Zipmex Thailand, a prominent digital asset exchange, immediately halted all trading activities on its platform. This suspension, effective from November 25, 2023, marks a critical juncture for the …
Thailand says Hamas still holds 20 of its nationals after freeing 10
Palestinian militant group Hamas is still holding 20 Thai nationals after having freed 10 from Gaza, Thailand’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, following a deal during the first truce of a …
Thailand releases images of hostages freed by Hamas but says 20 of its nationals still held
Group of nine men and one woman are being treated in hospital before travelling back to Thailand to be reunited with families, officials say …
Zipmex Thailand halts trading
Zipmex Thailand, a digital asset exchange platform, has ordered an immediate suspension of digital asset trading until Jan 31 next year.
A family in Thailand awaits word on hostages in Gaza
There were around 30,000 Thai workers in Israel on Oct. 7 when Hamas attacked from Gaza. A total of 34 were killed and another 26 were taken hostage.
Thai hostages: PM Srettha Thavisin confirms Thailand citizens released
A dozen Thai nationals who were being held hostage in Gaza have been released, Thailand’s prime minister has confirmed. Srettha Thavisin said officials were on their way to collect them, but did not …
‘I have no idea how I’ll survive’: Myanmar villagers who fled airstrikes face food shortage
In camps on the border with Thailand, thousands of people displaced by the military are subsisting on meagre rations …
Hamas frees first batch of hostages under temporary cease-fire, including 13 Israelis
Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages who had been held captive in Gaza for weeks, including 13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and a Filipino citizen, according to Qatar and other officials, in the first stage in a swap for Palestinians prisoners in Israel under a four-day cease-fire deal.
Myanmar refugees hide from airstrikes in Thailand
The Post’s Southeast Asia bureau chief Rebecca Tan traveled to northern Thailand in October, where she got a rare look inside a camp for Myanmar refugees.
Thailand’s new government is handing out cash
Problems abound in Thailand’s existing cash-transfer programmes. In 2017 the military government introduced unconditional handouts to the poor. Each month, welfare card holders receive 200-300 baht. According to the NESDC, half of Thailand’s poor do not receive this monthly handout and 90% of those who do are not under the national poverty line.