CHANTHABURI, Thailand: Clambering hand over hand, with sweat dripping into his eyes, a durian laborer expertly slices a cumbersome fruit from a tree before tossing it down to land with a soft thump in his colleague s waiting arms some 15 meters (50 feet) below.
BANGKOK: Thailand s economy expanded 1.9 percent in 2023, slowing from a revised 2.5-percent growth in the previous year due to softening government spending and exports, the country s economic planning agency said on Monday.