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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.
Ministry axes office phone charging ban
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/01/2018
» Legal experts are urging people not to overreact to a bill being drafted on how to punish those guilty of conflict of interest, saying individual agencies will decide how this crucial graft-busting piece of legislation is implemented.
Banking on the greater good
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2018
» William McChesney Martin Jr, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve for 19 years, famously quipped that his job was to take away the punch bowl just when the party got going. Those words have come to embody the work of a central banker, who at times must implement unpopular measures for the sake of the greater good.
Cops nab 'major broker' in ivory smuggling network
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/01/2018
» Police have arrested a major wildlife trafficker suspect believed to run illegal businesses with rhino smugglers in Africa.
Grilled seahorses taken off the menu in Pattaya
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 23/01/2018
» PATTAYA: A food vendor has been ordered to immediately drop grilled seahorses from his menu at a floating market popular with tourists, and his shop is being shut down.
Pattaya market, vendor apologise for grilled seahorse sale
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 23/01/2018
» PATTAYA: The Pattaya Floating Market and the vendor of grilled seahorses on Tuesday apologised in public for selling the product that tainted the image of the country.
Seahorse kebabs spur fishing ban
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Fisheries Department plans to prohibit the fishing of seahorses in Thai waters after the small marine fish were found grilled on skewers for sale to Chinese tourists at a floating market in Pattaya.
Nuttaphong: The secret to building a good life
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 27/01/2018
» Nuttaphong Kunakornwong knows a thing or two about how self-knowledge can lead to success and happiness. The architect turned property developer had already drafted a life plan by Mathayom 2-3 (grades 8-9). When he finished Mathayom 6, every university entrance exam was sat with one design in mind: to realise his passion for residential construction.
Surakiart's key role
News, Postbag, Published on 04/02/2018
» Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai says one of the objectives of the government-appointed advisory board he heads in Myanmar is to narrow the "big gap of international interpretation and domestic interpretation of what happened in Rakhine state".
Thailand going cashless ... or stuffing the mattress?
Business, Christopher Caillavet, Published on 12/02/2018
» When I arrived in Bangkok from the US in 2011, one of the first shocks was the cash-centric nature of local commerce.