Bangkok – The number of Rohingya refugees arriving in South-East Asia via sea and land routes has increased exponentially in recent months. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded almost 3,300 arrivals in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in 2022, marking roughly a 290 per cent increase compared to around 850 arrivals in 2021. As […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, Thailand’s central bank, yesterday, decided to raise its key policy rate for the fourth consecutive time, by 25 basis points, in an effort to curb high inflation and support economic recovery. The Bank of Thailand monetary policy committee voted unanimously, to raise the policy rate from 1.25 percent to 1.50 percent, effective immediately. […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) has decided to increase the retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in March by 15 baht, to 423 baht for a 15kg cylinder, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said today (Friday). The committee did, however, agree to freeze the retail price of LPG for February at 408 baht […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. State Department launched a new program on Thursday called the Welcome Corps that will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees applying to move to the United States.The program, formed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health an…
Continue ReadingIn Nepal, dengue fever has spread at an alarming rate, with nationwide outbreaks experienced in 2019 and 2022. Findings of a study showed that the projected increase in temperatures due to climate change could result in higher cases of vector-borne dis…
Continue ReadingChina’s economic growth for 2022 is expected to have been among its weakest in four decades after the twin crises of the pandemic and property woes, analysts said ahead of Tuesday’s GDP announcement.Ten experts interviewed by AFP forecast an average 2….
Continue ReadingThe acquisition of Esso (Thailand) Public Company will make Bangchak Corporation Public Company (BCP) the oil company with the second largest market share in Thailand, 29.1%, behind PTT Public Company’s 39%.According to BCP, the takeover deal, which wa…
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