Haze to shroud Bangkok for a week
A haze is expected to choke the Thai capital and the upper parts of the country until Monday next week, as changing atmospheric patterns are trapping PM2.5 dust particles and transboundary pollution from Cambodia over Thailand, according to the Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation. “Bangkok and some other parts of the country are now under […]
Read MoreThai household debt sinks to new low
(Bloomberg News) Thailand’s household debt, already among the highest in emerging Asia, is expected to rise further as a fresh Covid19 outbreak curbs incomes, weighing on consumer spending and heightening financial-stability risks. Household debt stood at 13.8 trillion baht, or 87% of gross domestic product, at the […]
Read MoreThailand tops 20,000 Covid19 cases
Another 836 cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed caseload since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 20,618. Two more deaths were also reported, both elderly people, raising the toll to 79. The 836 new cases included 819 domestic transmissions, with 710 of those found through active testing. […]
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