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Is Asean now a new 'balancing wheel'?
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 15/07/2025
» Last week's Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting reflects its continued relevance in an increasingly unstable world. Amid US unilateralism and US President Donald Trump's tariff nationalism, Asean has reasserted itself as a balancing wheel -- a stabilising force on which its dialogue partners can still depend.
Communities to serve up goodies galore
Business, Published on 03/07/2025
» Central Retail Corporation and Central Pattana, in collaboration with Central Tham, a sustainable development initiative, jointly present the 12th Jingjai Mahanakorn event at CentralWorld.
No more Social Security Fund secrecy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/06/2025
» The latest finding showing the Social Security Fund (SSF) purchased the SKYY9 building in Bangkok at double the market value has put a huge question mark over the governance of the country's biggest pension fund.
Investor confidence makes headway in May
Business, Published on 13/06/2025
» The Investor Confidence Index, which is measured by the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco), improved to the neutral zone in May from bearish sentiment a month earlier, reflecting hopes that government stimulus would revitalise a slowing economy.
In the abode of tigers
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/06/2025
» Jaipur, India's Pink City, is world renowned for its gemstone industry. However, in Jaipur's Nahargarh lurks another one of the subcontinent's gems and its national animal. It is also home to one of India's 58 protected tiger reserves and the majestic Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), among other animals like Asiatic lions.
Poonphol champions innovation and sustainable growth
Business, Boonsong Lipimas, Published on 28/05/2025
» For over 80 years, Poonphol Group has been woven into the fabric of Thailand's economy -- growing, adapting, and contributing meaningfully to society.
Violence tests peace hopes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2025
» The escalating violence in the restive South in recent weeks is abominable. The random killings of almost a dozen people, mostly civilians, have seen the office of Chularajmontri -- the highest-ranking Thai Muslim cleric, who generally stays neutral -- joining condemnation of such acts.
Investors still deemed bearish
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/04/2025
» The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations' (Fetco) investor confidence index (ICI) remained in the bearish zone last month, with the local economic slowdown, the trade war, and international conflicts being the main factors limiting confidence.
Investor confidence in bearish zone on external factors
Business, Published on 14/03/2025
» The investor confidence index (ICI) measured by the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco) retreated to the bearish zone in February from neutral a month earlier as international conflicts, inflation and the local economic slowdown weigh on sentiment.
Graffiti legends unite
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 26/02/2025
» Josh Franklin, better known as Stash, a legendary graffiti artist from New York, brought his graffiti aesthetics to the collaborative exhibition "Namecaps: Spaceman", in which he joined forces with Jahan Loh, a contemporary artist from Singapore. Held at Event Hall, Central Chidlom, "Namecaps: Spaceman" showcases art pieces in an East-meets-West concept that delivers compelling storytelling about the past and the future.