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City Hall has told 529 stallholders near the clock tower

at Chatuchak weekend market they must move out

by April 30 to make way for planned redevelopment.

• Hundreds of vendors at Chatuchak market given deadline to move

• B4.5bn gets the nod to combat flooding

• Dozens of illegal job seekers arrested near Myanmar border

The cabinet approved a budget of more than 4.5 billion baht yesterday

to help households affected by flooding in southern provinces last year

and to finance post-flood rehabilitation and development projects.

• Hundreds of vendors at Chatuchak market given deadline to move

• B4.5bn gets the nod to combat flooding

• Dozens of illegal job seekers arrested near Myanmar border

KANCHANABURI - A total of 116 Myanmar nationals have been arrested

in Sangkhla Buri district of this western province this week

for illegally crossing into Thailand.

• Hundreds of vendors at Chatuchak market given deadline to move

• B4.5bn gets the nod to combat flooding

• Dozens of illegal job seekers arrested near Myanmar border

PHUKET: An American man wanted for using a Thai nominee

to run a business has been arrested at a pub

in Muang district of this island province.

• Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour

• Unsafe smog levels in North, upper Northeast

• Phuket pub boss charged with using Thai nominee

A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning

an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up

in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away. He also lost his wallet on

the way back, but the journey had a happy ending.

• Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour

• Unsafe smog levels in North, upper Northeast

• Phuket pub boss charged with using Thai nominee

Unsafe levels of ultra-fine dust were detected in the North and

some upper northeastern provinces on Tuesday morning,

according to the Geo-Informatics and

Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).

• Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour

• Unsafe smog levels in North, upper Northeast

• Phuket pub boss charged with using Thai nominee

A 56-year-old Turkish man has reported that

about 25,000 baht was stolen by a Thai woman he met

on Pattaya beach in Chon Buri province.

• Man robbed after meeting woman on Pattaya beach

• Thai farmers protest falling rice prices

• Historic new LGBTQ+ rights laws fight old bias

Farmers gathered at Government House in Bangkok on Wednesday,

demanding that the government boost rice prices from

the current 6,000 baht to 10,000 baht per tonne.

• Man robbed after meeting woman on Pattaya beach

• Thai farmers protest falling rice prices

• Historic new LGBTQ+ rights laws fight old bias

Following the enactment of the Marriage Equality Law,

experts say authorities must ensure the effectiveness of

the legislation and support the LGBTQ+ community in Thailand.

• Man robbed after meeting woman on Pattaya beach

• Thai farmers protest falling rice prices

• Historic new LGBTQ+ rights laws fight old bias