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Brazil sues EV giant BYD over ‘slavery’ conditions at plant
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Brazilian labour prosecutors are suing Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) Company and two contractors over allegations of slave labour and human trafficking at the construction site of a manufacturing plant.
Earthquake unlikely to damage Thai GDP
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/04/2025
» The impact of last week's earthquake is unlikely to affect Thai GDP this year, says Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul.
Finance Ministry to optimise portfolio
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/05/2024
» The Finance Ministry wants to review its shareholdings in stocks, aiming to adjust its asset portfolio and sell some shares to build up state coffers.
Crypto scammers in the crosshairs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 23/12/2023
» Binance has joined forces with the Royal Thai Police to fortify the latter's forensic expertise in cryptocurrency, uniting to combat the surge in digital asset-related crimes.
Pork smugglers facing crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2023
» Over the past three years, there has been a 20-fold increase in the number of arrests made for the smuggling of pig products.
Chinese tech firms handed massive fines
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» BEIJING: Chinese regulators said on Friday they had fined the fintech giant Ant Group almost $1 billion for “illegal acts” and handed an affiliate of rival Tencent a $415-million penalty, adding that a long-running crackdown on technology companies was drawing to a close.
Cambodia's oil export ambitions sink with 'stolen' tanker standoff
Prak Chan Thul and Aradhana Aravindan of Reuters, Published on 27/08/2021
» PHNOM PENH/SINGAPORE: When Cambodian officials commemorated the start of the country's first oil project in June by preserving the first drops of production at a high profile ceremony, they heralded the country's emergence as a budding oil exporter at the heart of Asia.
SEC prepares wallet for digital assets
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 24/03/2021
» In collaboration with 14 state agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to create a "government digital wallet" to store all digital assets seized or frozen by the state as proceeds of crime in order to make the assets more secure.
Questioning the herd mentality
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 02/03/2020
» To ride or not to ride? This is a much-heard question when it comes to tourism activities centred on the elephant -- an animal once emblazoned on Thailand's national flag and a recognised symbol of the nation for centuries.
B896m asset seizure ordered in G2G rice case
Online Reporters, Published on 17/05/2019
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Friday ordered the seizure of assets worth more than 896 million baht from an aide to former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom for being "unusually wealthy".