Thai Enquirer News Summary – April 30, 2026 Muay Thai Championship sees new champion ‘The Iron Man’ Rodtang Jitmuangnon, former ONE Muay Thai Flyweight World Champion, was knocked out in the 5th round by Takeru Segawa, the local superstar and former 3-division K-1 world champion at the fight last night in Tokyo, Japan. The Iron Man was seen crying next to his wife after the match. Durian Drama The drama on durian continues with People’s Party MP taking loads of Durian to measure the weight of each of the fruits with the cheapest variety costing 3x of the 100 Baht that the Minister of Commerce – Suphajee, had promised to the people in her ‘masterstroke’ of public relations stunt. Unanimous Decision by MPC The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had a unanimous decision not to lower the 1% policy rates citing the higher inflation and the risk to the economic growth thanks to the Mad King of the West who today posted pix of himself with a machine gun with a slogan ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’. National Champion for Petrochem? PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC) has informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand that on April 29, the company has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC) to comprehensively explore a potential strategic formation of a joint venture of their respective olefins and polyolefins (Polyethylene, Polypropylene) businesses in Thailand. Thaksin to be free from jail but has to wear electronic monitoring (EM) Thaksin Shinawatra, a former Prime Minister, who is currently serving his sentence at Klong Prem Central Prison will be able to stay at his house as per the approval for his parole. He has been in custody since September 9, 2025, and as of April 29, 2026, has served 7 months and 20 days. He has 12 days remaining to complete two-thirds of his one-year sentence and is scheduled to be released on parole under supervision on May 11, 2026. Read Details in the Link Below - Link – https://lnkd.in/gxmdBS22 #Thailand #politics #economy #investment #war #iran #usa #oil #crude #รถถังจิตรเมืองนนท์ #รถถัง #มวย #ทาเครุ #ONESamurai1 #ONEChampionship
