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More support vowed for retail investors
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/04/2024
» The Thai Investors Association (TIA) is promising to be more active in assisting class action lawsuits by establishing a centre to help retail investors who claim damages from stock investments.
SET urged to build trust and confidence
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/04/2024
» The Finance Ministry is suggesting the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) accelerate efforts to build trust and confidence in a bid to attract investment on the Thai bourse.
Message to despots
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/04/2024
» Re: "Pita 'most favoured' to be next PM: poll", (BP, March 25).
Musical exchanges
Life, Published on 02/04/2024
» A completely packed Thailand Cultural Centre (TCC) was witness to a truly awe-inspiring concert on March 22, as a top visiting orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (TSO), took to the stage to officially mark the opening of its brand new, brave initiative called "Asia Project".
Thailand Contemplates EU-Inspired Regulatory Shift
Published on 01/04/2024
» With the growth of the platform economy in Thailand, the cabinet has approved the 10 principles on platform economy law which provide a basis for the much-anticipated Platform Economy Act (PEA), a draft of which is underway with a preliminary draft having been distributed for comments from a closed group of stakeholders. The PEA is intended to replace the Royal Decree on digital platforms, passed in 2022, which merely impose notification obligations on platforms. Interestingly, the PEA draws from both the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), combining regulations on illegal content and transparency with regulations that aim to regulate the market powers of the so-called 'gatekeepers' in one Act.
The AI assembly line ends with the tech giants
News, Published on 22/03/2024
» It's almost impossible for an artificial intelligence startup to build anything as good as ChatGPT, but Inflection was getting there.
Death sentence for drug convicts is not acceptable
Oped, Published on 20/03/2024
» Nearly half of all state-sanctioned deaths around the world are for drug-related offences. This is not acceptable or justifiable and needs to end. My home country of Malaysia has taken steps to change this. Thailand and other countries should follow suit.
Israeli forces kill 50 gunmen in raid on hospital
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2024
» JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) - Israeli forces have killed more than 50 Palestinian gunmen and detained 180 suspected militants in a raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the army said on Tuesday.
Breaking the cycle
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2024
» 'Our mission is to break the cycle of despair," says Chanya Suebpetch, one of the members of a team of social workers at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The 37-year-old works in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. Chanya's work is therefore focused strongly on supporting vulnerable children.
Labour scams carry cost
News, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2024
» For far too long, Thailand has grappled with the insidious issue of human trafficking. This heinous crime has tarnished the country's reputation -- not to mention diminishing the country's competitiveness on the global stage.