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6 Ministerial leaders and UNODC representative of the Mekong MOU
Published on 22/11/2019
» On 15 November 2019, H.E. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam presided over the Opening Ceremony of the Ministerial Meeting of the Signatories to the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Drug Control at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok.
Hill farmers swap opium for coffee
Business, Rina Chandran, Published on 22/11/2019
» DOI TUNG: Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze.
Meth menace
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/11/2019
» Boshe, a community of 14,000 in Guangdong province in southern China, was once known as the "Breaking Bad Village" because it supplied one-third of the methamphetamine consumed in the country.
BAY looks to expand QR in neighbouring countries
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 30/10/2019
» Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), the country's fifth-largest commercial lender by assets, is targeting Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia as its next destinations for cross-border QR code payment.
IPKey SEA Seminar puts new technology and “bad faith” squatters in the trade mark spotlight
Published on 25/10/2019
» EU project shares insights on rapidly-changing IP landscape and the challenges it faces in protecting Intellectual Property rights.
Drug companies reach settlement ahead of landmark US opioids trial
AFP, Published on 22/10/2019
» CLEVELAND: Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties Monday, just hours before they were to go on trial, a federal judge announced.
Plastic industry in recycling push
News, Published on 20/10/2019
» Thais can profit from plastic waste, as well as help the environment, by adopting a more circular economy, according to one of the world's largest plastic producers, Indorama Ventures Plc.
A safer world: Taiwan can help
Asia focus, Published on 14/10/2019
» North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia are key regions in the production and consumption of amphetamines, according to the World Drug Report 2018 published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
BH allots B4bn for upgrade as competition intensifies
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 04/10/2019
» SET-listed Bumrungrad International Hospital (BH) has earmarked 4 billion baht over the next five years (2019-2023) towards operations, ward renovations, IT and medical equipment to increase efficiency and provide better services to patients.
Blockchain and efficient government
Business, Published on 04/10/2019
» Whenever we talk about blockchain, the applications are usually limited to the private sector. It makes sense: the most famous example of blockchain technology is bitcoin, which many governments oppose.