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Crypto sandbox targets tourists
Business, Published on 22/08/2025
» The TouristDigiPay sandbox, an 18-month initiative that allows foreign tourists to convert digital assets into baht for domestic spending, is strengthening Thailand's digital economy and positioning the country as a regional leader, according to cryptocurrency exchange operators.
Texas, California race to redraw electoral maps ahead of US midterms
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Republican-controlled Texas and Democratic-run California were set Thursday to forge ahead on creating new congressional maps, in a cutthroat struggle to tilt the outcome of next year's US midterm elections before voters even cast a ballot.
Month-long musical buffet on the menu from Opera Siam
Life, Published on 22/08/2025
» Last weekend, a small but intense audience gathered to hear the Calliope Chamber Choir perform the Thai premiere of one of the most innovative and highly-regarded works of the 20th century, Stimmung, by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose inspiration for this piece came from the chanting of Buddhist monks.
The Trump melodrama: Relief is at hand
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/08/2025
» Nobody had been bothering for the past three years, but then along came Donald Trump, determined to shape a "peace deal" between two countries about which he knows little and cares less. Why? Just to win a bauble called the Nobel Peace Prize, because Barack Obama got it first and that wasn't fair.
Sign-up for flat rail fare starts Monday
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Transport Ministry is urging Thais to sign up for the government's flat-rate electric train fare in Bangkok, the registration for which is scheduled to open on Monday.
Thailand's costly political shenanigans
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/08/2025
» In a country of 70 million where a handful of men can remove an elected government time and again, there can be no stability and progress, only tension and regression. This is how Thailand can be characterised over the past two decades. It is now going through yet another cycle of heightened political instability with the potential collapse of the government under suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the footsteps of previous leaders who were similarly ousted by the Constitutional Court.
Upper House has 'no plan to derail budget legislation'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/08/2025
» Senator Phisit Apivatanapong, a spokesman for the special committee on Senate whip affairs, yesterday dismissed speculation that the Upper House is seeking to derail the 2026 budget bill, pending its review.
GrabFood sees suki orders spike
Business, Published on 22/08/2025
» GrabFood, Thailand's No.1 food delivery platform, has reported a 65% surge in sukiyaki orders, including both hotpot and stir-fry styles, during June and July, driven by fierce competition in this sector.
Cloud deployment and geopolitical risk
Business, Published on 22/08/2025
» Recent geopolitical events have made the global IT infrastructure landscape more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous than ever before. In this climate of instability, organisations have become increasingly concerned about cross-border technology dependency, driving them to re-evaluate their reliance on cloud providers.
BMA moves to reclaim river spaces for public
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is moving ahead with a 3.5-kilometre Chao Phraya Riverside Development in Bang Phlat district.