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Authoritarians' brave new cities
Oped, Published on 23/09/2025
» Few policy ideas are as radical -- or as misleadingly packaged -- as "freedom cities". Championed by Silicon Valley's techno-libertarian elite and recently embraced by right-wing politicians like Donald Trump, the idea is to create digitally powered, master-planned enclaves of deregulated innovation.
Chinese cluster now world's top innovation hotspot: UN
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» GENEVA - Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday.
The triality of light
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 27/08/2025
» In today's digital age and AI technology, impossible photographs become more common. However, back in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s when technology was not as advanced, creating artistic photographs was a huge challenge.
Future utopias stumble over governance
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal.
Agency keen to see 2 more unicorns by 2027
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 07/08/2025
» The National Innovation Agency (NIA) wants to see two new unicorn startups emerge by 2027, particularly from businesses involved in the field of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).
Creative destruction
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/06/2025
» Salinee Hanvareevongsilp's family moved home for a job opportunity when she was five and the land was subsequently developed into Siam Square in 1965. Still, it remained her favourite haunt. She frequented three movie theatres in the area -- Siam, Scala and Lido. In Matthayom 3, she protested against Japanese goods on Rama I Road.
Is the writing on the wall for United Thai Nation?
Published on 15/06/2025
» The United Thai Nation (UTN) Party, the epitome of the ultra-right, is likely to break apart due to irreconcilable internal conflict, with some observers predicting it may not even last until the next general election.
Making sense of the new global economy
Oped, Published on 13/06/2025
» As the world becomes more volatile and confusing, policymakers, business leaders and investors will need to rethink the mental models they use to analyse the global economy. Specifically, they should pay attention to three structural dynamics that are altering the global landscape: capital flows, demographic shifts and political ideology, which are ushering in a more fragmented and siloed world.
Rising rents threaten the vibrant street food scene of the once-booming Banthat Thong Road
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/06/2025
» As night fell, neon signs gradually lit up Instagrammable restaurants and cafes. Despite pouring rain, tourists were taking photos of a dessert shop's logo of a boy holding a bun at an iconic intersection. Some eateries were teeming with customers, with a long queue of them spilling onto the sidewalk. Some, less popular, saw staff sitting idle. Others put up advertisement for lease.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.