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๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ— ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆThe cabinet has approved a budget of nearly 9 ...
29/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ— ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ

The cabinet has approved a budget of nearly 9 billion baht for the Election Commission to stage the 2026 general election and a referendum on drafting a new constitution. Key agenda items include candidate registration procedures, election management, and dissemination of referendum guidelines, with registration for constituency MPs, party-list MPs, and prime ministerial candidates taking place in late December.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/29/thailand-allocates-9-billion-baht-for-2026-general-election-and-referendum/...

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข-๐‹๐š๐จ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒThe Fifth Thaiโ€“Lao Friendship Bridge, inaugur...
28/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข-๐‹๐š๐จ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

The Fifth Thaiโ€“Lao Friendship Bridge, inaugurated in December 2025, marks a significant advancement in cross-border travel, transportation, and trade between Thailand and Lao PDR. The permanent border checkpoint on the Thai side is at Ban Don Yom, Khai Si Subdistrict, Mueang Bueng Kan District, Bueng Kan Province, connecting to the Lao side at Ban Kuai Udom, Pakxan District, Bolikhamxay Province, with the crossing open daily from 6 A.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/28/thai-lao-friendship-bridge-inaugurated-strengthening-regional-connectivity/...

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐š ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž-๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌThe Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodi...
27/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐š ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž-๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

The Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia have reaffirmed their commitment to peacefully resolving disputes, implementing a ceasefire, and advancing border demarcation. They have established mechanisms to ensure implementation and verification, including enhanced ASEAN involvement and direct communication between defense authorities.

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HomeNewsNational News NewsFront PageNational News Thailand and Cambodia Agree on Measures to De-Escalate Border Tensions By Editorial Staff December 27, 2025 0 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia reaffirmed their commitment to the principles of the....

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐„-๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐žThailand's e-commerce sector remains resilient, projected to...
27/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐„-๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ž

Thailand's e-commerce sector remains resilient, projected to reach $56 billion in gross merchandise value this year, driven by growth in e-commerce and video commerce. Despite the new import duty on low-value goods, the industry is expected to continue expanding, with Thailand's e-commerce GMV forecast to reach $59 billion by 2030.

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HomeNewsNational News NewsFront PageNational News Thailands Customs Duty Change to Impact E-Commerce Landscape By Editorial Staff December 27, 2025 0 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Customs Departmentโ€™s decision to impose import duties on goods valued less than 1,500 baht starting on Januar...

๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌThe Bank of Thailand is closely monitoring capital i...
27/12/2025

๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ

The Bank of Thailand is closely monitoring capital inflows and gold trading transactions to better understand currency movements, as the Thai baht has appreciated significantly against the US dollar. The central bank acknowledges its efforts to mitigate volatility in the baht, but such interventions can only partially alleviate the fluctuations.

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HomeNewsNational News NewsFront PageNational News Navigating Thailandโ€™s Tighter Reporting on Non-Resident Cash Inflows By Editorial Staff December 27, 2025 0 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is taking steps to closely monitor capital inflows by non-residents as part of...

๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐The collapse of a 30-story government building in Ba...
27/12/2025

๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐

The collapse of a 30-story government building in Bangkok, which claimed 95 lives, has been attributed to construction and design flaws. Prosecutors have indicted 23 suspects, including executives from construction firms, for violations that led to the tragedy.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/27/audit-uncovers-fatal-building-flaws-urgent-safety-concerns-revealed/

๐‘๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐คMajor roads in central...
27/12/2025

๐‘๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ค

Major roads in central Bangkok will be temporarily closed on December 31, 2025, and January 1, 2026, to facilitate the CentralWorld Bangkok Countdown 2026 event, ensuring public safety and easing congestion during the New Year celebrations. The Royal Thai Police is coordinating with various agencies to manage traffic flows and provide alternative routes to ease the expected heavy traffic.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/27/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-road-closures-a-guide-to-navigating-new-years-eve-traffic-in-bangkok/

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ% ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐žThe strong Thai baht is making it increasingly difficult for Thailand t...
26/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ% ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž

The strong Thai baht is making it increasingly difficult for Thailand to compete with India's abundant rice supplies, leading to a projected decline in Thailand's rice exports to 7 million metric tonnes next year, down from up to 8 million in 2025. The currency's 10.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/26/thai-rice-exports-brace-for-potential-12-decline/

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌThe Department of Highways will open a free t...
26/12/2025

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ

The Department of Highways will open a free trial operation of Intercity Motorway No. 6 (M6) along the Bang Pa-inโ€“Nakhon Ratchasima route during the 2026 New Year holiday period.

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HomeNewsNational News NewsFront PageNational News Unlock Seamless Travel on the M6 Motorway: Free Trial for New Year Journeys By Editorial Staff December 26, 2025 0 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Department of Highways will open a free trial operation of Intercity Motorway No. 6 (M6) along t...

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌThousands of civilians have fled their home...
26/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

Thousands of civilians have fled their homes near the Thai-Cambodian border due to ongoing tensions, prompting the Thai cabinet to approve additional funding for the armed forces to support relief efforts and enhance military capabilities in the region.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/26/thailand-boosts-military-spending-insights-into-the-latest-cabinet-decisions/

๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ค ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญA deadly shooting occurred on a Bangkok expre...
23/12/2025

๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ค ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ก๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ

A deadly shooting occurred on a Bangkok expressway, where a gunman in a luxury van opened fire on another motorist, killing the driver of a white Toyota Altis car. The victim, identified as 34-year-old Anuwat Yatniyom, was driving with his girlfriend when the incident took place.

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/23/deadly-shooting-on-bangkok-expressway-motorist-killed-in-shocking-incident/

๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฒ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is prepar...
23/12/2025

๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฒ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to consider the future of the city's skytrain system, as the existing 30-year concession is set to expire in just four years. The Traffic ...

Read more: https://ekkamai.localplus.city/2025/12/23/city-hall-prepares-to-consider-future-of-skytrain/

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