More than a year after Thailand's Marriage Equality Bill came into force, over 26,000 same-sex couples have legally registered their marriages nationwide, accounting for roughly 10% of all marriage registrations and marking a significant milestone in the country's push for legal equality.

SET-listed Central Pattana (CPN) has invested more than 1.7 billion baht to transform the shopping mall Central Pinklao into a premier lifestyle landmark.

Thailand's most aggressive fiscal stimulus came during the pandemic in 2020-2021, when the government was forced to borrow 1.5 trillion baht, the largest such programme in Thai history, to support an economy that had effectively ground to a halt.

Telenor's sale of its shares in True Corporation may be based on the calculation that it is more difficult to achieve strong profit margins in the Thai telecom sector after 2026, says an analyst.

Both Thai and Chinese tourism operators are optimistic about a recovery of visitors from the mainland during Chinese New Year, while the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) hosted the Thailand Tourism and Mice Next 2026 fair, gathering more than 2,000 buyers and sellers to help push arrivals to 9 million this year.

Since entering politics in 2008, the Bhumjaithai Party has never experienced the momentum and opportunities it now enjoys under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

The caretaker government said it cannot commit Thailand to a US-led peace initiative, leaving the decision entirely to the next administration.

MINNEAPOLIS - US federal officials struggled Friday to quell growing outrage over the detention of a five-year-old boy in a massive immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as businesses in the city shut down in protest at the ongoing raids.

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, has been arrested in Mexico and brought to the United States to face cocaine trafficking and murder charges, FBI chief Kash Patel announced Friday.

Thai rising stars Pitchamon Opatniputh and Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul advanced to the semi-finals of the BWF Indonesia Masters on Friday but Ratchanok Intanon was forced to pull out with an injury.