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'Sovereignty before peace talks'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2025
» Now is not the right time for Thailand to engage in peace talks with Cambodia, as priority must be to restore stability and protect national sovereignty, said Thammasat University academics on Thursday.
Ananda Secures Strong Demand for New Bonds
Published on 11/12/2025
» Strong investor appetite has underscored renewed confidence in Thailand’s urban condominium market, with Ananda Development Public Company Limited (ANAN) successfully issuing two new secured bonds. The offerings—comprising tenors of one year and nine months at 6.90%, and two years and three months at 7.20%, with quarterly interest payments—were made available to institutional and/or high-net-worth investors. Demand exceeded THB 1,500 million, highlighting investors’ trust in Ananda’s solid fundamentals and long-term growth prospects.
Straddling two worlds
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/12/2025
» When I visited Istanbul for the first time, I learned a joke from Gocke, my local guide, who goes to work by undersea train every day. "But you can't see anything," she laughed. For her, it takes only four minutes to cross from Asia to Europe, under the Bosphorus Strait that divides the ancient city.
Mass transit preferred
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/12/2025
» The fierce resistance against the idea of turning the Kasetsart tunnel–Ngamwongwan Road–Phong Phet Bridge into part of a double deck expressway should remind the Ministry of Transport to embrace public participation early when it comes to such projects rather than obsessing over the top-down decision-making process.
Narrative challenged
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2025
» Re: "Thailand's delicate stance with Israel", (Opinion, Dec 9). As a Jew living in Thailand for over 20 years, I must admit I was not happy with what I read. Indeed, found a number of statements to be offensive: The second paragraph implies that Israel's response to the terrorist attack on Oct 7, 2023, was "genocide" -- a term coined in 1944 to describe Hitler's campaign to exterminate all European Jews, and defined as "the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group".
Indonesia pushes back on Bali’s plan to ban Airbnb rentals
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2025
» JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has pushed back on Bali’s plan to ban Airbnb Inc rentals, saying such services are needed to foster tourism in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Value of martech niche set to hit B5bn by year-end
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 10/12/2025
» The market value of the key opinion leader (KOL)-influencer marketing technology (martech) sector is expected to hit 5 billion baht by the end of 2025.
Bonus, benefits dispute settled, Daikin ends lockout
Post Reporters, Published on 09/12/2025
» Daikin Industries (Thailand) Co has reached agreement with its labour union, ending a dispute over bonuses and benefits, and ended its mass lockout of employees, Labour Minister Treenuch Thienthong announced on Tuesday.
Forecast: Heavy rain in the South, chilly winds in the North
Online Reporters, Published on 09/12/2025
» Many provinces in the South will experience torrential rain from Thursday into Tuesday next week, with a warning for people in risk areas to prepare for flash floods and forest runoff.
Myanmar's complex civil conflict creating unlikely alliances among enemies
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» YANGON — A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar's pro-democracy People's Defence Force (PDF) says many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.