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The top 10 don’t-do list
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/04/2016
» A 57-year-old Chiang Mai woman was charged with inciting rebellion last week for posting a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl on Facebook. The bowl, to sprinkle people with water during Songkran, also happened to carry a message from fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. She faces the prospect of up to seven years’ jail if convicted of sedition.
Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
Even cowgirls get the blues
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/10/2014
» Self-proclaimed "cowgirl" Wanphen Phromrangsan found herself in the media spotlight this year following her anti-gold mining campaigns in her home province of Saraburi.
Cash for no comment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 20/07/2014
» Few people outside the media industry had heard of the Thailand Information Centre For Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ), but by Monday it had the attention of every major news organisation in Thailand.
Meeting resistance: the hard road of opposition in exile
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/06/2014
» After waiting for 90 minutes at the hotel for the man who many in the Thai establishment consider the “most dangerous mind” in politics, a white Toyota Fortuner rumbles to the entrance.
BECL predicts toll revenue gain of 4%
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/03/2014
» The SET-listed Bangkok Expressway Plc (BECL) expects its toll revenue to grow by 4% this year because of two new expressways opened in May.
Thais face lowest Asean GDP growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/03/2014
» Thailand’s economy is likely to post the lowest growth among Asean countries this year if the months-long political unrest lingers until the second quarter, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
Tapped-out TTW eyes other flows
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 26/02/2014
» Thai Tap Water Supply Plc (TTW), the country's biggest private tap-water supplier, plans to dilute its revenue from tap-water sales to 60-70% overall in the long term to sustain double-digit yearly growth.
Industrial estates set to go green
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/01/2014
» German consultant Andreas Koenig has been hired by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to help develop eco-industrial parks.
R&D investment doubled in 2011
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 22/01/2014
» Investment by the private sector in research and development (R&D) doubled in 2011 from 2010, signalling Thailand is on the right track towards its goal of research contributing to 1% of GDP by 2016.