Import duty on foreign goods sold online costing 1 baht upwards starting Jan. 1
THE Customs Department today (Nov. 5) announced that from Jan. 1, 2026 onwards an import duty will be charged on all foreign goods sold at various online platforms costing 1 baht upwards along with the Value Added Tax (VAT) as required by law with this replacing tariff exemption on such goods costing less than […]
Read MoreShoppers flee as fire breaks out at shopping mall
A FIRE broke out at a shopping mall in Bangkok’s Pratunam area this afternoon (Aug. 23) but was quickly brought under control with there being no injuries, Amarin TV said. At 2.19 p.m. the Fire Department’s 199 hotline got an emergency call of a fire breaking out at this well-known shopping mall with smoke […]
Read MoreShoppers flee in panic as vocational students clash at shopping mall
PANIC-STRICKEN shoppers fled for safety after two groups of vocational students armed with pistols and knives clashed in the middle of a popular shopping mall in Pathumwan district last evening (March 22), Amarin TV said. At 7.30 p.m. Pathumwan police station was alerted of youths fighting in this shopping mall with patrol officers quickly […]
Read MoreRussian woman arrested for smoking in a popular Phuket shopping mall
PHUKET police arrested a Russian woman who sat smoking cigarettes and taking selfies in front of a beauty parlour within a popular shopping mall after a short video of her doing so turned into a hot topic online, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. “Hor Jang Phuket” webpage shared a 16-second video clip of […]
Read MoreTax refund backed shopping sprees by well-to-do to kick off soon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION will likely grow due to anticipated shopping sprees by well-to-do people, given a tax refund campaign during an early part of next year, confirmed Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Nov.27). Given the “easy e-receipt” campaign, earlier called the “e-refund” campaign, all Thai nationals aged 16 and over […]
Read MoreThailand’s digital wallet uncomparable to Japan’s shopping coupon: Julapun
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER Julapun Amornvivat today (Oct. 23) said Thailand’s digital wallet project is practically uncomparable to Japan’s shopping coupon programme and that the former is no copycat of the latter. Julapun said Thailand’s economic and social conditions are largely different from those of Japan where shopping coupons had been […]
Read MoreTeen shooter fired 40 rounds at Siam Paragon
DETAILED investigation by the Police Forensic Science Office of Siam Paragon mall where a 14-year-old suspect went on a shooting spree last Tuesday (Oct. 3) showed that 40 rounds were fired from mezzanine to ground then second and third floor with most bullets fired at the latter two floors, Amarin TV said today (Oct. […]
Read MoreThree held for selling pistol to teen suspect in mall shooting
TWO MEN were arrested in southern Yala province and one in Bangkok on the charges of selling a modified blank pistol to a 14-year-old boy detained after going on a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall on Tuesday (Oct. 3) killing two persons and injuring five others, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 5). […]
Read MoreTeenager charged with murder, parents don’t apply for bail
ALTHOUGH the 14-year-old boy who killed two persons and injured five others during a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall was charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ordered into juvenile detention by the Central Juvenile and Family Court yesterday (Oct. 4), it is noteworthy that his parents did not […]
Read MoreWoman in tears after helping twin girls during shooting at mall
A THAI woman broke down and cried in a video clip she shared on X, formerly Twitter, relating how she helped twin Chinese girls while fleeing the shooting at Siam Paragon find their mother only to later discover she had been shot dead, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Oct. 4). The shooting by a […]
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