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SCBAM sets ambitious growth goal
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/04/2025
» SCB Asset Management (SCBAM) wants to grow its assets under management (AUM) by 10-15% to 2 trillion baht this year, maintaining its position as the top asset manager in Thailand's mutual fund industry.
Time to dump Trump's flawed negotiation playbook
Oped, Published on 04/04/2025
» The best negotiators are never the loudest people in the room. They are the ones who can discern interests, create trust, and build lasting relationships.
Remembering a journo like no other
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 04/04/2025
» Gwen Robinson was a quintessential journalist who probed for the best scoop and pried for the juiciest gossip, an old-style old hand the likes of which we are unlikely to see again. In the new contentious era of geopolitical conflict and geoeconomic tension underpinned by American economic nationalism, Robinson's journalist craft over more than four decades explaining and linking Asia and the West will be sorely missed.
Paradise lost
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/04/2025
» In Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes' beguiling travelogue set in 1917, a British diplomat in Burma journeys across Southeast Asia, hopping from country to country, to avoid an encounter with his fiancée. Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) is a colonial officer who, struck by an inexplicable premonition or a case of cold feet, decides to flee Mandalay just before his sweetheart Molly (Crista Alfaiate) is due to arrive. He boards a ship to Singapore, then a train to Bangkok -- it derails on the way, but still makes it -- and onwards to Saigon, Manila, Osaka and Chongqing. Molly, pursuing him, would repeat a more or less similar route.
Rubio says US committed to NATO - but tells allies to spend more
AFP, Published on 03/04/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told nervous NATO members on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance, but said they must agree to massively ramp up their spending targets for defence.
US tariffs ‘to cost Thai economy B360bn’
Published on 03/04/2025
» Reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States could result in economic losses for Thailand of 359 billion baht, reducing gross domestic product (GDP) by nearly 2%, according to the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
The Studio Park Unveils Thailand’s Largest Film Studio
Published on 03/04/2025
» Mr. Chayanont Ulit, Managing Director of The Studio Park (Thailand) Co., Ltd., said that the company was deeply honoured to host a delegation of 70 representatives from the Department of International Trade Promotion worldwide including the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Denmark, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. Additionally, representatives from the Thailand Film Office (TFO) visited the operations of The Studio Park, a soundstage provider and Thailand’s largest filming location, which spans 345,600 square meters in Samut Prakan.
Collapse site rescuers hear faint calls for help
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/04/2025
» Rescuers heard soft calls for help and responding knocks from beneath the rubble of the collapsed State Audit Office site in Chatuchak district of Bangkok late Wednesday night, according to Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
Pattaya hotels see post-quake surge in guests
Published on 03/04/2025
» Local travellers flocked to Pattaya last weekend to escape the earthquake impact, leading to full occupancy for most properties, but Hua Hin hoteliers failed to benefit from the exodus from Bangkok as people remain concerned about travel safety on Rama II Road.
TCMA Launches Thailand CCUS Alliance for Net Zero
Published on 03/04/2025
» The Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA), together with the National Nanotechnology Center of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and its partners from government agencies, industry, research institutions, and academia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Thailand Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Alliance (TCCA). The initiative will advance Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) technology to help the cement industry achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.