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True's decision to appoint Brekke group CEO lauded
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/03/2025
» True Corporation's decision to appoint veteran telecom executive Sigve Brekke as group chief executive represents a good move, aligning with its goal of becoming a world-class tech company, according to an industry source who requested anonymity.
Gartner: Thai IT spending gain expected to lag global rate
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 05/02/2025
» Thailand's IT spending is expected to grow at slower rate than global growth, registering nearly 1 trillion baht in 2025, driven by investment in data centres.
House passes bill to free up liquor production
Published on 15/01/2025
» The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to promote liquor production by small entrepreneurs, a move that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said would loosen the grip of Thailand’s alcoholic beverage oligopoly and support the rural economy.
Uncharted territory and a case of déjà vu
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 09/08/2024
» Another dissolution of another election winner should feel old in Thai politics. But what happened to Move Forward Party is not just déjà vu but uncharted territory. Its dissolution fits a recurrent pattern of systematic subversion of democratic institutions in favour of autocratic preferences in disregard of the will of the majority. The Constitutional Court's breakup of Move Forward also breaks new ground that is increasingly taking centre stage in Thailand's political landscape.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.