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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Thailand?
Code example
If you'd like to make a REST call, then make a following POST request:
Endpoint /api/v1/article/getArticles
Request body
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThailand&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
"results": [
{
"uri": "9231670809",
"lang": "tha",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-05-24",
"time": "22:17:50",
"dateTime": "2026-05-24T22:17:50Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-05-24T22:17:38Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.thansettakij.com/blogs/columnist/myanmar/659831",
"title": "มองมาตรการตรวจเข้มงวดชายแดนเมียนมา-จีน",
"body": "หัวใจสำคัญของการยืนหยัดอยู่ในสมรภูมิการค้านี้ คือวิชาที่เรียกว่า \"การค้าที่ใช้ทฤษฏีสนต้องลม\" พ่อค้าที่อยู่รอดมาได้หลายสิบปีในประเทศเมียนมา ไม่ใช่คนที่แข็งทื่อดุจดั่งไม้ซุง ที่พร้อมจะหักโค่นเมื่อลมพายุเปลี่ยนทิศ แต่คือคนที่เรียนรู้จะเอนอ่อนและปรับตัวตามทิศทางลมได้อย่างคล่องตัว การเป็นสนต้องลมหมายถึงการมีสายสัมพันธ์ที่หยั่งรากลึกที่พวกเราชาวพ่อค้าชายแดน พอจะรู้ว่าลมแต่ละระลอกมาจากใคร\n\nอีกทั้งมีความยืดหยุ่นพอที่จะเปลี่ยนเส้นทางเดินรถ ในวันที่ถนนหนทางสายหลักถูกปิด และมีความใจเย็นพอที่จะอ่านจังหวะว่า เมื่อใดควรจะรุกหรือเมื่อใดควรจะถอยรอดูสถานการณ์ การบริหารความสัมพันธ์กับกลุ่มพ่อค้าชาวเมียนมา และกลุ่มผู้ถืออำนาจในพื้นที่ การรักษาเครือข่าย Logistics ให้หลากหลาย จึงเป็นเกราะป้องกันชั้นดี ที่ช่วยให้คนค้าขายรายใหญ่ยังคงประคองตัวอยู่ได้ แม้ในวันที่ประตูการค้าฝั่งหนึ่งถูกปิดลงอย่างกะทันหันก็ตาม\n\nอย่างไรก็ตาม สิ่งสำคัญที่แยก \"นักการค้า\" ออกจาก \"นักพนัน\" ในตลาดการค้าชายแดนไทย-เมียนมา คือวินัยทางการเงินที่เคร่งครัด ในสภาวะที่ค่าเงินจ๊าดผันผวนราวกับรถไฟเหาะ และมีแนวโน้มอ่อนค่าลงทุกนาที กลยุทธ์ที่สำคัญที่สุด คือการบริหารกระแสเงินสดภายใต้หลักการ \"รีบรับ-รีบส่งกลับ\" กำไรที่แท้จริงของการค้าขายชายแดน ควรมาจากส่วนต่างของราคาสินค้าและการบริหารจัดการ ไม่ใช่การมานั่งเก็งกำไรจากอัตราแลกเปลี่ยน\n\nพ่อค้ามืออาชีพจะรู้ดีว่า การถือเงินจ๊าดแช่ไว้ในมือเพื่อรอจังหวะเงินแข็งค่านั้น คือความเสี่ยงที่อันตรายที่สุด เพราะมันไม่ใช่การค้าขาย แต่มันคือการวางเดิมพันที่ไม่มีใครควบคุมผลลัพธ์ได้ ดังนั้นความเร็วในการหมุนรอบสินค้า และการรีบเปลี่ยนเงินกลับเป็นสินทรัพย์ที่มั่นคง จึงเป็นกุญแจสำคัญที่ทำให้ธุรกิจไม่พังทลายลงไปพร้อมกับค่าเงินที่ผันผวน\n\nหากเราย้อนมองกลับไปเมื่อ 4-5 ปีก่อน ในช่วงที่ความวุ่นวายทางการเมือง จากการเปลี่ยนแปลงการปกครอง และจากความไม่สงบของประเทศเมียนมา ซึ่งเปรียบประดุจดังพายุที่โหมพัดกรรโชกแรงที่สุด หลายคนอาจมองว่าตอนนั้นสถานการณ์ยังดูมืดมนมาก แต่สำหรับสถานการณ์ในวันนี้ ถ้าเป็นคนที่คลุกคลีอยู่หน้างานจริงในเมียนมา จะพบว่า \"ยังถือว่าดีกว่าเก่าไม่มากก็น้อย\" เพราะผู้คนและระบบเริ่มมีภูมิคุ้มกันต่อความวุ่นวาย ทุกฝ่ายเริ่มเรียนรู้ที่จะจัดสรรผลประโยชน์ และหาช่องว่างภายใต้กฎเกณฑ์ที่บิดเบี้ยวได้เก่งขึ้น\n\nในทุกกำแพงหรือทุกมาตรการที่ภาครัฐได้ประกาศขึ้นมาใช้ มักจะมีช่องลมเล็กๆ ให้คนที่หูไวตาไวสอดแทรกเข้าไปได้เสมอ โอกาสที่รัฐบาลเมียนมาเข้มงวดต่อสินค้าจีนในวันนี้ จึงไม่ใช่เพียงแค่ช่องว่างทางการตลาด แต่มันคือ \"แบบทดสอบไหวพริบของพ่อค้าไทย\" ว่าจะสามารถเปลี่ยนวิกฤตของเพื่อนบ้านที่เป็นคู่แข่งทางการค้า ให้กลายเป็นโอกาสทองของตนเองได้อย่างไร? โดยที่ยังคงความมั่นคงและยั่งยืน ภายใต้ \"หน้ากากของต้นสน\" ที่ไม่เคยเกรงกลัวต่อแรงลมจากทางนโยบายที่พัดผ่านไปวันแล้ววันเล่าครับ",
"source": {
"uri": "thansettakij.com",
"dataType": "news",
"title": "https://www.thansettakij.com/"
},
"authors": [],
"concepts": [
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China",
"type": "loc",
"score": 2,
"label": {
"eng": "China"
},
"location": {
