Deputy Finance Minister Santitarn Sathirathai said the Thai baht’s recent decline—about 8% from its January five-year high—will support exports and tourism, two key growth drivers. The move has come amid a stronger US dollar and after authorities cracked down on gold speculation and eased capital outflow rules. The baht is among Asia’s worst-performing currencies this year, behind the Philippine peso, Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah. Santitarn, a former BOT rate‑setting committee member (2023

China foreign minister Wang Yi spoke by phone with Latvia’s foreign minister on the 14th. Latvia said the two countries maintain pragmatic cooperation and expect closer communication to advance bilateral ties. Latvia reported 33 of its citizens are missing after a debris flow triggered by an ice-and-rock collapse on the Nepal side that affected Nepal and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, thanked China’s notifications and rescue efforts, and said it will coordinate with Beijing on follow-up. Wang Yi said China treats Chinese and foreign nationals equally, will continue all-out search-and-rescue operations, make every effort to locate missing Latvian and other foreign nationals, and will handle subsequent arrangements appropriately.

現貨黃金向下觸及4310美元/盎司，日內跌0.87%，現貨白銀跌1.9%，報63.22美元/盎司。