213 Seventeen Thai hostages who were freed by Hamas are scheduled to arrive in Thailand around noon but experienced a 3-hour flight delay.
134 The Deputy Transport Minister has tested the use of EMV (Europay Mastercard Visa) cards for connecting between the Red and Purple electric train lines with the maximum fare of only 20 baht.
78 The Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv provided additional information that four more Thai hostages have been released, the Foreign Ministry has announced.
127 Thailand and China are strengthening their people-to-people relations as Yunnan Daily Press Group, a leading media organization with its headquarter in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province, signed a memorandum of cooperation with MCOT Pcl, a Thai media conglomerate to enhance the exchange of news and information across various platforms.
139 His Majesty the King has appointed former prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha a privy councillor.
219 Immigration police raided an illegal casino, operating on two floors at a hotel in Nonthaburi province, arresting both Thai and foreign gamblers and seizing more than three million baht in cash.
182 The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the policy interest rate at 2.50 percent, with the Thai economy projected to expand by 2.4 and 3.2 percent in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
223 The Department of International Trade Promotion led a Japanese buyer delegation to sign a purchase agreement for bananas with farmers in Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
141 Three workers were killed in a chemical explosion at a longan orchard in Chiang Mai.
97 The Cabinet approved a draft ministerial regulation to extend the operating hours of entertainment venues, nightclubs and bars until 4 a.m. in five tourist destinations including Bangkok, Phuket, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, and Koh Samui in Surat Thani.
113 Thai foreign minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara welcomed two more Thai hostages released under a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas.
184 The Cabinet has given its approval for adjusting the salaries of newly-recruited civil servants by 10% to start at 18,000 baht over the next two years.