"type": "country",
"label": {
"eng": "China"
}
}
}
],
"categories": [],
"image": "https://medias.thansettakij.com/uploads/images/md/2026/05/IpR6I03ovNhFZ5dVccEV.webp",
"eventUri": null,
"sentiment": null,
"wgt": 517357070,
"relevance": 1
},
{
"uri": "9231670810",
"lang": "tha",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-05-24",
"time": "22:17:49",
"dateTime": "2026-05-24T22:17:49Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-05-24T22:17:38Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.thansettakij.com/general-news/659828",
"title": "www.ไทยช่วยไทยพลัส.th กดรับสิทธิ \"เป๋าตัง\" ลงทะเบียนด่วนวันนี้",
"body": "ผู้ได้รับสิทธิสามารถเริ่มใช้จ่ายเงินผ่าน G-Wallet ในแอปฯ เป๋าตัง ได้ตั้งแต่วันที่ 1 มิถุนายน ถึง 30 กันยายน 2569\n\nวันนี้ 25 พ.ค. 69 ตั้งแต่เวลา 06.00 -22.00 น. โครงการไทยช่วยไทยพลัส ที่ใช้เว็บไซต์ชื่อ www.ไทยช่วยไทยพลัส.th เปิดให้ประชาชนที่มีคุณสมบัติตามหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขที่ กระทรวงการคลัง กำหนด สามารถกดรับสิทธิบน \"เป๋าตัง\" หากยืนยันตัวตนและอัปเดตแอปฯ \"เป๋าตัง\" สามารถกดยืนยันรับสิทธิทำตาม 3 ขั้นตอนดังนี้ ได้เงินชัวร์\n\nเมื่อได้รับสิทธิแล้วไม่ต้องดำเนินการอะไร รอเติมเงินในช่อง G-Wallet เพื่อเริ่มใช้จ่าย 1 มิ.ย.69",
"source": {
"uri": "thansettakij.com",
"dataType": "news",
"title": "https://www.thansettakij.com/"
},
"authors": [],
"concepts": [],
"categories": [],
"image": "https://medias.thansettakij.com/uploads/images/md/2026/05/ZLQZ6D70GuR6ewYZLzTb.webp",
"eventUri": null,
"sentiment": null,
"wgt": 517357069,
"relevance": 1
},
{
"uri": "9231666375",
"lang": "tha",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-05-24",
"time": "22:10:44",
"dateTime": "2026-05-24T22:10:44Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-05-24T22:10:31Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.sanook.com/money/951403/",
"title": "เปิดลงทะเบียนไทยช่วยไทยพลัส รับสิทธิ 4,000 บาทแล้ว!",
"body": "เปิดลงทะเบียนไทยช่วยไทยพลัส ผ่านแอปฯ เป๋าตัง รับสิทธิ 4,000 บาท แล้วตอนนี้\n\nรัฐบาลเปิดลงทะเบียนไทยช่วยไทยพลัส ผ่านแอปฯ เป๋าตัง แล้วตั้งแต่วันนี้ (25 พ.ค. 69) เวลา 06.00 น. โดยจำกัดจำนวนสิทธิ 30 ล้านคน\n\nสำหรับผู้ประกอบการรายย่อย ร้านค้าชุมชน และธุรกิจท้องถิ่น สามารถเข้าร่วมโครงการเพื่อเพิ่มยอดขายได้ตามเงื่อนไขต่อไปนี้:\n\nกลุ่มธุรกิจที่ \"ยังไม่สามารถ\" เข้าร่วมโครงการในรอบนี้ได้: ร้านนวด, สปา, ร้านทำเล็บ และร้านทำผม\n\nมาตรการร่วมจ่าย 60/40 ในครั้งนี้ ครอบคลุมสินค้าและบริการที่หลากหลายในระดับชุมชน ได้แก่:\n\nหากประชาชนหรือผู้ประกอบการร้านค้ามีข้อสงสัย สามารถติดต่อศูนย์ช่วยเหลือผ่านธนาคารกรุงไทย ได้ดังนี้:",
"source": {
"uri": "sanook.com",
"dataType": "news",
"title": "www.sanook.com"
},
"authors": [],
"concepts": [],
"categories": [],
"image": "https://s.isanook.com/mn/0/ud/190/951403/new-thumbnail1200x720-v2(83).jpg?ip/crop/w1200h700/q80/jpg",
"eventUri": null,
"sentiment": null,
"wgt": 517356644,
"relevance": 1
},
{
"uri": "9231662591",
"lang": "tha",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-05-24",
"time": "22:05:17",
"dateTime": "2026-05-24T22:05:17Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-05-24T22:05:06Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.posttoday.com/international-news/742884",
"title": "ทรัมป์ย้ำไม่เร่งดีลอิหร่าน ยันสหรัฐยังคงปิดช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ",
