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Consumer council backs 20 baht cap on fares
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/09/2024
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) supports the Transport Ministry's plan to cap the fare on mass transit electric train services at 20 baht per trip, according to Saree Ongsomwang, TCC secretary-general.
Making change via K-Pop and Thai-Y
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 04/05/2022
» K-Pop and artistic ripples through films and other forms of entertainment from South Korea have been conquering the world in recent years, as part of soft power and smart power.
Ex-Austria envoy is new ombudsman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2021
» Politics: The Senate yesterday selected former diplomat Songsak Saicheua as an ombudsman.
Ex-election candidate held over mask plot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/04/2020
» A former election candidate of the Paradonraphab Party has been arrested for his alleged involvement in hoarding face masks with "Sia Boy", who claimed to be a close aide to a member of a deputy cabinet minister's team.
Thai tantrums
News, Postbag, Published on 01/11/2019
» I do not understand why many Thais are being hysterical about US President Donald Trump suspending trade preferences for Thailand under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
Revamp the military
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2019
» Let's briefly consider local geopolitics and the Thai military. Thailand needs China like it needs another coup. However, China needs Thailand for a variety of reasons. The US has had a longstanding favourable relationship with Thailand and is its most powerful ally.
Possibly time to look on the bright side
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/01/2018
» Having just about scraped through the Year of the Chicken, here we are seven days into 2018 and wondering what's in store during the Year of the Dog. It probably won't be all that great, but we'll leave the gloom and doom to the experts. Let's just hope it's a least a bit more enjoyable than the past couple of years which have really been quite awful, and almost of an annus horribilis nature.
Sick healthcare system
News, Postbag, Published on 25/06/2017
» As I watch Republican congressmen try to make healthcare unaffordable for tens of millions of old, poor and chronically ill Americans, I am gaining a new appreciation of Thaksin.
Energy-Heavy set slips as equities surge elsewhere
Business, Published on 05/06/2017
» Recap: Asian and European stocks rallied after a record-breaking run on Wall Street, propelled by American hiring data that bolstered confidence in the global economy. Japan's Nikkei ended Friday above 20,000 for the first time since December 2015. Oil headed for a three-week low, however, capping gains on the energy-heavy Thai stock market.
Stimulus hopes and chinese gdp cheer stock investors
Business, Published on 18/07/2016
» Recap: Hopes that British and Japanese policymakers would ramp up economic stimulus bolstered risk appetites in global stock markets. China's better-than-expected second-quarter GDP also buoyed sentiment. The Thai market tracked the global trend.