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Pattaya condo market hits the pause button
Spectrum, Published on 19/02/2017
» The condominium market in Pattaya City has been growing briskly for the past few years, with more than 7,400 units were completed and registered at the Land Department in 2015-16. At the end of 2016, a total of 73,660 units were completed and registered in the resort city.
End of the road for 'white gold' trade?
Business, Published on 13/02/2017
» Wong Lai-ngan hunches over a battered workbench, his electric rotary tool whining as he carves two phoenixes facing each other into a smooth white tusk.
Drought ends but farmers face rice woe
Spectrum, Published on 01/01/2017
» Farmers were hardest hit by the long drought in 2016. During the first half of the year, El Nino struck Southeast Asia and Thailand with the worst drought in decades. Rice fields cracked with dry soil. Farmers were competing for limited sources of water to nurture their land.
Sustainable development not only responsible but also profitable
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» When the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej developed the sufficiency economy philosophy, its main focus was on Thailand's agricultural sector; however, its fundamental principles apply to all areas of economic activity.
Vietnam: 'Supermarket' for illegal wildlife trade
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» THE HAGUE - A Vietnamese village has become "a supermarket for illegal wildlife trafficking" raking in millions of dollars, a special hearing was told Monday.
The rice man cometh
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/11/2016
» Born and raised in the rice-growing centre of Surin, Maytar Kochai, 52, is certain he knows about two things — the prized Hom Mali grain and poverty.
Getting the green light on electric cars
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016
» As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.
The logic behind record-setting land prices
Spectrum, Published on 30/10/2016
» In the property industry, it is the land market that leads the price trends for all sectors, from residential condominium prices to office and retail space rents. Given that the land price is often one of the largest components in a development project, it is the base that dictates property prices.
The quiet Chinese revolution
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/09/2016
» 'Do you have a passport?" the patrol police bluntly ask a young Chinese man in his early twenties.
Guitarist picks sad way to save mother
News, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 28/08/2016
» Young classical guitar virtuoso Irin Prechanvinit is selling a cherished musical instrument she considers her "best buddy" to pay for her mother's cancer treatment.