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US discovers SE Asia
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2017
» One hundred days into the Donald Trump presidency, the United States has realised there is a part of the world it ignored. Vice-President Mike Pence has been in Indonesia, praising its "moderate" Muslims. Mr Trump will attend all three big East Asia summits in November. He also will make official visits to Vietnam and the Philippines. They are the hosts of the summits of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (Asean), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), and East Asia.
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Asean's hope for Myanmar
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2024
» As the third anniversary of Myanmar's military coup fell this week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has made some progress in its peace efforts for its isolated member.
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Crypto scam alarms ring
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/09/2022
» The widespread impact of cryptocurrency investment scams that have hit the headlines in recent weeks highlights the need for improved financial literacy among investors, especially the young, as well as tougher regulations to prevent these financial crimes.
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Crypto gets shot in arm
News, Editorial, Published on 08/11/2021
» The future outlook for cryptocurrencies in Thailand is promising after SCBx Group acquired 51% of Thailand's leading digital asset exchange, Bitkub Online Co, with a huge investment value of 17.85 billion baht.
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Bitcoin craze needs order
News, Editorial, Published on 15/02/2021
» Bitcoin mania, which has driven its price to a record high above 1.4 million baht, has sent signals to authorities as to whether they are ready to handle the rise of digital currency transactions.
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Bring the baht down to earth
News, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2020
» A day before the end of last year, the baht touched a fresh six-year high as it fell below the 30-mark to 29.9 to the US dollar. A strong local currency has sparked concerns that it may create pressure on the economy.
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Libra plan calls for care
News, Editorial, Published on 08/07/2019
» Facebook's plan to launch its own digital currency called Libra in 2020 has put global financial institutions on alert, pondering how to take action. Thailand is no exception.
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Is Thailand a manipulator?
News, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2018
» The Thai economy dodged a bullet last week, and not many people noticed. Newspaper headlines, when they appeared at all, noted the US government opted not to label China as a currency manipulator. The attention to China is understandable, given the existing and escalating "trade war" instigated by President Donald Trump. But most accounts of the biannual report of the US Treasury Department failed to note that the top target as a currency manipulator wasn't China, but Thailand.
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Wider push would boost economy
News, Editorial, Published on 27/08/2017
» The past week had some really good news for Thailand as its think-tank, the National Economic and Social Development Board, announced that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of this year had grown by as much as 3.7% year-on-year.
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Flushing out the dark sites
News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2017
» Thai anti-drug agents, together with their counterparts from the US and Canada, will meet the media Monday to provide more details on an extremely troubling recent case. They participated in taking down the so-called "darknet" website AlphaBay. The exceptionally warped genius behind that drug-dealing and murderous internet site was a Canadian who lived for six years in Bangkok. His life and death illustrate how big-time drug trafficking has evolved.
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