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UK’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» WHITCHURCH, England - On a misty winter’s day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
AI helps scam centres evade crackdown in Asia, dupe more victims
Bloomberg, Published on 10/02/2026
» Criminals in Southeast Asia are harnessing inexpensive AI tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, keeping scam centers humming even as governments try and crack down, senior officials at Interpol say.
The case of the disappearing senior generals
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/02/2026
» Armies can be used against both against foreigners abroad and against citizens at home, but the two roles require quite different equipment and tactics. The same applies to their commanders: you need a different kind of general if you think that the primary task of their troops will be controlling dissent at home.
Thais urged to watch chip documentary
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/02/2026
» The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand on Saturday asked Thais to watch the documentary film A Chip Odyssey during its local premiere.
Chinese tech firm chooses Thailand for overseas plant
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/02/2026
» Hesai Technology, a global leader in light detection and ranging (LiDAR) solutions and intelligent vehicle navigation systems, says Thailand will host its first manufacturing base outside China.
GS Battery Wins Two Honors at Asia Automotive Award 2025 Thailand Chapter
Published on 27/01/2026
» BANGKOK, THAILAND – GS BATTERY, the sole manufacturer and leading automotive battery brand in Thailand under Siam Motors Group (SMG), announced its latest regional success at “The 5th Asia Automotive Award 2025 – Thailand Chapter (AAA).” The brand secured two distinguished honours: the ‘Automotive CRM Excellence Award’ presented to Siam GS Sales Co. Ltd. for superior customer relationship management, and the ‘Automotive Sustainability Excellence Award’ bestowed on Siam GS Battery Co. Ltd. for its commitment to sustainable business practices. The ceremony, held for the first time in Thailand at the Vibhavadi Ballroom in the Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao, was organized by Grand Prix International PLC in collaboration with ASIAAUTO VENTURE SDN BHD (MOTONATION) from Malaysia. The event marks a significant milestone in elevating the Thai automotive industry towards global sustainability standards.
TOA brings smiles back to Hat Yai with volunteer repainting after 2025 floods
Published on 27/01/2026
» TOA Paint (Thailand) Public Company Limited, or TOA, continues to reaffirm its long-standing commitment to society through the “TOA Mai Thing Kan” (TOA Never Leaves Anyone Behind) project under the campaign “Uniting Thais to Restore the Flood-Affected South.” The company recently visited Hat Yai district in Songkhla province to carry out the volunteer activity “Repainting for Restoration, Bringing Back Smiles and Colours” for hospitals and schools damaged by the 2025 floods, enabling them to resume services and classes as quickly as possible.
It could take 1 Danish soldier in Greenland
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/01/2026
» In 1910, Henry Wilson, the British army officer charged with planning for a possible war with Germany, visited the French officer doing the same job in Paris, Ferdinand Foch. The Anglo-French alliance was still a tentative, semi-secret thing, so Wilson asked Foch, "What is the smallest British military force that would be of any practical assistance to you?"
Rail repairs finished after Korat crane collapse
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/01/2026
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has finished repairing a stretch of railway track in Sikhiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima province in the wake of a fatal crane collapse that struck a passenger train on Jan 14, killing 30 people, while a parallel technical investigation moves towards identifying the causes and accountability.
Families mourn after rail tragedy
News, Prasit Tangprasert and Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 20/01/2026
» Grief arrived before dawn at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital on Jan 18, carried by families who had come not to seek treatment, but to take their loved ones home for the final time. At the centre of the mourning was the Thantong family, whose loss has come to symbolise the human cost of the catastrophic crane collapse that struck a passenger train four days earlier.