BANGKOK, 31 July 2012 - Thailand has won its first Olympic medal from women's weightlifting competition on Monday, while men's doubles badminton players qualified for quarter finals.

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  - The Cabinet has agreed to spend 24 million-baht emergency budget to import 10,000 tons of palm oil and compensate the Public Warehouse Organization for its expected profit loss caused by the import of another 20,000 tonnes of palm oil in the near future. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012 - The Cabinet today agreed to extend the tax rebate measure for first-time car buyers until the end of this year. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012 -Ms. Kulaya Tantitemit, Senior Expert on Macroeconomic Policy, Bureau of Macroeconomic Policy, Fiscal Policy Office, the Ministry of Finance has expressed her confidence that the Thai economy will be able to grow as much as 5.7% this year although the Euro debt crisis remains a threat. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  – The Transport Ministry is finding ways to solve the anticipated overcrowding problem at Suvarnabhumi Airport, citing the airport will be overloaded in four years. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  – The Finance Ministry is currently conducting a research on various methods to fix the problem of informal debt and provide people with easier access to formal loans.

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012 – According to a poll, most people are most interested in news related to consumer product and energy prices, urging the government to adjust their policies on alleviating high living costs. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  - The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has announced that it will treat the chemical waste disposal in Chachoengsao as a special and urgent case. The DSI said it believed there was a connection between this case and earlier cases of illegal chemical waste dumping in the neighboring Samut Prakarn and Chon Buri provinces. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed her worries over the recent attack on Thai soldiers in the Deep South and has ordered authorities to speedily restore peace in the region. 

BANGKOK, 30 July 2012  – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has revealed that the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is likely to drop next month.