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Mission from Moscow
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/04/2018
» As China continues to expand its influence in Asia, and at a time when some are questioning the continuing commitment of the United States, Russia is quietly building up its presence in the region.
School drop-outs cut GDP growth
Christopher Bruton, Published on 26/02/2018
» The best educated nations are invariably the most prosperous. Among developing nations, those that have the best chances of sustainable growth to economic maturity are those where young people take the opportunity to complete the education cycle and can thereby enter advanced productive employment.
Farmers pitch rubber barter
News, Published on 25/02/2018
» Farmers have urged the government to help shore up the price of rubber by bartering with foreign countries for military equipment and vehicles.
Energy-Heavy set slips as equities surge elsewhere
Business, Published on 05/06/2017
» Recap: Asian and European stocks rallied after a record-breaking run on Wall Street, propelled by American hiring data that bolstered confidence in the global economy. Japan's Nikkei ended Friday above 20,000 for the first time since December 2015. Oil headed for a three-week low, however, capping gains on the energy-heavy Thai stock market.
Saab mulls maintenance hub in EEC
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 20/04/2017
» Saab Automobile AB, a Swedish manufacturer of fighter jets, among other products, has expressed interest in investing in a production and maintenance hub in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), says Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana.
Pichet urges national broadband network
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/02/2017
» The creation of a full-scale, digitally driven economy must take place in Thailand within a decade if the country wants to escape from the middle-income trap, says the Digital Economy and Society (DE) minister.
CAT launches APG submarine cable system in response to higher traffic in asia-pacific region
Published on 09/12/2016
» CAT builds new submarine cable system, APG, supporting super high-speed data capacity as global content businesses are coming to Asia to build business foothold, resulting in constant high traffic. Demand of international bandwidth for Thailand in the next 3 years is expected to increase by 6 times. CAT Internet Gateway is also revealed to be the first in Thailand to be expanding the bandwidth with 100 Gbps. technology to build up confidence for growing customers.
Undersea cable plan axed
Business, Published on 17/09/2016
» The government has finally ordered the termination of the 5-billion-baht national submarine cable construction project after clearly proving that it violates the Budget Bureau's procurement rules.
TOT union in U-turn on consolidation
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 22/08/2016
» TOT Plc's labour union has made an abrupt reversal on its decision to oppose the government's plans to partly consolidate similar core businesses of TOT and CAT Telecom, ending months of uncertainty over the planned development of the two state telecom enterprises.
Indian tycoon bets big on defence
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/05/2016
» NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Anil Ambani's Reliance Group has never made a military helicopter, missile system or submarine in its history but that isn't stopping the Indian tycoon from seeking to win contracts to manufacture all of that military hardware and more.