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Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/01/2017
» Planning a trip abroad for the coming New Year holiday? In the old days, if you were a holidaymaker or a business traveller, you probably would have booked a trip through a travel agent and when you got to your destination, bought a map and rented a car to get yourself around.
Global conscience
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/02/2015
» On a sunny afternoon in a hotel overlooking the peaceful Chao Phraya River, Dr Mohamed ElBaradei walks into a suite for an interview after spending a busy morning that included a talk with high-school students. His topic: how to change the world to make it a safer and more pleasant place to live.
Subsidies under the knife
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/11/2014
» Removing fuel price subsidies is a political hot potato for governments, given that doing so can push up the cost of living and has even caused riots in the past. But the current plunge in world oil prices has been a blessing for governments that have started to take the difficult step of nudging fuel prices up to market levels.
'Tycoons of disaster' urge caution
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/07/2013
» Leading businessmen who lost most of their empire during the tom yum kung crisis are warning of a nascent economic bubble, blaming policies that have encouraged consumers to take on debt while the government borrows hugely to spur the economy.
Thai Summit capacity gets B9bn turbo boost
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/03/2012
» Thai Summit Group, one of the country's largest auto parts makers, will spend 9 billion baht to expand capacity at home and abroad this year in a bid to cash in on steady growth in vehicle production in Southeast Asia and China.