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WTO at 30 after decades of challenges
Oped, Supachai Panitchpakdi, Published on 30/07/2025
» When I sat down to write an article "WTO at 10" for a commemorative book for the occasion in 2005, little did I know of the huge challenges the WTO and the multilateral trading system would have to confront in the following two decades.
Trump says fell out with Epstein because he was taking Mar-a-Lago spa staff
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because the convicted sex offender had poached staff from his club's spa, including the woman at the center of an underage sex scandal involving Prince Andrew.
Chadchart Moves to Regulate LED Sign Light Pollution
Published on 29/07/2025
» Bangkok, July 29, 2025 – Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has proposed a draft regulation to control lighting from electric signs with integrated LED systems, aiming to improve residents’ quality of life and address increasing complaints over excessive light emissions in the city.
Shippers offer mixed review of government
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/07/2025
» Dhanakorn Kasetrsuwan, chairman of the Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC), assessed the government's performance over the past year by categorising progress in three groups: achievements, pending tasks, and areas of concern.
Courting reform
News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/07/2025
» Prof Nakharin Mektrairat, president of the Constitutional Court, backs revising the selection process of his court's judges, signalling the need for structural improvements to strengthen judicial independence and transparency.
ROCTEC Amends Hello LED Deal, Declares Dividend
Published on 27/07/2025
» Bangkok, 25 July 2025 – ROCTEC Global Public Company Limited (“ROCTEC”) announced the resolutions of its 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 24 July 2025. All agenda items were duly acknowledged and approved, including a key resolution to amend the share purchase agreement of Hello Bangkok LED Co., Ltd. (“Hello LED”) between ROCTEC and Plan B Media Public Company Limited (“PLANB”), which constitutes a connected transaction. Shareholders also approved the dividend payment from the Company’s operating results for the fiscal year 2024/25.
BMA Offers Aid After Storm Damage Across Bangkok
Published on 24/07/2025
» Bangkok, July 21, 2025 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is providing urgent assistance to residents affected by heavy rainfall and strong winds that have damaged multiple areas across the capital.
Bill-blocking Senate bad for change
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2025
» The charter is unlikely to be amended under the government despite the political will to do so expressed by MPs as they hope to usher in change, according to Somkid Chueakong, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister.
House passes weekly retirement lottery bill
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/07/2025
» The House on Wednesday passed an amendment bill allowing people aged 15 and over to buy tickets in a weekly retirement lottery, with the money saved up and accessible at age 60.
Republicans seek to rename opera house after Melania Trump
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Republicans in the US House of Representatives sought Tuesday to rename the opera house in Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after First Lady Melania Trump.