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Some valid points here
Postbag, Published on 25/02/2024
» Re: "Taxes slashed for booze, pubs", & "Thaksin can enter politics on parole", (BP, Feb 24).
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AI set to reinforce Big Tech's dominance of economy
Oped, Published on 19/01/2024
» With long-gestating antitrust cases against Google, Apple, and Amazon coming to fruition, many observers think that 2024 could be a turning point for Big Tech. Yet even as authorities press ahead with this litigation, they risk being blindsided by the rise of artificial intelligence, which is likely to reinforce Big Tech's dominance of the economy.
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Muay Thai eyed as soft power
Post Reporters, Published on 08/12/2023
» The government plans to promote Thai traditional boxing, or Muay Thai, as one of the country’s forms of soft power.
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The myth of global grain shortages
Oped, Published on 17/08/2023
» In recent years, soaring food prices and the growing frequency and intensity of floods, droughts, and other extreme weather events have prompted warnings of a looming grain shortage, potentially spelling disaster for the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations. Although climate change poses the greatest medium to long-term threat to global food security, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is frequently cited as the immediate cause of the current hunger crisis. But this is a red herring.
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Bottoms up to clarity on alcohol laws
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 31/05/2023
» Last year on Nov 2, the Progressive Liquor Bill proposed by the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) almost won approval with 194 votes in favour of from the House of Representatives, narrowly losing by two votes to 196 against the bill.
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Embittered Thai craft beer brewers plead for justice
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 04/01/2023
» With the onerous liquor laws that have let just a few large breweries dominate the market and have forbidden entry by small-scale newcomers for decades, Chiang Mai native Saksit Sanguanphon was forced to fulfil his dream to produce his own artisanal craft beer somewhere else. He went to Laos.
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Equities revive on optimism about China reopening
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/11/2022
» RECAP: Global equities trimmed their losses yesterday as Chinese shares surged amid signs that authorities are trying harder to ease the severe economic impact of the zero-Covid policy. The MSCI index of Asian shares headed for its biggest weekly jump since July.
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VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories November 4
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/11/2022
» Seoul Halloween horror, pub boss party cash, airport congestion and liquor bill failure
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Bill to end liquor oligopoly shot down in narrow defeat
Published on 02/11/2022
» A bill aimed at liberalising the liquor industry was narrowly rejected in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, but the Move Forward Party pledged to continue the fight to open the sector to competition.
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Drunk on power
News, Editorial, Published on 02/11/2022
» The Progressive Liquor Bill -- legislation touted to break the oligopoly in the lucrative liquor industry -- is expected to be debated at its second and final readings in the House of Representatives in early November when the House reopens after a recess.
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