Coffee and Cake

A cafe in northeast Thailand has become home to cryptocurrency traders, adding banks of screens showing the latest market moves and dishing out investment advice alongside coffee and cake. Behind a calm exterior of cherry blossom trees, customers of HIP Coffee & Restaurant stare at their laptops, supping nervously on…

Bangkok Post

Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill

The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.

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