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Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
R&D boost bid 'aims to increase competitiveness'
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/11/2014
» The Science and Technology Ministry will propose two measures to the cabinet this month in an attempt to increase research and development expenditures to 1% of the gross domestic product by 2016.
A village haunted by superstition
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/09/2014
» More than 10 years ago a village in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon made headlines as the home of Thailand's most feared ghosts, known as phi pob, but these days the evil spirits appear to have simply vanished.
When the rescue causes harm
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/05/2014
» A visit by Chantawipa Apisuk and a group of sex workers to a Thai shelter for girls rescued from prostitution last April is a memory she will never forget.
Surin: Thailand must clean up its act
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/03/2014
» Thailand's political problems and a bureaucracy that allows those with ties to move up the ladder will cause the country disadvantages once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is set up, says former Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
French PM says EU is out of the woods
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/02/2013
» French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Tuesday assured Thai businesses that Europe's monetary problems are behind it and said European economies are on a growth path.
Common supply links 'vital to Asean trade'
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 31/05/2012
» Asean countries should work towards standardising supply chains to help boost trade flow, speakers at the World Economic Forum on East Asia said yesterday.