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    Future Forward Drafts Bill to End Beer Brewing Oligopoly in Thailand

    posted January 16, 2020 / No Comments

    Thailand’s new left-wing Future Forward party has tabled legislation that would open up Thailand’s beer and spirit brewing regulations to allow small entrepreneurs to enter the marketplace. As it stands now, only the rich are […]

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    Activists Say Thailand Needs Much More than a Plastic Bag Ban

    posted January 14, 2020 / No Comments

    Thailand recently instituted a single-use plastic ban, which was a welcome sight to environmental activists considering Thailand is one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters and the sixth biggest contributor to ocean waste. But although […]

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    Drunk Driving Remains a Huge Problem in Thailand

    posted January 14, 2020 / No Comments

    In just the four days leading up to New Year’s Day, over 18,000 people were sent to court on drunk driving charges–over 8,000 on New Year’s Eve alone. Drunk driving accounted for nearly a third […]

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    Thai Farmers Will Soon Be Able to Privately Grow Hemp

    posted January 13, 2020 / No Comments

    A new health ministry regulation will soon make it possible for Thai farmers to privately grow 1 rai (around half an acre) of hemp. The hemp could then legally be used in the production of […]

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    Plastic Bag Ban Forcing Thai Shoppers to Get Creative

    posted January 9, 2020 / No Comments

    A widespread plastic bag ban across Thailand’s largest retailers is forcing shoppers to get creative when it comes to carrying their purchased goods. Since the ban on January 1st, hundreds of posts have gone viral […]

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    Thai Government Launches Medical Marijuana Education Site

    posted December 17, 2019 / No Comments

    Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha recently announced the launch of a website aimed at educating Thai people on medical cannabis. Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize medical cannabis in December 2018. […]

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    Thai Government Likely to Legalize Grab in Near Future

    posted December 17, 2019 / No Comments

    Thailand’s Land Transport Department (LTD) has said the ride-hailing service Grab will likely be legalized in the Kingdom. The announcement comes after months of discussion and debate over the subject as well as regular news […]

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    Bangkok Street Food Purge to Continue in 2020

    posted December 16, 2019 / No Comments

    Just three years ago, Bangkok had over 683 areas designated for street food. Now, that number has fallen to 175 as the Bangkok metropolitan government has made numerous efforts to clean up the city’s congested […]

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    Elon Musk Wins Defamation Case Against Cave Rescuer

    posted December 9, 2019 / No Comments

    A US jury in California has found that tech billionaire Elon Musk did not defame a cave rescuer in Thailand who he called a “pedo guy” in a tweet. The feud between the two started […]

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    Thailand Plans to Liberalize Crypto Law in 2020 to Stay ‘Competitive’

    posted December 3, 2019 / No Comments

    Thai officials stated that they will reform the country’s cryptocurrency law in 2020 as a way to stay competitive in the burgeoning blockchain market. Last year, Thailand became one of the first countries to legalize, […]

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