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  • 'Sweden has been attacked'

    Bodies from the attack were removed to the street outside the department store. (EPA photo)

    updateGeneral -A man stole a beer truck and rammed it into a Stockholm department store, killing four people in a terrorist attack - and has been arrested.

  • Memo to Vientiane

    Wuthipong Kochathamakun, alias Kotee, is shown talking to reporters in his political stronghold of Pathum Thani in 2014. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)

    Politics -Thai authorities have repeated their request for Laos to arrest and hand over fugitive red-shirt hardman Wuthipong 'Kotee' Kochathamakun.

  • Heated dispute

    The coffin of dead inmate Suriya Suparak at a temple in Ron Phibun district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on Thursday. The cremation has been postponed pending a "fair" investigation. (Photo by Nujaree Raekrun)

    Crime -Corrections officials in Phangnga reported a prisoner there had died from heatstroke while being disciplined under the hot sun, not a beating as his family believes.

  • Steady improvement

    The Bank of Thailand expects an export recovery to contribute to higher GDP growth over the next two years. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

    Business news -The Thai economy will continue its steady upward climb, growing by 3.4% this year and 3.6% next year as exports recover, the Bank of Thailand says.

  • Cash boost

    Many public hospitals have been operating in the red for a long time and the government has finally allocated 5 billion baht in urgent support funding. (File photo by Rarinthorn Phetcharoen)

    General -Debt-ridden public hospitals to benefit from an emergency 5 billion baht injection of extra money from the government's central fund.

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  • Top-down failure

    Wasant Techawongtham

    Top-down failure

    People understand the government’s desire to ensure public safety on road ways but believe the pickup law was poorly conceived, out of touch with reality.

    07 Apr 2017 at 04:18

  • Sorting priorities

    Paritta Wangkiat

    Sorting priorities

    Since the 2014 coup, military spending has risen 16% to 214 billion baht, including the 10 new Chinese tanks but not including three submarines.

    07 Apr 2017 at 04:30

  • Roadmap redrawn

    Editorial

    Roadmap redrawn

    The new constitution heralds the beginning of moving towards a general election, an expectation dimmed by military orders that continue the ban on politics.

    07 Apr 2017 at 04:20

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Steady improvement

Steady improvement

The Thai economy will continue its steady upward climb, growing by 3.4% this year and 3.6% next year as exports recover, the Bank of Thailand says.

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  • March consumer confidence at two-year high

    March consumer confidence at two-year high

    Consumer confidence in March rose to its highest level in two years, helped by stronger exports, tourism and commodity prices, a private survey showed on Friday.

  • S-Curve industrial estate mulled

    S-Curve industrial estate mulled

    The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) will do a joint study with the FTI on the development of an industrial estate for a "new S-Curve" industry.

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