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Push to promote SME, community products abroad
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/05/2024
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai provided a policy briefing this week for overseas commercial counsellors to work with provincial commerce officers to promote Thai SMEs' (small and medium-sized enterprises) products and soft power -- including the food and content industries -- amid geopolitical tensions and changing consumer behaviour.
The CEO of tomorrow: Leadership transition in dynamic times
Published on 27/05/2024
» As we continue to navigate the complexities of our global, interconnected world, I find myself reflecting more often on the profound changes reshaping the landscape of leadership.
Thaksin warmly received in Korat
Published on 25/05/2024
» Thaksin Shinawatra was warmly received when he arrived in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday for the first time in 17 years, with red-shirt supporters cheering and shouting “We love Thaksin” at the airport.
China stages mock missile strikes on Taiwan, jets with live missiles used in drills
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2024
» BEIJING/TAIPEI - China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers on Friday, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te.
Exports rebound to record 6.8% growth in April
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/05/2024
» Thai exports rebounded to growth in April, following a sharp 10.9% decline in March, driven by the improving global economy and an easing of the average inflation rate worldwide.
Bogus ‘healers’ could face legal action
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/05/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health has warned people who claim to have healing powers that they can face charges with jail terms of up to eight years.
China-ASEAN Cultural Exchange Celebrates One-Year Milestone
Published on 23/05/2024
» Reignwood Cultural Foundation organised the significant event, "The 2nd China-ASEAN Cultural Exchange Event of 2024," on the occasion of International Museum Day, marking the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of the "East-West Cultural Exchange Center" in Reignwood Park. This event unveiled future plans and aims to elevate cooperation in the healthcare industry, trade economy, and culture between China and Thailand, transforming a new dimension of China-Thailand development cooperation for sustainable growth. The event was honoured by the presence of Mr. Jakkapong Sangmanee, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office, and Mr. Krisda Tanterdtit, Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, as well as representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, the Chairman of the Chinese Cultural Relics Association, and the Vice Chairman of China News Service. The senior management of the Reignwood Group warmly welcomed the attendees.
SEA eyes next 20 years of US-China ties
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 21/05/2024
» What will Southeast Asia be like over the next two decades? Given the unpredictable geopolitical situation, the region will certainly maintain its strategic autonomy in ways that mitigate the ripple effects of the emerging new international order. The multipolar world will be a new ballgame that Southeast Asia has to grapple with. Interestingly, the region's countries also realise that the competition between the US and China is not likely to subside given the tit-for-tat measures they have been conducting with each other. Under such circumstances, what role or leadership can Southeast Asia provide under the Asean roof to ensure that the region will not be marginalised or weaponised? To be precise, how can Asean avoid becoming a pawn in the US-China whirlpool?
PM courts investors in Italy
News, Published on 18/05/2024
» Thailand and Italy will push for further cooperation in the fields of renewable energy, sports tourism, medical science, pharmaceuticals, and defence, according to deputy government spokeswoman Radklao Intawong Suwankiri.
The popular decimation of India's democracy
Oped, Pranab Bardhan, Published on 18/05/2024
» India's ongoing parliamentary election, in which nearly a billion people casting their votes over a six-week period, should represent an extraordinary exercise of democracy. The bleak reality, however, is that the election appears poised to consolidate a decade-long process of democratic decay, which has included the decimation of liberal institutions and practices and weakening of political competition. After all, the leader who has presided over this process -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- remains wildly popular.