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Feeling sold down the Chao Phraya River
News, Published on 29/07/2017
» Eighty-four-year-old Orasri Silpi has warm memories of life by the river. People lived like a community along the Chao Phraya, using the river as a road, a market and a place to watch life go by at a leisurely pace.
S.Korea plans 'comfort women' museum
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2017
» SEOUL - South Korea's new gender equality and family minister said Monday a plan has been formed to establish a museum in Seoul to commemorate former Korean women forced into Japanese wartime brothels.
Observation tower kicks off on shaky ground
News, Published on 08/07/2017
» Although the project was drawn up in late 2015, the Bangkok Observation Tower didn't catch the public's attention until it was given the green light by the cabinet last week.
Calculating zero-dollar tour costs
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/06/2017
» Who will be the biggest winner in the government's decision to stamp out so-called zero-dollar tours in late 2016: businesses, the government or tourists?
Parsing e-commerce tax options
Business, Published on 19/06/2017
» E-commerce, the online trading phenomenon breaching global boundaries, has enabled companies and even individual vendors to increasingly engage in transactions with customers without any of the contacts traditionally associated with sales of goods and services.
Who gets to lease the East?
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/05/2017
» When Gunn Tattiyakul, a villager from the Bang Khla district of Chachoengasao, learned that his province was chosen as a development site for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), an ambitious government project, he couldn't help but worry.
A bitter pill to swallow
Spectrum, Published on 07/05/2017
» In December last year, rocker Artiwara Kongmalai completed a 400-kilometre charity marathon to raise funds for Bang Saphan Hospital in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Better known as Toon Bodyslam, the lead singer of rock band Bodyslam ran from Bangkok to Bang Saphan in 10 days during which he hoped to raise 63 million baht. The donations are still coming in.
One born every minute
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 30/04/2017
» Purapat Somyanarong, a business owner from Rayong, is always looking for new ways to invest his money. Although the 45-year-old entrepreneur is not a multimillionaire, he always seems to be able to find money to invest in anything that sounds like a good deal.
Asean regains its mojo
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/04/2017
» MANILA - This time a year ago, Southeast Asian nations risked descending into squabbling over how to handle China's assertiveness in their region.