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Cambodia sets up China-style internet firewall
AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» Cambodia's government moved to exert near-total control over the country's online life Wednesday, setting up a national internet gateway which activists say will stifle freedom of expression and block content via a China-style firewall.
Saving the seas
Life, Published on 24/11/2020
» While the Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the global tourism industry, the popular resort town of Phuket is turning the crisis into an opportunity by remaking itself into a smart city and eco-friendly holiday destination.
TOT chipping in with SpaceX funding
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 07/10/2020
» State telecom enterprise TOT, through collaboration with strategic satellite business partner Mu Space and Advanced Technology, plans to invest 10 billion baht in the next funding round of US rocket company SpaceX's low Earth orbit (LEO) Starlink satellite project in early 2021.
Navigating a Thai path through a new cold war
News, Published on 20/06/2020
» The US and China have grown increasingly hostile to each other in rhetoric and in policy. Their competitive rivalry may degenerate into a new cold war, to the benefit of no one. The antagonistic relationship between the world's two most powerful nations presents both a new challenge and a new opportunity for Thailand.
The spirit is willing, the body even more so
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 24/05/2020
» The first time I had the opportunity to see Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, performing live was in 2015 at the 15th edition of La Primavera Sound, Barcelona's renowned summer music festival.
Policing plastic waste
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/05/2020
» Pimpan Diskul na Ayudhya is a development practitioner, who began her career with The Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage for two years. She furthered her studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she focused on international business relations and environmental policy.
Big Restaurant, Hotel Chains Won Exemption to Get Small Business Loans
Business, Published on 08/04/2020
» Shake Shack Inc. hardly seems like a small enterprise, with 7,600 employees, about $500 million in annual revenue and net income last year of $24 million. Even so, it plans to apply for a new government-guaranteed small-business loan.
The path to National Telecom
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/03/2020
» The merger of TOT and CAT into a new company, called National Telecom (NT), is believed to be the government's final push to provide a lifeline to the two state telecom enterprises.
Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
AFP, Published on 12/02/2020
» BUHERA, Zimbabwe: Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods.
2020 travel vision
B Magazine, Published on 19/01/2020
» Top 10 places from the New York Times' 52 picks of destinations to inspire, delight and motivate you to explore the world