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A charter change muddle
News, Published on 07/12/2024
» The increasingly complex business of getting the referendum issue sorted is fraught with technical hurdles for lawmakers who have to straighten them out.
Korean turmoil dents equity trading sentiment
Published on 07/12/2024
» RECAP: Most Asian equities fell on Friday as political turmoil in South Korea weighed on sentiment. But Chinese shares climbed to three-week highs as investors scooped up tech shares ahead of a policy meeting that will set new targets for the economy.
'No progress made' by Joint Technical Committee on Cambodia
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/12/2024
» The government has admitted that the establishment of a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) to negotiate with Cambodia on disputed maritime areas has not made any progress and is still in the process of being formed, according to Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
Brighton College Explores Music Collaboration with Mahidol University
Published on 06/12/2024
» Brighton College Bangkok’s top management team, led by Chair of the Brighton College Bangkok Board of Governors, Khun Nusara (Assakul) Banyatpiyaphod and Head Master, Mr. Nick Gallop, recently visited Mahidol University's College of Music. The visit was warmly welcomed by Dr. Narong Prangcharoen, Dean of the College of Music, and Mr. Richard Ralphs, Associate Dean for Concert Hall Management and Head of Pre-College (YAMP-Young Artists Music Program).
Rewrite 'unlikely' under current govt
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 06/12/2024
» A mandatory "cooling off" period will likely apply before the move to amend the referendum bill resumes, meaning a charter rewrite will not be finished within the tenure of the current government, according to Nikorn Chamnong, secretary of the Senate-MP joint committee.
Trump's tariff blackmail boosts Brics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/12/2024
» Even before officially taking office, United States President-elect Donald J Trump is shaking up the international system with drama and fanfare unlike any other major leader in recent memory. His most recent outburst to slap 100% tariffs on the "Brics" countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates -- is a case in point. While it will coerce developing economies to think twice about the cost of going their own way, this tariff blackmail and others like it also risk pushing smaller countries away from the US to other rival big powers, particularly China.
Mitsui Fudosan forms third local partnership
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 06/12/2024
» Japanese developer Mitsui Fudosan continues to reinvest in Thailand's property market, with a recent joint venture with SET-listed Sansiri marking its third partnership with a local developer since entering Thailand in 2013.
Panel aims to delay wage hike
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/12/2024
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is preparing to submit a petition letter to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday, asking her to delay the plan to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht on Jan 1 next year as businesses are struggling to deal with the sluggish economy.
M9 link to Nonthaburi is approved
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2024
» The cabinet has approved the new 35km M9 motorway project linking Bangkok's Bang Khunthian district with Bang Bua Thong district in Nonthaburi, Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said yesterday.
How China and Japan's values 'differ'
Oped, Published on 05/12/2024
» Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad famously saluted "Asian values" citing "diffidence" as one of the characteristics that ostensibly made Asians different, though he did so in an arrogant, attention-grabbing kind of way. More successful was his "Look East Policy", (which, from the geographic confines of Malaysia is actually the Philippines) and there was no mistaking that it was Japan that Mr Mahathir had in mind, with China hovering somewhere out of focus in the background.