Новости за 20.11.2021

A Thai construction worker died and another was injured after a structure collapsed during work on a new mass rapid transit line in northern Taiwan on Saturday.

The economy is expected to grow between 3.5% to 4.5% next year thanks to increased exports and a recovery in the country's vital tourism sector from the pandemic-driven slump, the finance minister said on Saturday.

Residents of Bangkok communities along the Chao Phraya River have been told to brace for another round of high tides that could cause flooding until Nov 28.

Coffee snobs have a lot to worry about right now. A global shortage of beans is already threatening to push up prices at cafes and supermarkets. Now, your morning cappuccino or latte might start leaving a bitter taste for other reasons too.

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been staying in her own home “freely” and will make a public appearance “soon”, a prominent state-media journalist said on Saturday.

Tour guide Lai Chi Phuc has been counting down the days until travellers return to the white-sand beaches and thick tropical jungle of Phu Quoc, a once-poor Vietnamese fishing island pushing to be Asia’s next holiday hotspot as pandemic restrictions ease.

PRACHIN BURI: A herd of wild elephants was still lingering at a plantation behind a temple in Kabin Buri district on Saturday despite forestry officials’ attempts to drive them back to the forest.

A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases in China says that an influential World Health Organization inquiry had likely got the early chronology of the pandemic wrong.

Unverified photos of Peng Shuai have been posted online by a purported state-affiliated Chinese journalist as international concern mounts for the Chinese tennis star not seen publicly since accusing a former vice-premier of forcing her to have sex.

A total of 403,235 krathong floats, most made of natural materials, have been collected from Bangkok waterways after Friday’s Loy Krathong festival, down 18.1% from last year.

MPs have been warned not to support a proposal by a group calling for the legalisation of pornographic videos or they could breach the ethical code for parliamentarians.

The Fine Arts Department (FAD) will register Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station as a national heritage in a bid to shield it from development plans.

Thailand logged 6,595 new Covid-19 cases and 53 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Honda Automobile (Thailand) is considering building an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Thailand to serve the country's fledging EV industry.

Power bills are set to increase by 4.6% from January to April next year to an average of 3.78 baht per kilowatt hour (unit) as Thailand needs to import costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation, says the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has revealed that Thailand will have at least 90 million Covid-19 vaccine doses next year.

With 70% of Thais viewing videos on Facebook's Watch feature every month, businesses are being encouraged to tap the market and get creators and publishers involved, according to the platform's rebranded parent company Meta.

A fleet of 15 locally made armoured vehicles was handed over to Bhutan on Friday amid criticism the Thai military is not interested in using domestically made military equipment.

Consumer loan provider Heng Leasing and Capital Plc (Heng) will expand its business through an inorganic growth strategy, the company's chief executive Sutharntip Phisitbuntoon said in an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post.

The prospect of a merger between major mobile operators Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC) and True Corporation Plc has become more likely as DTAC's parent firm Telenor has confirmed the two parties are in talks while True did not deny it.

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has yet again dismissed rumours that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would join a newly formed party in the next election.

Nearly three years after his failed bromance with Donald Trump, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is once again angling for US attention. North Korea has tested a new, high-tech missile and hinted that it may agree to restart talks with South Korea, where President Moon Jae-in desperately wants to resuscitate his moribund outreach to the North. But if Mr Kim is expecting a positive reaction from...

Covid-19 has exposed the limited ability of health systems around the world to cope with a pandemic of respiratory infection. With the official death count from Covid-19 now over 5 million, and the unofficial count estimated at up to five times higher, the struggles of health systems everywhere have been evident.

The Ministry of Finance is proposing new criteria for state welfare eligibility based on the total earnings of family members, which should not exceed 200,000 baht per year, according to Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat.

David Cohen, deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday during which they are believed to have touched on a number of topics including the security situation in Myanmar and Thailand's provision of humanitarian aid to the country.