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  • BUSINESS

    New rule makes GrabCar legal

    Business, Published on 26/05/2021

    » The government has approved a draft ministerial regulation that allows the use of personal cars for ride-hailing taxi service via apps, a boon for GrabCar drivers who have provided the service without proper legal status for years.

  • OPINION

    Leave Yingluck be

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/01/2018

    » Re: "Officials 'must capture Yingluck'," (BP, Jan 12). We should all extend our sympathy to the government for having to resist pressure from various sources to pursue extradition proceedings against Yingluck Shinawatra.

  • THAILAND

    Getting the green light on electric cars

    Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016

    » As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.

  • BUSINESS

    3 ways to advance the EV industry in 1 year

    Asia focus, Published on 11/07/2022

    » The verdict is in: the future is electric. Global electric vehicle (EV) sales are projected to soar to 31.2 million units by 2030, compared with 2.5 million in 2020, according to the consultancy Deloitte. It sees EVs making up 32% of all motor vehicle sales by 2030, and other industry analysts estimate that by 2040, electric cars will outsell internal-combustion engine (ICE) models.

  • AUTO

    Toyota Aqua ranks top in compact fuel efficiency

    Published on 28/03/2015

    » TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp's Aqua hybrid ranked top in fuel efficiency among compact vehicles for the third year in a row in 2014, the government said Friday.

  • WORLD

    Japan picks up pieces after earthquake shakes Osaka

    Published on 18/06/2018

    » TOKYO: At least three people were killed, including a nine-year-old girl, and more than 200 injured when a strong quake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka during Monday's morning rush hour.

  • BUSINESS

    Company man

    Asia focus, Published on 19/03/2018

    » Shinsotsu-ikkatsu-saiyo, the tradition of simultaneous recruitment and employment of new graduates by companies, has long been unique to Japan and South Korea, before the latter abolished the practice in 2010. But in the world's third largest economy it is so embedded in the culture, who's to say it's not working for the country and its people?

  • BUSINESS

    Robotics in the fast lane

    Business, Published on 16/06/2017

    » The manufacturing sector has played a significant part in Thailand's economic growth and will continue to hold a prominent stake in the country's progress towards Thailand 4.0. The sector contributed 26.9% to the country's GDP in 2015, with automotive assembly particularly important.

  • LIFE

    Living a full life, late in life

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/08/2017

    » Thailand is an ageing society, as defined by the United Nations, which means a country's population consists of more than 10% elderly. Based on 2015 data from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, around 11 million Thais are over 60, which means 16% of the entire population.

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