Moody's Ratings has affirmed Thailand’s Baa1 issuer and local currency senior unsecured ratings but revised the outlook from stable to negative, citing rising risks to the country’s economic and fiscal strength. The agency also affirmed Thailand’s P-2 foreign currency commercial paper rating.

THE government is considering requesting a sit-down with BBC Thai to discuss an online article it published that referred to a photograph of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and US President Barack Obama shaking hands at a UN meeting in New York last week