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Climate risks threaten Thai economy
Oped, Rapeepat Ingkasit, Published on 21/08/2024
» Last month, our Climate Finance Network Thailand (CFNT) network hosted a webinar titled "Time to Act: Looming Climate Impacts on Thailand's Financial Sector". Our highlight was our guest, Dr Kannika Thampanishvong, section head at the Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, who told us about how finance professionals view climate change and how economists prepare to deal with natural disasters.
Hilton to expand in SE Asia
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 21/08/2024
» Thailand and Vietnam are crucial destinations for Hilton hotels in Southeast Asia, as the company plans to double its size in the region over five years based on robust tourism and growing economies.
Crypto here to stay
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 19/08/2024
» Amid a global economic slowdown and geopolitical risks, cryptocurrencies are making a comeback, ranking among the world's top-performing assets in the first seven months of 2024 along with Nvidia, one of the "Magnificent 7" tech stocks on the US stock exchange.
End of the line for ‘Big Joke’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/08/2024
» Any hope Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn might have had of becoming national police chief this year has evaporated with the official announcement in the Royal Gazette of his dismissal from the force.
Who is "View" Kunlavut Vitidsarn, the Thai badminton athlete?
Published on 15/08/2024
» Key Info Name: Kunlavut Vitidsarn Nickname: "View" Born: 11 May 2001 Height: 1.77 m Nationality: Thai Known for: Thai badminton athlete Instagram: @kunlavut.v
New realities in Japan-Thailand ties
Oped, Kasit Piromya, Published on 15/08/2024
» If one were to review the existing relationship between two developed and developing countries throughout the world to determine which one was the most successful in terms of donor–recipient relationship, mutual respect, goodwill, and friendship, the Japan-Thailand partnership should be an answer that is most commonly cited.
The deepening political turmoil in South Asia
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 15/08/2024
» Violent student-led, Islamist-backed protests in Bangladesh have toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, and mob attacks targeting those viewed as supporters of her secular Awami League party -- in particular, the country's dwindling Hindu minority -- are proliferating. At a time when neighbouring Myanmar is engulfed in violence and the Pakistan-Afghanistan belt remains fertile ground for cross-border terrorism, political upheaval in Bangladesh, two years after the overthrow of Sri Lanka's government, is the last thing India, the regional power, needs.
Gold isn't everything
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/08/2024
» Re: "Nation ranks 44th at Games: 3rd in Asean", (BP, Aug 13).
'Single window' sought to aid tourism sector
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/08/2024
» The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) has urged the government to host the development of a "single window" to promote ease of doing business for foreigners that would unite all related data exchange of state agencies as another effort to promote the digital-driven tourism industry.
Thailand ranks 44th at Olympic Games; 3rd in Asean
Post Reporters, Published on 12/08/2024
» Thailand was ranked 44th in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and third among Asean countries.