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Cops up ante on foreign criminals
Published on 17/04/2024
» Authorities are ramping up their crackdown on foreign criminals who arrive in the guise of tourists and use Thailand as their base for committing crimes.
'VIP patient', court step up
Published on 08/01/2024
» The year is off to an intriguing start, with political pundits anticipating that three Constitution Court rulings this month and the potential release of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in February will shape the country's political landscape for months to come.
Why scams pack punch
News, Published on 18/09/2022
» There has been no shortage of complaints about financial scams in recent years, ranging from selling non-existent products to promising to double the money for prospective investors in a short time.
The other side of the coin
Business, Published on 10/05/2019
» The allure of the digital asset trade has declined in Thailand after bitcoin's slump, but competition in the virtual asset class is poised to grow fiercer as the regulatory environment and securities digitisation provide room for growth in the digital asset ecosystem.
School of pop
Life, Gary Boyle, Published on 14/11/2018
» If you like to argue that modern pop music sucks, here's some ammunition. Beyoncé's 2016 album Lemonade had no less than 72 writers involved, and her single Hold Up had 15 alone. Compare that with, for example, Billie Jean, whose songwriting credits in their entirety read: "M. Jackson."
Squabbling over telecom survival
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/11/2018
» The proposed merger of TOT and CAT Telecom is seen as the latest government effort to help the two troubled state telecom enterprises survive after the previous plan of splitting them into two new companies failed.
Govt tackles big sector items, but the poor still waiting
Spectrum, Published on 20/05/2018
» After almost four years in power, the military government may have been successful in some macroeconomic areas and structural changes. In terms of the household economy, however, it still faces the uphill task of easing the plight of the grassroots.
Parsing the digital gamble
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 14/05/2018
» The cryptocurrency frenzy dominated the headlines in 2017 as investors were hooked when bitcoin's value skyrocketed from US$330 (10,524 baht) to around $7,500 (238,935 baht) in just 24 months, sparking a gold rush in the virtual world.
Fending off token opposition
Business, Published on 29/01/2018
» Traditional investment assets such as bullion and equity have been superseded by initial coin offerings (ICO), a much-touted digital crowdfunding option making a big bang across the globe.
The effects of digitalisation
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2017
» This year marked a sea change with consumers became more accepting of digitalisation, especially regarding purchasing behaviour. From pre-purchase activities through to post-purchase consumption, evaluation and disposal activities, digitalisation affected all those behaviours.