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The government is expediting the drafting of amendments to close loopholes in several related laws in a bid to further combat pyramid-like schemes, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said on Monday.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra shrugged off the Election Commission's (EC) decision to look into complaints seeking to disband the ruling Pheu Thai Party and five coalition partners for allegedly allowing a non-member to exert influence.

CHIANG RAI: Police and forestry officials on Monday began investigating the Cherntawan International Meditation Centre in Muang district, run by well-known preacher Phra Maha Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi, or V Vajiramedhi, following media reports that it may have encroached on forest land.

The Tourism and Sports Minister is aiming to increase the tourism subsidy to local tourists in the upcoming stimulus scheme to 50% and would like to change the criteria for online travel agents, mandating them to register in Thailand to avoid losing income to foreign companies.

Police are hunting an armed gang that allegedly abducted two Chinese businessmen from their office in Bangkok and ransomed them for about 12 million baht on Saturday.

MUKDAHAN - Authorities have severed internet cables found to be illegally carrying services from Mukdahan province across the friendship bridge and about five kilometres deep into Laos.

The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to talk with the Finance Ministry about increasing the budget for the travel subsidy scheme aimed at mitigating the flood impact for tourism firms in the North.

Since launching in 2014, the popularity and number of Thai LGBTQ+ TV shows depicting positive and diverse stories of male-male romance, known as Boys' Love (BL) or Y series, has increased, gaining momentum during the pandemic.

More small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encountering financial difficulties caused by debt and declining sales as economic growth eases, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).

As global interest rates are clearly on a downward trend, with the Bank of Thailand expected to cut its policy rate again in December, banking stocks should benefit, according to analysts.