GH Bank records H1 mortgage growth During the first half of this year, new lending by the Government Housing (GH) Bank, a state financial institution specialising in mortgages, grew 15% year-on-year, with robust gains among low- and middle-income borrowers. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Stock exchange vows to continue its package of major reforms The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is pursuing a sweeping package of statutory and structural reforms to strengthen corporate governance, attract high-growth new economy listings and make Thai companies more attractive to investors, says SET chairman Kitipong Urapeepatanapong. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

PP to submit Senate vote collusion 'evidence' People's Party (PP) leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut said on Monday the party would submit evidence to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) by Friday over alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate election. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Saudi attack dents Mideast market The recent attack near Riyadh Airport could further hamper Saudi Arabia and the Middle East market, which have not fully recovered from the Gulf conflict that erupted earlier this year, according to the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta). Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Doping shock rocks Thailand camp at Asian Games Badminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh has emerged as the first known doping case at the 20th Asian Games in Japan, after the 19-year-old rising star returned a positive test that has rocked Thailand's campaign in Aichi-Nagoya. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Air hostess heroin case advances The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has ordered the indictment of four suspects allegedly linked to a transnational drug trafficking network involving Thai Airways flight attendant Meena Kondo in a heroin smuggling case. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Business groups urged to help bolster investment Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has urged business groups to help drive investment in seven strategic industries as Thailand seeks to become a high-income economy within the next four years. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Missing Thai woman found strangled in Taiwan freezer A missing 37-year-old Thai woman has ben found dead, strangled, in a suitcase in an office freezer in Taichung city, Taiwan, a week after her reported disappearance. Her Taiwanese boyfriend, 43, has been arrested and charged with her murder. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Most 'unfazed' by Senate case: poll More than half of respondents to a Nida Poll survey are not worried that the Election Commission's decision to prosecute 77 people, including 26 sitting senators, over alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate election will cause political unrest. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

FTI advisor urges balanced use of AI People should make smart and balanced use of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid becoming overly dependent on the technology and developing a "rusty brain", despite its growing importance in manufacturing and business operations, according to Supant Mongkolsuthree, honorary chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Repair crews battle to reopen Blue Line for Monday rush hours Trains running on the Blue Line of Bangkok's fire-damaged Mass Rapid Transit system would resume full services on Monday morning if overnight repairs were complete and guaranteed safe,  Deputy Transport Minister Phattrapong Phattraprasit said on Sunday. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Ministry makes headway on driver pay The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has made progress in developing a framework for calculating a minimum payment rate for drivers in on-demand ride-hailing and parcel delivery services. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more