Pornpawee, Kunlavut off to fine start in Hangzhou
Thai stars Pornpawee Chochuwong and Kunlavut Vitidsarn began their BWF World Tour Finals campaign with victories in Hangzhou on Wednesday.

Beefed-up IP crackdown nets results
The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has intensified a nationwide crackdown on intellectual property (IP) infringement, seizing more than 3.3 million counterfeit and pirated items with damages exceeding 1.14 billion baht during the first 11 months of this year.

US government admits liability in deadly DC air collision
WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The US government admitted it was liable for a deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet outside Washington earlier this year, killing 67 people, according to a court document filed Wednesday.

Bookings set to surge in South
Hotel bookings in the three provinces of Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Trang are set to grow by 20–30% due to an influx of Malaysian, Singaporean, and Indonesian visitors, as tourism in Hat Yai district in Songkhla near the southern border is recuperating from the devastating floods in the area, with a full recovery expected in three months, according to the local tourism...

TAT seeks 5% growth in Kazakh market
Despite a slowdown in the Kazakh market, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) still targets at least 5% growth next year, coinciding with strong long-haul arrivals that already set a record high of 10 million this year.

Phuket eyes booming New Year
Phuket: The island province's tourism authority has forecast a bright New Year 2026 season, with an increase in international arrivals and over a billion baht in circulation during the period.

Egco allots B30bn for plant expansion
SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco), the power generation arm of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, is implementing its "Power4" strategy and allocating 30 billion baht to invest in a natural gas and renewable power plant portfolio in Thailand and overseas.

3 Vietnamese busted growing weed
Police have arrested three Vietnamese nationals after dismantling an illegal cannabis cultivation warehouse in Bangkok, seizing more than 1,600 plants with an estimated value of nearly two million baht.

Democrats to unveil city contenders
The Democrat Party plans to unveil its candidates for Bangkok constituencies on Monday after completing primary voting, party secretary-general Chaiwut Bannawat said.

Meta targets AI-driven scams in Asia
Meta has released its latest Adversarial Threat Report, outlining large-scale efforts to combat online scams across the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region and address the growing threat of AI-enabled criminal activity, while working closely with law enforcement agencies in multiple countries.