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Bangkok governor responds to city plan criticism
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/02/2024
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Monday that comprehensive city planning would not benefit financiers, adding that it can be revised after opposition from civil society networks.
Tapping a vast market
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/02/2024
» The restoration of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia in 2022 following a 30-year break has created new opportunities for Thailand to tap into demand for its halal products in Middle Eastern markets.
Solar solutions
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 12/02/2024
» Four years ago, Boonyuen Siritham, president of the Thailand Consumers Council (TCC), paid around 17,000 baht to 18,000 baht monthly in petrol and electricity bills. As an environmentalist, she aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut her expenses so she decided to install a solar rooftop and switched to an electric car. Since then, she pays only 2,500 baht per month for electricity.
Council reveals mass data leak of 19.7m seniors
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 11/02/2024
» The Thailand Consumers Council is urging the Department of Older Persons (DOP) to take action and inform 19.7 million of its members that their personal data is being sold on the dark web.
Indonesia's January drought points to lower rice harvest, higher imports
Published on 02/02/2024
» JAKARTA: Indonesian farmer Wardiyono typically starts planting his small rice field in November but this season he began only in January, when rains finally arrived after months of drought caused by an especially strong El Nino weather phenomenon.
World's biggest jeweller stops using mined silver, gold
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2024
» LONDON - Pandora, the world's largest jeweller by amount of products sold, has stopped using mined silver and gold and now only manufactures with recycled precious metals, which require less energy to produce.
China's ban on Australian lobsters has Asean members clawing way into market
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/01/2024
» Southeast Asian countries are fishing for more opportunities to get their lobsters onto Chinese plates, and analysts expect that the trend will not only intensify, but it will also become increasingly difficult to reverse the longer that Beijing's protracted ban on Australian rock lobsters remains in effect.
Ministry continues to monitor product prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/01/2024
» The Commerce Ministry is keeping a close watch on prices in 18 categories in the first quarter, with costs nudging up for animal feed raw materials, the minimum wage is adjusted, and transport costs rise as a result of the Red Sea attacks.
How the Red Sea attacks affect shipping
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/01/2024
» Starting from mid-November 2023, the Houthi rebel group based in Yemen and backed by Iran has been conducting numerous attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, displaying no indication that they will relent.
Why so unpatriotic?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2024
» Re: “Please Come Back”, (Editorial Cartoon, Jan 11).