Daily digest

Bangkok prices for eggs and vegetables are easing while the South braces for weekend rain, and Thailand’s youth boxers are in Dakar chasing Olympic glory, with a side of kitchen myth-busting about chicken.

Pump prices dip again and Parliament spars over summoning powers, while a baby pygmy hippo joins Moo Deng’s family, a Chiang Mai cyclist finds refuge in a barbecue shop and Tiffany Young celebrates a decade in Bangkok.

Truckers press for cheaper diesel as the Oil Fund trims gasohol prices, Bangkok braces for a rainy week, and a retired teacher rides her motorbike to hand a hospital 1 million baht.

Storms and hail are heading for Bangkok this week, business groups have lifted their 2026 growth forecast, and Chiang Mai’s airport is trimming its hours for lantern season, while a riverside Christmas tree and a retro-radio birthday party keep things bright.

Thailand’s amnesty panel held its first meeting, the prime minister denied a vote-for-amnesty deal, and border readiness rose along the Myanmar and Cambodian frontiers, with fuel and gold prices also in focus.

Thai press today covers the prime minister’s off-site cabinet meeting in Udon Thani, new fuel-tax debates, Myanmar airstrikes that sent shrapnel into Mae Hong Son, and a raid on an alleged unlicensed yuan-exchange service.

The prime minister said Cambodia border checkpoints have no reopening date, while the E20 and B20 fuel tax cut took effect, a Phuket rally targeted alleged foreign-linked businesses, and domestic gold prices fell to a one-year low.

Thai-language press reports cover a planned civil service early-retirement scheme, a southern police allowance dispute, new e-waste inspections, a Khao San nightlife pilot, immigration raids in Pathum Thani, and September export growth of 24%.

Thai-language papers cover a dispute over the timing of December’s no-confidence debate, rising Chinese tour cancellations, new Phuket transport plans, flood relief payments, and an Amnesty report alleging links between Cambodian security firms and scam centers.

The opposition has filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Anutin and 17 ministers, with debate set for Dec. 7-11, as fuel prices, platform fees and flood relief stay in focus in Thai news.

Thai cabinet cuts E20 and B20 fuel excise for three months, a rooftop solar subsidy opens for 1 million households, and a no-confidence debate is set for no earlier than Dec. 6. Also: hotel closures rise, and a Chinese travel advisory prompts talks.

Thailand cuts fuel excise tax for three months, Anutin ready for a Dec. 6 censure debate, PM 2.5 plan ordered and an arrest in a Kanchanaburi shooting.