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Loss count in South 'needs reassessment'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2016
» The government should start to assess the economic cost of conflicts in the deep South in a more systematic way, with the participation of civil society organisations, Rangsit University's dean of the College of Social Innovation Sungsidh Piriyarangsan says.
Korea calling
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/11/2016
» The craze for Thai food is clearly visible in Seoul, and not just when celebrity chef Nooror Somany Steppe of the famous Blue Elephant Cooking School is whipping up a dish of Pad Thai, as she did at the Asean Culinary Festival recently.
Thai-language studies 'help forge closer ties with S Korea'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/10/2016
» Seoul: The Thai language has helped strengthen cultural and economic ties with South Korea, says Thai ambassador to Seoul Sarun Charoensuwan.
Higher tax, welfare urged
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/08/2016
» The military government has fallen into the same populist trap as its predecessors over economic policy and lacks the necessary fortitude to raise taxes and increase investment in the welfare system amid a rapidly ageing population, says an academic.
Qatar seeks closer ties with Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2015
» Qatar, a tiny Gulf state with the world's highest income per capita, is keen to expand economic and social ties with Thailand and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS).
Tsunami fund risks running out of cash
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/12/2014
» Officials on Friday called for donor countries to contribute more cash to the Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness, which is depleting 10 years after the 2004 tsunami that struck coastlines in the Indian Ocean.
Economists: Thailand needs preparation
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/04/2014
» Countries like Thailand should prepare better to cope with volatile natural and financial risks, World Bank country director Ulrich Zachau said Monday at the official launch of the Bank's World Development Report 2014.
Follow Mindanao for South peace, forum told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/12/2013
» PENANG : Authorities and far-South separatists should look to the Philippines for lessons on how to resolve their conflict, a forum in this Malaysian state was told recently.
Anti-corruption spirit needed
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/03/2013
» Independent organisations alone will never be able to eradicate corruption if Thai people themselves do not embrace the fight, say crusaders for good governance.
Thais need to be realistic on AEC
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/01/2013
» Thais need to reset their perceptions to embrace the changing socio-political-economic terrain in the region ahead of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, a seminar, "Asean Studies" at the Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, concluded.