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  • THAILAND

    NEP stance leaves Mingkwan in cold

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 10/02/2020

    » It is now clear where the New Economics Party (NEP) stands in the House of Representatives. The party has pulled out of the opposition bloc and re-positioned itself an independent opposition party without ruling out the possibility of joining the government camp.

  • BUSINESS

    Toyota head aims to steer EV market

    Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 29/11/2017

    » The government policy to promote the country's automotive industry as a hub for electric vehicles (EV) has Toyota Motor Thailand, the local unit of the Japanese car maker, optimistic about future hybrid car manufacturing here.

  • THAILAND

    Ex-judge denies bribe tie

    News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 30/05/2021

    » Salaikate Wattanaphan, former president of the Supreme Court, has denied any involvement in the bribery case linked to a tax dispute involving a Thai subsidiary of automaker Toyota, Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT).

  • BUSINESS

    New ministry takes on human factor

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2019

    » Suvit Maesincee is the first minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, the new ministry established as part of the previous government's bureaucratic reforms.

  • BUSINESS

    Toyota pledges $2bn for EVs in Indonesia

    Published on 19/07/2019

    » Toyota Motor Corp will lead 50 trillion rupiah (US$3.6 billion) in investments that global carmakers have pledged to plow into Indonesia’s electric-vehicle programme in the next five years, Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said.

  • LIFE

    Entrepreneur in overdrive

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019

    » Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.

  • BUSINESS

    Company man

    Asia focus, Published on 19/03/2018

    » Shinsotsu-ikkatsu-saiyo, the tradition of simultaneous recruitment and employment of new graduates by companies, has long been unique to Japan and South Korea, before the latter abolished the practice in 2010. But in the world's third largest economy it is so embedded in the culture, who's to say it's not working for the country and its people?

  • THAILAND

    Government to woo Western investors

    News, Published on 08/10/2015

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's UN trip has eased international concerns over the military coup, paving the way for other cabinet ministers to make overseas visits to boost foreign investor confidence in Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said Wednesday.

  • AUTO

    Toyota supplier sees 15-year wait for self-driving car

    Published on 24/06/2015

    » The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won’t be established until at least 2030, according to the top supplier for the world’s biggest automaker.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    A star is born

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/12/2012

    » An awkward-looking teenager from Phuket sings from his heart and takes the nation by storm to become the first The Voice Thailand champion.

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