BANGKOK: The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand last month rose to 267, a health ministry spokesman told AFP on Wednesday (Dec 3)

Thailand’s government on Monday announced new relief measures for victims of one of the country’s worst floods in decades, weeks before an anticipated call for snap elections.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is facing mounting criticism over his government’s slow response to deadly floods in the south, threatening to derail his party’s ambitions ahead of a snap election.

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Thailand’s consumer prices fell for the eighth straight month, heightening pressure on the central bank to cut its policy rate for a fourth time this year.

By Thanadech Staporncharnchai and Orathai Sriring BANGKOK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Thailand's annual headline inflation rate was negative for an eighth month in November, driven by falling energy prices and government support measures,

Thailand provides aid to each family of flood victims of 2 million baht or the equivalent of around Rp1 billion without the need to show any official documents.

Thailand said the floods have 'paralysed' the flow of high tech components and car parts from Hat Yai, potentially benefitting rival exporters in Indonesia and Vietnam.