Standard Chartered Bank has lowered its 2019 GDP growth forecast for Thailand to 3.0 per cent from 3.3 per cent to reflect disappointing growth in the first half and persistent headwinds faced by the economy, according to Standard Chartered Bank (Thai)'s economist Tim Leelahaphan.

AMNESTY International Australia has called for the Australian government to conduct an independent investigation into what it called “a monumental mistake” that led to the much-publicised arrest and detention of a former Bahrain national footballer in Thailand.