Peerapat Korthong, secretary-general of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), has revealed that accurate and current agricultural information is crucial for analyzing conditions, planning production, and implementing measures suited to actual local circumstances. Since agricultural structures vary widely between villages—including crop types, farmer numbers, cultivation areas, livestock, and aquaculture—establishing a clear village-level database is essential for developing a functional national agricultural information system.

The OAE's Agricultural Information Center is implementing a sampling frame data project with village agricultural volunteers under a 2025 fiscal-year efficiency initiative, working with the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) to create a village-level agricultural activity database for survey sampling and analysis. This frame serves as a foundation database enabling comprehensive surveys, appropriate sampling, and clearer reflection of actual production patterns.

Korthong stated that the project's core objective is leveraging village agricultural volunteers, who are close to farmers and know local agricultural conditions well, to conduct field surveys in coordination with DAE and OAE staff using the digital Frame-asa system. This enhances data accuracy while elevating volunteers to become a village-level agricultural information network, bridging on-the-ground data to policy application.

The project has run continuously from 2022 to 2025, targeting approximately 75,000 villages nationwide. The 2025 fiscal year is the final critical phase, with about 18,000 villages remaining in the responsibility zones of the OAE's northeastern regional offices (Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Surin, Buriram, Chaiyaphum, and Nakhon Ratchasima). Data collection will cover 26 agricultural commodities including field crops, perennial fruits, livestock, and aquaculture, enabling efficient survey and information analysis. Operations follow an OAE-DAE coordinated roadmap using the Frame-asa web application for field data recording, with briefings for extension staff before guidance is passed to village volunteers, who will document farmer activities covering household numbers, cultivation areas, livestock counts, production standards, sales outlets, and prices, followed by progress monitoring, data verification, and quality assurance.

Actor Kaeng Thachaya Prathoomvarn showcases his talent in short anti-corruption plays that expose the dangers of scammer networks and build social immunity to corruption among Eastern Region youth through a youth theater network that refuses to tolerate corruption. The creative drama workshop program "Anti-Corruption: Youth Will Not Tolerate Corruption in the Eastern Region," supported by the National Anti-Corruption Fund, represents a compelling social movement model that uses performing arts combined with professional artists and performers who inspire and perform alongside students in the Eastern Region to cultivate consciousness and build youth networks that refuse to yield to corruption and fraud.

The program continues building social immunity by bringing together talented young artists and singers including Kaeng Thachaya Prathoomvarn, James Thanaboon Wisarungrojn, and Eve Orawun Pilaiworpetch to create outstanding work that blends performance power with new-generation audiences to expose and warn society through short dramas reflecting technology-based crime and the "scammer gang" epidemic currently spreading rapidly.

The program was created to provide youth space for creative expression while learning the full media production process, addressing pressing local problems like "call centers and international scammer gangs" that damage the economy and society by presenting them through a young person's perspective in an entertaining, easily understandable format with subtle, deep-thinking warnings.

Kaeng Thachaya revealed her feelings about participating, saying she is extremely proud and delighted to use performing arts as a voice for social movement, noting that the current scammer gang problem is not merely about simple theft but is connected to networks of complex structural corruption and fraud. When youth rise up to learn, write scripts, and perform themselves, it helps them see through deceptions, understand cyber threats, and grow into citizens who refuse to accept wrongdoing.

Ginpetchr Mingmalai, a student at Aranyaprathet School, reflected that learning through anti-corruption theater plays warning of scammer gangs and corruption makes complex or distant issues easy to understand. Youth absorb these problems through role-playing, becoming aware of dangers around them and feeling they are truly contributing to society's benefit.

Pornnapha Hokkhahm, also from Aranyaprathet School, expressed pride in being a voice for the new generation. By participating in the program and conveying important messages through performing arts, young people feel proud that their small voice through theater media can help alert their peers and society to see through deceptions and join together in fighting corruption.

Julaphakwat Srisuwan, program manager, stated that the program's success is not measured by the quantitative number of participants alone, but by "the process and qualitative results" that occur.

Making difficult issues relatable (De-stigmatization & Relatability): Corruption is often seen as a large structural issue or something distant from children, but the drama training process helps youth draw ethical problems close to home, such as school corruption, taking advantage, using connections, or ethical violations, breaking them down into short drama scripts so children can understand the core of the problems more deeply than rote memorization.

