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Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Thailand's fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/08/2014
» Thanawat Noointara was diagnosed with tuberculosis in early March at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Chest X-rays and mucus test results were all positive, and he was given first-line, or standard, anti-TB drugs.
Meeting resistance: the hard road of opposition in exile
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/06/2014
» After waiting for 90 minutes at the hotel for the man who many in the Thai establishment consider the “most dangerous mind” in politics, a white Toyota Fortuner rumbles to the entrance.
Nursing some trepidation
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/05/2014
» Filipina nurse Maria Judith Avestruz was considered lucky to land a full-time job at Manila’s semi-private Philippine Heart Centre, where she stayed for almost three years. But the pay was very low, so in October, 2012, she decided to come to Thailand, where she was accepted right away by Phyathai 2 Hospital as an international case manager.
Scientist shortage threatens competitiveness
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/04/2014
» High-school student Piriyakorn Kornpitack was certain he made the right decision when he applied for the science programme at one of the country’s most prestigious secondary schools.
Panel urges opening of Thailand's service sector
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/03/2014
» Despite the huge economic benefit to be gained, a think tank is warning that Thailand's hesitance to liberalise its service sector fully will cause economic growth to stall.
Surin: Thailand must clean up its act
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/03/2014
» Thailand's political problems and a bureaucracy that allows those with ties to move up the ladder will cause the country disadvantages once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is set up, says former Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
Triangulated cooperation key to boosting R&D
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/02/2014
» Thailand can become an Asean innovation hub if a triangulated cooperation between firms, university and government in research and development (R&D) is put in place, says a Japanese analyst.
TUF will focus on sardines
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/01/2014
» Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF), the world's largest canned tuna producer, expects revenue from sardines to increase to 10% of its total in five years from 6% now.
BoI perk requests still above 1 trillion
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/01/2014
» The combined value of projects seeking Board of Investment (BoI) privileges last year was 20% higher than the target and remained slightly above 1 trillion baht, says the investment promotion agency.