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UK wants Thai investors for modern industry plans
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 29/07/2025
» The United Kingdom (UK) is inviting Thai investors to participate in "Modern Industrial Strategy 2025", a 10-year plan it recently launched to bolster future industries and strengthen UK-Thailand relations.
Shippers offer mixed review of government
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/07/2025
» Dhanakorn Kasetrsuwan, chairman of the Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC), assessed the government's performance over the past year by categorising progress in three groups: achievements, pending tasks, and areas of concern.
India ends 5-year ban on tourist visas for Chinese
Published on 23/07/2025
» HONG KONG - India will resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens on Thursday, its embassy in China said on Wednesday, the first time in five years as both countries move to repair their rocky relationship.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
Grenada PM Welcomes Honorary Consul from Thailand
Published on 17/07/2025
» Grenada, 10th of July 2025 – The Government of Grenada, led by Prime Minister Honourable Dickon Mitchell, officially welcomed Mr. Shubhodeep Das, Honorary Consul for Grenada in Thailand and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hylife Group, to Grenada, during an official courtesy visit at the Office of the Prime Minister. Mr. Alloysius Heng, Group Advisor of Hylife Group, and Dr. Richard A. Nixon, Ambassador of Grenada, also joined the discussion on this occasion.
China's visa-free boom picks up steam as entries soar in first half of 2025
Published on 17/07/2025
» China's expanded efforts to encourage visitors continued to pay off in the first half of 2025, with the number of visa-free foreign entries rising by more than half compared to the same period a year earlier.
Mind the gap
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/07/2025
» Re: "Asia budding dividend zeal needs more support", (Opinion, July 14). When talking about dividend yields on stocks, it's always important to look at the so-called "yield gap".
Today, Tuvalu. Tomorrow, the entire world
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 15/07/2025
» Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last month's big change saw the creation of the world's first climate-change visas. It's a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.
Phone scams in Hong Kong up 22% in first 5 months of year but losses down
Published on 14/07/2025
» The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong rose by nearly 22% between January and May compared with the same period last year, but losses fell by almost two-thirds to HK$430 million (1.77 billion baht) as fewer mainland Chinese students were cheated, police said.
Fewer Thais entering South Korea for study, training
Online Reporters, Published on 11/07/2025
» Fewer Thai nationals entered South Korea for study or training programmes last year in contrast to an overall picture that showed an uptrend.