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Would you take B30 million from a dead person's account?
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 14/10/2025
» When the promise of easy money appears, can anyone truly escape the cost?
The Cycle of “Bribery” Unlocking Licences
Published on 08/10/2025
» Starting a construction business – or any business – is a dream for many and a powerful engine that drives a nation’s economy. Yet those dreams often collide with complex and time-consuming government licensing procedures. What should ensure fairness and compliance instead becomes a major barrier that causes delays, frustration, and, more critically, opens the door to a deeply rooted problem: bribery. This silent force undermines trust and erodes national credibility.
Southeast Asia amid the US-China rift
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/10/2025
» The rivalry between the United States and China has become the defining contest of the 21st century. Barely two decades ago, Washington and Beijing were partners in prosperity. America's support for China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 epitomised the high-water mark of engagement, reflecting the belief that economic integration would lead to greater political cooperation. Today, that partnership has morphed into suspicion and confrontation. Relations between the United States and China have deteriorated so swiftly that many observers now describe them as locked in a "new Cold War". The more pressing question, however, is not whether this analogy holds, but whether confrontation can be managed short of outright conflict.
YouTube Works Awards 2025 celebrates Thai creativity that drives real business results
Komsan Jandamit, Published on 25/09/2025
» YouTube has crowned the most impactful and creative campaigns in Thailand at the YouTube Works Awards 2025, spotlighting how brands and creators are turning views into value. The awards reaffirm YouTube’s position as the No.1 platform for return on investment (ROI), delivering 2.9x higher ROI than TV and 1.6x more than other social platforms.
Young Thais ‘able to save less than 10% of their income’
Online Reporters, Published on 23/09/2025
» A new survey into financial attitudes and behaviours among young Thais has revealed that most are able to save less than 10% of their monthly income, underscoring the heavy financial pressures caused by rising living costs and limited earning potential.
A crime drama of quality
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/09/2025
» In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent leads a task force determined to stop a string of violent robberies carried out by an unlikely family. That's the central premise of Task, a seven-episode limited series starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey. The show is emotional, gritty and tense -- one of the new crime dramas that may well be worth your binge time.
New movies out this week: Sept 18-24
Guru, Published on 18/09/2025
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
China's flying cars collide at air show
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/09/2025
» CHANGCHUN — Two flying cars from a unit of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng Inc reportedly collided when airborne at a rehearsal for the Changchun air show, raising fresh questions over the safety of the technology.
The postwar era's first democratic authoritarian
Oped, Published on 08/09/2025
» The 78th anniversary of India's independence last month offers an opportunity to recall one of the most insidious moments in the country's post-independence history: prime minister Indira Gandhi's 1975 decision to declare an emergency and suspend civil liberties. A new book by political scientist Srinath Raghavan, Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India, not only revisits that fateful move, but also traces its lasting impact half a century later.
Sinner and Alcaraz set for gripping third act in US Open final
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» NEW YORK - Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the world's undisputed top two players, will square off in a third straight Grand Slam final on Sunday at the US Open with President Donald Trump in attendance.