"body": "โดนัลด์ ทรัมป์ ยืนยันสหรัฐยังไม่รีบทำข้อตกลงกับอิหร่าน พร้อมคงมาตรการปิดล้อมช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ ท่ามกลางวิกฤตพลังงานโลกที่ยังตึงเครียด\n\nโดนัลด์ ทรัมป์ ประธานาธิบดีสหรัฐอเมริกา เปิดเผยเมื่อวันอาทิตย์ที่ผ่านมา ว่าได้สั่งการให้คณะผู้แทนเจรจาของสหรัฐ \"ไม่ต้องเร่งรีบ\" ในการบรรลุข้อตกลงกับ อิหร่าน แม้ก่อนหน้านี้จะมีสัญญาณเชิงบวกเกี่ยวกับความเป็นไปได้ของการบรรลุข้อตกลงสันติภาพ เพื่อยุติความขัดแย้งที่ยืดเยื้อมานานกว่า 3 เดือน\n\nทรัมป์ระบุผ่านแพลตฟอร์ม Truth Social ว่า มาตรการปิดล้อมเรืออิหร่านของสหรัฐบริเวณช่องแคบฮอร์มุซจะ \"ยังคงมีผลอย่างเต็มรูปแบบ\" จนกว่าจะมีการทำข้อตกลงที่ผ่านการรับรองและลงนามอย่างเป็นทางการ พร้อมย้ำว่า \"ทั้งสองฝ่ายจำเป็นต้องใช้เวลาและทำทุกอย่างให้ถูกต้อง\"\n\nด้านรัฐบาลอิหร่านยังไม่มีท่าทีตอบสนองอย่างเป็นทางการ แต่สำนักข่าวทัสนิม ซึ่งมีความใกล้ชิดกับกองกำลังพิทักษ์การปฏิวัติอิสลาม ระบุว่า สหรัฐยังคงขัดขวางประเด็นสำคัญบางส่วนของการเจรจา โดยเฉพาะข้อเรียกร้องของเตหะรานในการปลดล็อกเงินทุนที่ถูกอายัดในต่างประเทศ\n\nก่อนหน้านี้เพียงหนึ่งวัน ทรัมป์กล่าวว่าสหรัฐและอิหร่าน \"เจรจาบันทึกความเข้าใจได้เกือบเสร็จสิ้นแล้ว\" ซึ่งจะนำไปสู่การเปิดช่องแคบฮอร์มุซอีกครั้ง เส้นทางเดินเรือสำคัญที่เคยรองรับการขนส่งน้ำมันและก๊าซธรรมชาติเหลวเกือบ 20% ของโลกก่อนเกิดสงคราม",
"source": {
"uri": "posttoday.com",
"dataType": "news",
"title": "โพสต์ทูเดย์"
},
"authors": [],
"concepts": [
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 2,
"label": {
"eng": "Oil"
}
},
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 2,
"label": {
"eng": "Natural gas"
}
}
],
"categories": [
{
"uri": "news/Business",
"label": "news/Business",
"wgt": 58
}
],
"image": "https://image.posttoday.com/uploads/images/md/2026/05/wQoGXM3uBP1q6Acbno8M.webp",
"eventUri": null,
"sentiment": null,
"wgt": 517356317,
"relevance": 1
},
{
"uri": "9231661511",
"lang": "eng",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2026-05-24",
"time": "22:04:12",
"dateTime": "2026-05-24T22:04:12Z",
"dateTimePub": "2026-05-24T21:50:00Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3260193/new-stimulus-registration-opens-today",
"title": "New stimulus registration opens today",
"body": "Registration for the \"Thais Help Thais Plus 60/40\" scheme opens today from 6am for both merchants and ordinary citizens, with the government subsidising up to 60% of purchases in an effort to stimulate the grassroots economy nationwide.\n\nSpeaking on Sunday, deputy government spokeswoman Lalida Pherdwiwatthana said the government had established clear registration procedures for shops, small businesses and public transport operators to ensure participation is convenient, transparent and verifiable.\n\nMerchant registration will remain open from Monday until July 31.\n\nBusinesses that previously participated in the \"Khon La Khrueng Plus\" scheme can immediately confirm their participation through the Tung Ngern mobile app.\n\nMerchants who did not participate in the earlier programme must register at service points jointly operated by the Interior Ministry and Krung Thai Bank or at any Krung Thai Bank branch nationwide. Applicants are required to open an account as Tung Ngern merchants and submit the necessary documents.\n\nNew merchant applicants must also verify their business category, obtain certification and complete document submission at designated service points.\n\nPublic transport operators, including electric rail systems, buses, public boats and affiliated transport services, can apply directly through the Tung Ngern app.\n\nSuccessful applicants will receive SMS confirmation. A \"Thais Help Thais Plus\" banner will then appear in the Tung Ngern app, enabling merchants to accept programme conditions and begin receiving payments between June 1 and Sept 30 from 6am to 11pm.