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  • WORLD

    Europe tightens curbs with economic toll worsening: Virus update

    Published on 17/03/2020

    » Governments in Europe tightened curbs on free movement to stem the outbreak and are exploring ways to ease the financial impact. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is rallying Senate Republicans to quickly pass the House package of economic measures. Goldman Sachs Group now expects China’s economy to contract by 9% in the first quarter and Hong Kong’s jobless rate rose to a nine-year high. The Philippines became the first country to shut its markets in response to the widening coronavirus outbreak and some regulators in Europe banned short selling. US equity futures and European stocks reversed gains.

  • THAILAND

    SpiceJet to start Bangkok-Delhi route

    Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 06/03/2017

    » The Indian no-frills carrier SpiceJet will launch a non-stop regular service between Bangkok and Delhi next month.

  • BUSINESS

    JAL follows philosophy to profits

    Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 23/11/2016

    » Some five years after making a remarkable turnaround from one of Japan's largest bankruptcies to consecutive years of profitability, Japan Airlines (JAL) believes it is still in the process of revitalisation.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian trade subdued as economic outlook weakens

    Business, Published on 13/05/2023

    » RECAP: Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from the US and China fuelled concerns about a global slowdown.

  • WORLD

    Markets rise as deaths slow in hotspots: Virus update

    Published on 06/04/2020

    » Germany and Spain reported lower numbers of new cases, a tentative sign that lockdown measures are easing the outbreak.

  • LIFE

    What 2019 brought to Thailand's strongest industry

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/12/2019

    » Life reviews the highlights of the tourism sector during the past 12 months.

  • BUSINESS

    Koh Kong airport set for flight trials early next year

    Published on 01/11/2021

    » PHNOM PENH: Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is set for flight trials earlier next year as the whole construction process is close to completion.

  • BUSINESS

    Year of turbulence

    Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018

    » Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.

  • BUSINESS

    Standing out in the crowd of alternative financiers

    Business, Published on 22/02/2020

    » Having flown 1,400 kilometres from Singapore to Bangkok with a mission to empower small businesses through online equity crowdfunding, Hong Sin Kwek came a long way to establish one of the country's licenced crowdfunding platforms, whose untapped potential is ample.

  • BUSINESS

    Touch-me-not travel

    Business, Published on 12/05/2020

    » As travel vaporises in the face of on-off lockdowns, airlines, airports and hotels are pondering the future of hospitality in these fluid and fearful socially distanced times. Professional hosts are examining how to safely distance yet offer hospitable warmth without turning everything into a set from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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