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Pay it forward
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/08/2025
» Wipraporn Jongprasert and Wanikul Kaeohong are typical teens who could have slept in on the weekends and played video games all day, but on a recent Sunday, they decided to get up early to distribute handmade items to impoverished patients.
Thailand set to finally embrace nuclear power
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/07/2025
» A proposal to install small modular reactors (SMRs) in Thailand looks set to gain momentum amid corporate interest in using the technology to ensure stable power supplies and support the national plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Asean countries are facing their own 'China shock'
News, Published on 20/05/2025
» As the United States and Europe have sought to loosen their economic ties with China in recent years, Beijing has focused on expanding its export markets across the "Global South", particularly in Southeast Asia. But this could create significant economic risks as the region's manufacturers struggle to compete. Regardless of the contours of any eventual US-China trade deal, Beijing's exports to America seem destined to continue falling, as do those to the European Union. The bloc has been seeking to "de-risk" from Chinese imports and supply chains, particularly when it comes to electric vehicles, batteries and solar power equipment.
Govt moves to ease debt burden
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/11/2024
» The Finance Ministry has unveiled details regarding the government's plan to suspend interest payments for three groups of debtors as part of measures to ease household debt.
Ministry to review welfare card rules
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/10/2024
» The Finance Ministry plans to review the eligibility criteria for state welfare cards, taking into account the planned increase in the minimum wage.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Bvlgari bridges culture with technology
Life, Noko, Published on 25/03/2022
» Eight is a lucky number for Bvlgari, who celebrated the eighth world record of the Octo collection, with the Octo Finissimo Ultra being the world's thinnest mechanical watch.
Jan-Sept exports rise 15.5% y/y - commerce minister
Reuters, Published on 26/10/2021
» Thailand's exports rose more than expected in September from a year earlier, helped by trade partners' economic recovery, a weak baht and government trade promotion, the commerce minister said on Tuesday.
August exports up 8.9% y/y, below forecast
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2021
» Exports rose less than expected in August as coronavirus restrictions affected manufacturing and logistics, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Friday, even though a weaker baht provided a boost.
Earning their corn
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/11/2019
» Mae Chaem district in Chiang Mai has been chosen to kick off the government's Energy for All scheme for community-owned power projects from renewable resources.