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Educating Ah Wei
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 09/06/2014
» Thailand will remain a destination of choice for Asean students but must steadily raise the quality of its universities and find its niche amid tougher competition driven by the Asean Economic Community (AEC) late next year.
Grain of hope
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 02/06/2014
» After six months of political drama and negative economic reports, the recent bulletin about rice farmers being paid for their pledged rice was a rare bit of good news. Smiles from poor rice farmers gave many in the nation a momentary respite from a torrent of woe.
Be careful out there
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 28/04/2014
» Without a doubt, electronic commerce continues to thrive dramatically, with new online shops sprouting each month. Such drastic expansion is in line with the proliferation of smartphones, tablets and other smart devices and the continued growth of 3G mobile broadband services that make the internet accessible almost everywhere.
What does the AEC really mean?
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 17/04/2014
» The advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in late 2015 has been in the limelight in recent years, but how many people are truly aware of it or understand the effect it will have on the economy, businesses, the workforce, education or even society as a whole?
Marriage of convenience
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 17/03/2014
» Given the record of the past years, it is certain that the hunger for expansion of the country’s retail business will carry on in the future with more intense competition waiting around the corner. Above all, the convenience store sector has continuously welcomed new rivals and extracted massive investment from existing key players each year.
Impasse hikes unemployment
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 03/03/2014
» Thailand's unemployment rate will likely rise following the political impasse that has taken a serious toll on the economy as well as public and private investment.
Ploughing profitably
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 24/02/2014
» It is the middle of the night and rain is pouring. This is a time to stay in, dry and warm under a cosy blanket in a soft bed. But that is not for Chaiyaporn Promphan.
Reeling from the wage hike
Business, Sriwipa Siripunyawit, Published on 27/01/2014
» It was just another morning when Somporn, a 40-year-old worker in a ceramics plant, awoke to find she had lost the job she had held for several years.