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Department promotes promising stars in lacklustre year
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/04/2024
» The Revenue Department says there are significant challenges this year achieving tax collection targets because of the slowdown in economic activities, although it has identified five sectors that show promise.
Fragile unity pushes Myanmar junta to the brink
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.
Final high-speed rail contracts to be signed soon
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/04/2024
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) expects the last two construction contracts for the first phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway to be signed soon, according to Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote.
Handle Myanmar influxes with care
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/04/2024
» 'Preparedness" and "humane response" offer keywords for handling the various mass influxes from Myanmar. Those influxes might range from civilians in search of refuge to fighters ("combatants") in flight, all the more poignant today because of the armed conflagration in that country and the precarious border situation.
Explosions heard near Iranian airport, reason unknown
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2024
» DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran's Fars news agency said on Friday that explosions were heard near the airport at the country's central Isfahan city, but the reason was unknown.
An opaque situation
Postbag, Published on 20/04/2024
» Re: "Property tax rejig to amplify revenue", (BP, April 17).
Why Myanmar’s war matters, even if the world is not watching
New York Times, Published on 20/04/2024
» SEOUL — An escalating civil war threatens to break apart a country of roughly 55 million people that sits between China and India. That has international consequences, but the conflict has not commanded wide attention.
Ragtag Myanmar resistance sees tide turning in forgotten war
Published on 21/04/2024
» LOIKAW, Myanmar — The night Suu Kyi thought she would die of her wounds on the front lines of a forgotten war, a crescent moon hung overhead. A pendant of the Virgin Mary dangled around her neck. Maybe those augurs saved her. Or maybe, she said, it was not yet time for her to die.
Mongolia seeks closer ties amid major power rivalry
News, Published on 22/04/2024
» Ulaanbaatar hopes to achieve closer ties with Thailand across the board, Mongolian Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh said during an exclusive interview with Bangkok Post.
Call to hike renewable proportion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/04/2024
» The government is being urged to increase the proportion of renewable power generation to more than the target of 50% set in the power development plan (PDP), which is scheduled to be finalised in the second quarter of this year.