Learning through hands-on practice (Active Learning through Performance):

The Thai Meteorological Department issued its sixth severe weather warning on August 6, 2569, forecasting strong winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall across Thailand from August 6-9. The northern, northeastern, and eastern regions will see the heaviest rainfall, while the central region, Bangkok and its vicinity, and the southern region face heavy rain in scattered areas. The weather is driven by a monsoon trough moving through the upper north and northeastern region, combined with a strengthened southwest monsoon covering the Andaman Sea, Thailand, and the upper Gulf of Thailand. The public is urged to exercise caution against dangers from heavy rainfall and accumulated water that may cause flash floods and sudden flooding, particularly in foothill areas and lowlands. Waves in the upper Andaman Sea will reach 2-4 meters, exceeding 4 meters during thunderstorms. The upper Gulf of Thailand will see 2-3 meter waves, exceeding 3 meters during storms. Fishermen are advised to proceed with extreme care and avoid thunderstorm areas. Small boats in the upper Andaman Sea and upper Gulf of Thailand should remain ashore during August 6-9, 2569. The public is encouraged to plan activities and travel carefully during this period and monitor updates from the Thai Meteorological Department at www.tmd.go.th or by calling 0-2399-4012-13 and 1182. The next forecast will be issued on August 7, 2569 at 05:00. Affected provinces include: Northern Region (Chiang Rai, Phayao, Nan, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae, Tak, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phetchabun); Northeastern Region (Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Kalasin, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen, Sisaket, Ubon Ratchathani, Nongbua Lamphu); Eastern Region (Nakhon Nayok, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chachoengsao, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat); Central Region (Lopburi, Saraburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom); and Southern Region (Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Narathiwat, Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket).

Thailand's Ministry of Transport is upgrading air traffic management through six new technology projects aimed at enhancing safety, reducing delays, and handling over 919,000 annual flights. Deputy Transport Minister Pattrapong Patpraset stated that the ministry is accelerating aviation infrastructure improvements and deploying digital technology to modernize air traffic control, increase safety, reduce flight delays, and promote environmentally sustainable aviation. AEROTHAI has been assigned to drive major initiatives including linking weather radar data with the Meteorological Department and developing a System Wide Information Management (SWIM) platform following ICAO standards, targeting SWIM service provider status by 2030 to support global aviation data integration and establish Thailand as a world-class aviation hub.

AEROTHAI Chairman Pichet Kunathammarak reported that for fiscal year 2569 (October 2568–September 2569), flight volumes are projected at 919,643 flights, or approximately 2,520 per day, representing a 1.64% increase from the previous year. Currently, 777,456 flights have been recorded, comprising 385,991 international flights, 297,234 domestic flights, and 94,231 overflying aircraft. Despite impacts from Middle East tensions, the data reflects recovery in Thailand's aviation industry.

Key markets include China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam, while the busiest airports are Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai, and Samui. A significant development is the opening of air route L770 (NAN-SAGAG) on September 3, 2569, a direct Thailand-China route developed through cooperation with Laos. The route reduces flight distances by 27.5–35.2 nautical miles, lowering airline costs, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and supporting growing Southeast Asia-China travel.

AEROTHAI Deputy Director Surachai Nouprom stated that in 2569 the organization will advance six major projects: weather radar data integration, digital tower installation at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports plus remote towers at Narathiwat and Betong, System Monitoring and Control (SMC) development, SWIM system advancement, expanded use of the BOBCAT system for Afghan airspace flight management, and Green ATM initiatives to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

The BOBCAT system, developed in-house by AEROTHAI, played a crucial role during Middle East conflicts by increasing system-using flights by 67%, reducing holding time by approximately 73,000 minutes, saving over 8,300 tons of fuel, and cutting carbon dioxide emissions by over 26,000 tons, earning recognition from international airlines.

AEROTHAI emphasized that investment across all six technology projects will elevate Thailand's air navigation service system to enhance safety and modernization, support aviation industry growth, and strengthen the country's position as a future global aviation hub.

PHUKET: Patong is suffering severe traffic congestion despite Phuket being in the middle of the tourism low season, with police warning that journeys which normally take less than an hour can now stretch to nearly two hours when accidents or heavy rain occur.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) reported exceptional success in the first 2025 issuance of "Ompplus" government savings bonds via the Bond Connect Platform, with subscription orders exceeding 16.511 billion baht—8.2 times the 2 billion baht offering limit. Nearly 24,000 investors received allocations: approximately 9,390 investors received 3-year bonds valued at 704.5 million baht, while approximately 13,916 investors received 10-year bonds worth 1.3 billion baht.

SET board chairman and president Asadej Kongsiri stated that the strong demand reflects high public interest in investment. To ensure fair access for retail investors, the exchange used a Small Lot First distribution method, starting with a minimum investment unit of 1,000 baht. This approach aligns with SET's mission to provide equitable and widespread investment opportunities to the general public.

Those who missed this round can participate in the next subscription period scheduled for September 7-9, 2025. Kongsiri noted that commercial banks remain the primary distribution channel, followed by securities brokers and other financial institutions, which collectively enable broad public access to government bond investments.