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The New Koreans: Portrait of pride, prosperity and defiance
Asia focus, Alexi Demetriadi, Published on 11/09/2017
» "If you didn't know who he was, he just seemed like an old Korean gent," says Michael Breen. "He was polite, humorous, diplomatic. But because we knew who he was …"
Jury's out on coup's dividends
Business, Published on 16/06/2017
» "I used to pay 30% in bribes for every project, now I only pay 15%. That is pretty good! especially considering that nowadays, unlike before, once you pay you are done," says Julpas Kruesopon.
You win some, you lose some
Business, Published on 29/12/2014
» While business and economics are not necessarily zero-sum games, there is no doubt that 2014 has seen several clear winners and losers.Here the Bangkok Post takes a look at which sectors and businesses prospered, and which languished, over the past 12 months.
Is America ready to be number two?
Asia focus, Published on 10/02/2014
» In 2019, barely five years away, the world will pass one of its most significant historical milestones. For the first time in 200 years, a non-Western power, China, will become the number one economy in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. The United States will become number two.
SET down 0.40 points at opening
Online Reporters, Published on 23/12/2013
» Thai stocks opened down 0.03% at the start of trade this morning.
Protests hit consumer spending
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 30/11/2013
» Falling consumer confidence caused by the ongoing political demonstrations could lead to gloomier sentiment for year-end private spending, says the Bank of Thailand's economic research director.
Political strife hits Amata land sales
Business, Published on 30/11/2013
» Amata Corporation Plc, an SET-listed industrial estate developer, has cut its land sales target this year by two-thirds, saying the growing political conflict has prompted foreign firms to delay investment decisions in Thailand.
Protests hit meetings, exhibition sector
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2013
» Thailand stands to lose international trade and exhibition event bookings for the next year or two as organisers look elsewhere, deterred by images of demonstrators rallying across the capital, according to the Thailand Incentive and Convention Association (Tica).
Baht forecast to close 2013 at 32
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 25/11/2013
» The baht will likely weaken to 32 to the US dollar by year-end, hurt by gloomy sentiment on fears of continued domestic politic unrest.
Experts counting the cost
Business, Published on 08/11/2013
» Political tensions could take as much as 200 billion baht off the economy in the worst-case scenario of the situation becoming prolonged into next year and turning violent.