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'Pla gud' is country's top fish
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/02/2019
» The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to make the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), or the Siamese betta, as Thailand's national aquatic species.
IBank approved to depart rehab plan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/01/2019
» Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank) was given the green light on Wednesday to exit its rehabilitation plan by the State Enterprises Policy Commission (superboard) thanks to its improving operating performance.
Lamphun promoting historical culture via village visits
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/11/2018
» Lamphun, one of the second-tier tourism provinces being promoted by the government this year, hopes to increase visitor numbers by 20% over the next few years from 1 million in 2017.
Existing estates to bolster EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/11/2018
» As much as 300,000 rai is being prepared for development into industrial areas for the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Alleviating single-crop subsistence for livelihoods
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/10/2018
» Noohriean Thompirom, 62, and her husband, Prawat, 61, a farming family in Ban Nong Phue in Khon Kaen province, have spent the bulk of their lives growing sugar cane.
New kettle of fish
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/09/2018
» Santichai Jongkiartkajorn, 64, a farmer in Betong district of Yala province, has lived off rubber for years. He and his family endured harsh conditions over the past few years as rubber prices remained relatively low.
Worming out of poverty
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/09/2018
» Ban Sompornrat has become well-known for naturally dyed silks and traditional Thai silk weaving. The village is located in Buntharik district, some 85 kilometres from Ubon Ratchathani city.
Giving wings to the elusive aerotropolis
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» John D Kasarda is the director of the Center of Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, president and chief executive of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC, president of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and editor-in-chief of Logistics, an international scholarly journal. He has also published more than 100 articles and 10 books on airport cities, aviation infrastructure, urban economic development and competitiveness.
Yala's durians are catching up
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/08/2018
» For three decades, Samarn Mamajaeha, a 57-year-old farmer and father of eight, earned about 200,000 baht a year from selling durian at 60-65 baht per kilogramme.
Denso preaches appreciation of robots
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/08/2018
» Amid mounting concerns about the deep impact on the labour market from robots and artificial intelligence (AI), due to their rapidly expanding ability to perform human tasks and the declining cost of implementing them, Denso Corporation remains unfazed.