Showing 1-10 of 102 results
-
New weekend train services to Pattaya
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/03/2018
» The State Railway of Thailand will launch new train services to Pattaya and Sattahip on Saturdays and Sundays to boost tourism in the eastern region.
-
The challenge of big-city diversity
News, Published on 06/03/2018
» Migration is a fundamental force shaping many of our societies today. Indeed, it is now more important in determining the demographics of cities than fertility and mortality.
-
CIMBT envisions massive profit uptick to B12-15bn
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/03/2018
» CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) aims to dramatically boost its pre-provision operating profit (PPOP) to a range of 12-15 billion baht, hoping to meet its goal of upgrading to a mid-tier bank under its mid-term business plan through 2021.
-
A big Hollywood night in a #MeToo moment
Life, Published on 06/03/2018
» The first Oscars of Hollywood's post-Harvey Weinstein era took care of its serious business at the start. As the 90th Academy Awards got under way on Sunday night, host Jimmy Kimmel addressed the sexual harassment scandals that have rocked Hollywood.
-
Spouses and tax demands
Business, Published on 06/03/2018
» Last year we were treated to some tortuous legal arguments about whether the Revenue Department could try to collect tax from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on a share sale, even if it was made through the stock market, based on a summons issued to his son many years ago.
-
Injustice can't just be washed away
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/03/2018
» The graffiti showing a black leopard with a silence sign on a wall near Sukhumvit soi 58 was erased soon after it went on display. A swift and convenient end to the "trouble'' for whoever had it whitewashed? You have your spray paints, I have mine. You can create street art, I can kill it.
-
Kiradech achieves career-high top 5
Sports, Published on 06/03/2018
» Mexico City: Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat achieved a career-high finish with a tied fifth outing after a pulsating final day at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship on Sunday, won by American Phil Mickelson.
-
Killer rhythms from the Congo
Life, John Clewley, Published on 06/03/2018
» The influence of Congolese rumba, sometimes called soukous in the Anglophonic world, on East and Southern African music is considerable. You can hear the influence of Congolese guitars on Kenyan, Zimbabwean and Tanzanian popular music. Indeed, in my last column I wrote about how this guitar-based sound had even influenced the music of Orchestra Marrabenta in Mozambique.
-
Ready to kill
Life, Lary Wallace, Published on 06/03/2018
» Doug Stanhope is a comedian who once sat on an entire hunk of material while waiting for the pertinent statute of limitations to pass. And once you know that, you're on the road to knowing everything you need to about this singularly crude and coarse stand-up, soon making a stop in Bangkok on his first Asian tour. He's playing the Magners International Comedy Festival on March 17, at the Westin Grande Sukhumvit, and you just know he's going to charge the ballroom-size venue with a sense of ever-potential danger -- the thrilling knowledge that the very next syllable might transgress some sacrosanct threshold of taste and tact.
-
Xi risks scaring Asia back into Washington's orbit
News, Published on 06/03/2018
» One thing seems certain about Xi Jinping's move to establish himself as China's dictator for life: The bolder and more openly assertive foreign policy he has pursued since taking power five years ago is here to stay. The conventional wisdom is that the US, its Asian allies, and the broader international order are thus in for a rough stretch, as China demands its place in the sun. "Xi's consolidation of power," writes my Bloomberg View colleague James Stavridis, "will make China an even more formidable competitor." Less appreciated, though, is that this approach could also end badly for China, because Mr Xi may be overplaying his country's hand.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links
Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?
