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    KBank Launches 100 Billion Baht Climate Strategy

    Published on 19/03/2024

    » KASIKORNBANK has launched KBank Climate Strategy 2024, which aims to support Thai businesses as they transition and embrace new business models in the “Climate Game” era, where business value is based not on profits alone, but also environmental and social factors. KBank is working towards the net-zero goal, through both green operations under international standards and green finance. The Bank continues providing sustainable financing and investment to reach 100 billion Baht in 2024 while also studying and preparing environmental solutions across all dimensions to comprehensively meet business needs, including consulting, carbon accounting and carbon ecosystem services. These initiatives are aimed at helping businesses in their decarbonization journey amid the proliferation of environmental regulations both globally and in Thailand, in order to seize the opportunities that will arise in the drive towards the net-zero economy.

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    Thailand to ban maize from field-burning countries

    Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/03/2024

    » The cabinet on Tuesday approved a ban on maize imports from areas where farmers burn-off their fields, with enabling legislation to take effect this year.

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    Singapore politician charged for lying

    Bloomberg News, Published on 19/03/2024

    » SINGAPORE - Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh was charged with two counts under the Parliament Act in connection with a lying scandal involving a former member of parliament.

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    How AI could reshape world of medicine

    Oped, Published on 19/03/2024

    » On a recent international trip, I found myself running late to the airport. Not being fluent in the local language, I used a translation app that enabled me to convey the urgency of my situation to the taxi driver. The app's camera feature also allowed me to understand the road signs, providing real-time updates.

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    Empowering Thais Against Unplanned Pregnancies

    Published on 18/03/2024

    » The Department of Health and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, in partnership with Organon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., have inaugurated the “RakTuaYaKluaFang” campaign. This initiative aims not only to curb unintended pregnancies in Thailand but also to transform community and family perceptions about implant contraception. It advocates that choosing implant contraception reflects self-love and social responsibility. The campaign supports the government's strategy to reduce adolescent pregnancies. The launch event was presided over by Dr. Bunyarit Sukrat, Director of the Bureau of Reproductive Health, with Dr. Sunthorn Sunthornchart, Director General of the Department of Health, and Mr. Koen C. Kruijtbosch, Managing Director of Organon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., also in attendance at the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit.

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    Labour scams carry cost

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2024

    » For far too long, Thailand has grappled with the insidious issue of human trafficking. This heinous crime has tarnished the country's reputation -- not to mention diminishing the country's competitiveness on the global stage.

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    Seeking politics of solidarity under Putin's regime

    News, Published on 18/03/2024

    » In 2013, when I was 13, one of the oldest comedy TV programmes in Russia released a sketch in which a group of musicians performed a version of Queen's I Want to Break Free satirising the country.

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    What’s New for the Thailand Elite Visa in 2024

    Published on 18/03/2024

    » New updates to Thailand’s premier long-term visa option: Thailand Privilege Elite Visa, the easiest and most rewarding way to stay in the Kingdom

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    30,000 illegally-imported pairs of trousers worth B6m seized

    Online Reporters, Published on 17/03/2024

    » Police in charge of economic crimes have confiscated 30,000 elephant-patterned trousers from a warehouse in Bang Khuntien district of Bangkok.

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    Angkhana fights on after 20 long years

    News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2024

    » During the peak of the violence in the Deep South, prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was abducted and disappeared without a trace on March 12, 2004. Despite two decades having passed, truth and justice remain elusive, compounding his family's pain stemming from an unjust justice system.

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