Thailand’s retail market in 2021 is expected to contract by 12%
THE Thai Retailers Association (TRA) has expected Thailand’s retail market to contract by 12% this year if the government does not accelerate the provision of financial aid measures to operators as well as offer domestic consumption stimulus, NNT said today (August 8). Association vice-president Chatrchai Toungratanaphan said up to 270 billion baht in retail sales […]
Read MoreSuspect says sorry to murdered Swiss woman’s family and all Thais
THE suspect in the murder of the Swiss woman tourist at a Phuket waterfall on Tuesday August 3 confessed to the crime via video conference and said he did it because he needed money as he had lost his job while also apologising to her family and all Thai people for the crime, Sanook.com […]
Read More‘Renegade’ upper-middle-class demonstrators join anti-Prayut street protest
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ”RENEGADE” UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS street demonstrators today (August 8th) joined a ”car mob” procession in the heart of Bangkok in a concerted move to press Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down. The upper-middle-class protesters who rode on luxury sedans and joined the ”car mob” procession were led by political activist Thanat ”Hiso […]
Read More19,983 Covid cases today while Krabi shuts two markets
THAILAND’S coronavirus tally today (August 8) inched down to 19,983 cases and 138 deaths from 21,838 cases and 212 deaths yesterday while the spread of the infection in Krabi tourist town led to two markets being closed, TV Channel 7 and Sanook.com sid. Of today’s large batch of cases, 19,633 were among the general public […]
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