\n\nEligible participants include food and beverage outlets, general retailers, blue-flag shops, community stores, public transport operators and small legal entities with annual revenue of no more than 1.8 million baht.\n\nFranchise convenience stores and businesses operating as sales agents are excluded.\n\nEligible purchases cover food, beverages, general goods and public transport services. Excluded items include lottery tickets, alcoholic drinks, tobacco, vouchers, prepaid cards and advance-payment services.\n\nGeneral public registration also opens Monday and runs until Sept 29, or until the 30 million-participant quota is filled.\n\nApplicants must be citizens aged 18 or older, must not hold welfare cards and must not have been suspended from the programme. Benefits may be used from June 1 to Sept 30.\n\n\"The government is placing importance on facilitating small-scale entrepreneurs alongside ensuring transparency, so that the Thais Help Thais Plus 60/40 scheme will serve as a key mechanism to stimulate the grassroots economy and generate widespread circulation of income in communities,\" Ms Lalida said.",
"source": {
"uri": "bangkokpost.com",
"dataType": "news",
"title": "Bangkok Post"
},
"authors": [],
"concepts": [
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_people",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 5,
"label": {
"eng": "Thai people"
}
},
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 4,
"label": {
"eng": "Public transport"
}
},
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 4,
"label": {
"eng": "Mobile app"
}
},
{
"uri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidy",
"type": "wiki",
"score": 3,
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The shop now requires prescriptions and has hired a doctor to visit several times a week to verify documentation.\n\n\"Employing the doctor is an added cost, which means everything has been made more expensive,\" an employee said.\n\n\"But it's what we have to do to stay within the regulations.\"\n\nThe worker said the prescription requirement had discouraged some customers, citing privacy concerns.\n\n\"To get a prescription, they have to give all their details, and they don't want to do that because they're worried they'll get in trouble,\" he said.\n\nDespite these efforts, enforcement appears limited.\n\n\"Even if customers get stopped by police without a prescription, I've seen they're given softer treatment if they're tourists,\" he said.\n\n\"The police will give them a warning.\"\n\nJust metres away, another dispensary had taken a different view.\n\nA staff member said operations had not been significantly affected because the shop's licence remains valid for three more years.\n\nEarlier in April, the Public Health Ministry said cannabis businesses would have a three-year transition period to convert into medical-style clinics, in line with licence expiry cycles.\n\nPrescriptions needed\n\nUnder the regulations, all shops are required to sell only to customers with prescriptions, regardless of licence status.\n\nAsked whether customers needed prescriptions, the worker gave no clear answer.\n\n\"It's very much based on the shop and the customer,\" he said.\n\nHe added that strictly limiting sales to medical users would hurt business.\n\n\"If all stores only catered to medicinal users, they wouldn't get any business,\" he said.\n\nElsewhere, another dispensary worker backed tighter regulation but said cannabis should remain legal. 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