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5 days ago |
reuters.com | Orathai Sriring |Thanadech Staporncharnchai |Panarat Thepgumpanat
Prime minister blames U.S. tariffs for scheme delayAnalysts say it damages credibility of ruling partyGovernment distributed about a third of $14-billion schemeCash scheme failed to boost economy, analysts sayBANGKOK, June 2 (Reuters) - Rungthiwa Pimphanit waited months for a long-promised cash handout of 10,000 baht ($307) from Thailand's ruling party, which she backed in 2023 elections, but now the scheme to stimulate a stalling economy has been put on ice.
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1 week ago |
reuters.com | Chayut Setboonsarng |Panarat Thepgumpanat
Chickens look out from their cage in the poultry section of Bangkok's Klong Toey market February 4, 2008.
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2 weeks ago |
au.news.yahoo.com | Panarat Thepgumpanat |Chayut Setboonsarng
A Thai court on Thursday ordered self-exiled former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 10 billion baht ($A474 million) in damages over a botched rice-pledging scheme that saw her sentenced in 2017 to five years in prison for negligence.
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2 weeks ago |
canberratimes.com.au | Panarat Thepgumpanat |Chayut Setboonsarng
Yingluck Shinawatra lives abroad to avoid jail for failing to prevent graft in a failed rice scheme. Photo: AP PHOTOA Thai court on Thursday ordered self-exiled former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 10 billion baht ($A474 million) in damages over a botched rice-pledging scheme that saw her sentenced in 2017 to five years in prison for negligence. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
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2 weeks ago |
bilyonaryo.com | Panarat Thepgumpanat |Chayut Setboonsarng
SOURCE: ReutersBy Panarat Thepgumpanat, Chayut SetboonsarngBANGKOK, May 22 (Reuters) – Thailand is planning to introduce a requirement for medical certificates to be shown when buying cannabis, a senior official said on Thursday, in a move to tighten control of marijuana use, three years after it was decriminalised. Thailand was one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalise marijuana but did so without a law to govern its sale, production or usage.
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