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BMA to boost safety in Yaowarat
News, Published on 30/06/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Tourism and Sports Ministry are ramping up safety measures in Yaowarat after a surge of visitors flocked to Chinatown, as it is also known, inspired by Lisa's Rockstar music video.
Hard truths about soft power
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2021
» The vibe of Thai-born singer Lalisa "Lisa" Manoban, a member of South Korea's superstar K-pop group Blackpink, has rekindled Thailand's soft power ambitions via the creative economy.
Foreign e-service firms liable for VAT
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/02/2021
» Starting on Sept 1, overseas businesses providing online services in Thailand will be required to register for the 7% value-added tax (VAT) liability if their annual income exceeds 1.8 million baht, according to a Revenue Department official.
Dashing the gamer dream
Business, Published on 13/07/2020
» Game casters and e-sports players have become the careers young people dream of, and they follow up by training hard to achieve their goal. But the recent push for a new draft law governing the sector with an aim to protect children from violent games has caused panic throughout the industry.
Markets rise as deaths slow in hotspots: Virus update
Published on 06/04/2020
» Germany and Spain reported lower numbers of new cases, a tentative sign that lockdown measures are easing the outbreak.
You make the news: How Spectee mines social media
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 13/01/2020
» Spectee, a Tokyo-based information analysis company and online news agency, is looking for partnership in Southeast Asia where it is seeing huge growth in demand for video content.
Time to come clean
News, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2019
» Re: "Cops scrutinise MP's posts", (BP, June 11).
Digital TV flight may leave 5,000 adrift
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 10/05/2019
» Close to 5,000 people could be affected by six digital TV channels shutting down after the government's decision to let the channels exit the business without any financial penalties.
One size does not fit all
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 04/03/2018
» Twenty years ago, people would get excited when a western newspaper praised Thai food as a new sensation. Foreign tourists visiting Thailand were very much impressed by what they ate here. The number of Thai restaurants overseas sharply increased, signaling the newfound popularity of our cuisine.
Indian soldiers mending fences with Mandarin
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/09/2017
» If you walk past the border police academy in Mussoorie, a hill station in the northern state of Uttarakhand, don't be surprised if you hear conversations that don't sound anything like Hindi or other languages spoken in India.