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US embassies to press arms sales
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new "Buy American" plan that calls for US military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, going beyond the assistance they currently provide, US officials said.
Zootopia
News, Postbag, Published on 09/01/2018
» Samanea Saman in his Jan 8 letter, "Zoo park needed", is worried that the land occupied by Dusit zoo will be turned into a shopping complex, or skyscrapers, or both. Don't be.
Mekong countries eye bold new future
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 09/01/2018
» When lead characters in a Chinese kung fu movie drink wine from the same cup, they are considered sworn brothers. They will fight and die together. Will all six riparian countries of the Lancang, or Mekong (Lan-Mei), share the same spirit of camaraderie as they all live on this magnificent river? There may be ominous signs during the Second Summit of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) on Jan 10-11 in Phnom Penh.
Thai Volvo predicts strong 2018 sales tally
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 09/01/2018
» Swedish brand Volvo Car Thailand has a positive outlook on sales performance for 2018, predicting sales of 1,500 vehicles after posting a strong performance last year.
BoT signs currency swap with China
Business, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Bank of Thailand has reached an agreement to extend bilateral currency swap worth 70 billion yuan (370 billion baht) with the People's Bank of China (PBC) for another three years.
Disruptive tech to impact negotiations
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/01/2018
» With the arrival of disruptive technology, negotiators say trade talks will no longer centre on only tariff and non-tariff measures, social issues, labour, human rights and geopolitics, but also strategic partnerships in the services sector, intellectual property, value-added goods, technology transfers and human resource development.
Singapore arrests 17, seizes millions in Shell oil 'heist'
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Seventeen men have been arrested and millions of dollars in cash seized as part of an investigation into a suspected oil theft at Shell's biggest refinery, Singapore police said on Tuesday.
Philippines to protest to China over manmade island ‘airbase’
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation's defence minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
แชมป์แกะสลักหิมะ
Published on 09/01/2018
» ถ่ายภาพรวมกันหลังจากเดินทางถึงสนามบินสุวรรณภูมิ อาจารย์และนักเรียนวิทยาลัยอาชีวศึกษาอุบลราชธานี(ชุดเเดง) สร้างสถิติแชมป์โลก 9 สมัยให้ประเทศไทยโดยคว้าสุดยอด 2 รางวัลเกียรติยศแห่งปี ได้แก่ รางวัลชนะเลิศ และรางวัล Best Technique Award (รางวัลทักษะฝีมือใช้เทคนิคการแกะสลักยอดเยี่ยม) ถือเป็นสุดยอดรางวัลด้านงานศิลปะลวดลายไทย จากการเข้าแข่งขันแกะสลักหิมะนานาชาติ (The 10 th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest 2018) ทำให้วิทยาลัยอาชีวศึกษาอุบลราชธานี เป็นแชมป์ติดต่อกันถึง 2 สมัย และรักษาสถิติแชมป์โลกจากการเข้าแข่งขันเป็นครั้งที่ 9 ของประเทศไทย โดยมีวิทยาลัยอาชีวศึกษาสุราษฎร์ธานี(ชุดดำ) และวิทยาลัยเทคนิคสมุทรปราการ(ชุดส้ม) ที่ได้รางวัลที่ 2 ทั้ง 2 สถาบัน ร่วมถ่ายภาพด้วยPublished caption::Snowing the way... Ubon Ratchathani Vocational College students pose for a photo at Suvarnabhumi airport after returning from winning top prize at the 10th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest in China. Somchai Poomlard