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THAILAND

Police urged to act against iCon ‘bosses’

Published on 11/10/2024

» Police have been asked to take action against six so-called "bosses" of The iCon Group, a well-known online business promoter, for public fraud, money laundering and related offences that have affected over 700 victims.

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OPINION

High hopes for Kitrat

News, Editorial, Published on 09/10/2024

» The latest appointment of a new national police chief gives the Paetongtarn government a much-needed image boost.

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MOTORING

Mercedes teams up for insurance offer

Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 04/10/2024

» Mercedes-Benz Mobility, the financial and mobility services division of the German luxury automaker, expects Mercedes-Benz car sales to increase during the Bangkok International Motor Expo later this year, despite a sluggish market, after launching a new sales promotion.

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OPINION

Former Merkel rival aims to become chancellor

News, Published on 24/09/2024

» Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch-party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first-ever government job as Germany's next chancellor. The conservative Christian Democrat Party (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, which together are topping nationwide polls, last Tuesday agreed to nominate Mr Merz, 68, as candidate for chancellor in next year's federal election.

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OPINION

Asia's consumer tipping point

Oped, Published on 17/09/2024

» With market turmoil recently capturing headlines, it is easy to lose sight of the long-term forces which have been shaping Asia's development. While Asian markets, especially the Nikkei, experienced sharp losses in recent weeks, a positive tipping point has been reached as well: for the first time ever, over half of Asia's 4.8 billion people are part of the global consumer class, defined by the World Data Lab as those spending more than US$12 (400 baht) per day in purchasing power parity prices.

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OPINION

Follow-ups needed

Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/09/2024

» Re: "Seed bomb threat to forest ecology", (Editorial, Sept 2), "Hilltop plot seized after landslides", (BP, 2 Sept) & "Phuket Buddha site ordered closed due to landslide risks", (BP, Sept 3).

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LIFE

The Silent Film Festival keeps echoing

Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/09/2024

» A rocket-bullet plunging into the Moon’s eye, its mouth pursed halfway between a sneer and a smile. You’ve seen it before, but it’s time to witness one of cinema’s most recognisable images from Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) in its colour glory at the 8th Silent Film Festival in Thailand, the annual banquet of early cinema hosted by the Thai Film Archive.

OPINION

The transition to green energy that wasn't

Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 06/09/2024

» Despite much hype, the much-vaunted green energy transition away from fossil fuels isn't happening. Achieving a meaningful shift with current policies turns out to be unaffordably costly. We need to drastically change policy direction.

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WORLD

Singapore debates its Raffles legacy

Published on 31/08/2024

» SINGAPORE - Singapore’s prosperity has long set it apart from many other former British colonies. There is another difference, too: Singapore has clung to honouring its former colonial ruler — and it wants to keep doing so.

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Economic might and Olympic performance

Oped, Published on 27/08/2024

» Why do certain countries dominate the Olympics? The answer may lie in the correlation between athletic performance and GDP. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games were a case in point: the top seven medal winners -- the United States, China, Japan, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom -- are all among the world's 20 largest economies.