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  • THAILAND

    Who gets to lease the East?

    Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/05/2017

    » When Gunn Tattiyakul, a villager from the Bang Khla district of Chachoengasao, learned that his province was chosen as a development site for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), an ambitious government project, he couldn't help but worry.

  • WORLD

    China to further tighten its internet controls

    Reuters, Published on 07/05/2017

    » BEIJING - China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge on Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's push to maintain strict Communist Party control over content.

  • LIFE

    From Bangkok to Cannes

    Published on 21/05/2017

    » CANNES - It was a startling sight on the red carpet of Cannes Film Festival late Friday night: A Thai actor covered from head to toes with tattoos, only inches of his body left un-inked, sauntered down the tapis rouge to shake hand with the festival’s artistic director. Keng Laiprang -- stage name of a Punya Yimaumpai, ex-convict and internet idol -- walked the famous steps of Cannes as part of the French film A Prayer Before Dawn. With him were two other Thai actors starring in the film, Vithaya Pansringarm and Pornchanok Mabklang, and the film’s director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire as well as the lead British actor Joe Cole.

  • BUSINESS

    Deloitte highlights human capital trends for 2017

    Business, Published on 03/05/2017

    » In Thailand, the top three human capital trends are digital human resources, talent acquisition, leadership and careers and learning, says a survey by the consultancy Deloitte.

  • BUSINESS

    Ragged pursuit of growth

    Business, Post Reporters, Published on 22/05/2017

    » Three years after staging a bloodless coup, the military government has managed to restart the stalled Thai economy.

  • OPINION

    Policy makers beware Trump's sweet talk

    News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 03/05/2017

    » In a surprise move, US President Donald Trump made a phone call to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a few days ago and invited the Thai premier to the White House.

  • OPINION

    Reckless N Korea threatens world peace

    News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 09/04/2017

    » When it comes to the world's security threats, North Korea's nuclear weapons development programme is a priority concern and no nation can be at peace under the fear of nuclear attack, especially South Korea.

  • OPINION

    Patronising stance on pickups backfires

    News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 11/04/2017

    » The government's latest attempt to regulate traffic involving the use of pickup trucks is put on hold at least until the Songkran weekend is over. The saga reflects the long neglect in enforcing the law, the Thai attitude of mai pen rai -- it doesn't matter -- and the patronisation by the ruling class.

  • LIFE

    Special K skin

    Life, Published on 11/04/2017

    » As K-beauty holds sway, so-called "chok-chok" skin has become the ideal complexion, which Jane Jang describes as looking bright, fair, plump, dewy and youthful.

  • LIFE

    Not-so-great expectations

    Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 14/04/2017

    » As the old saying goes, "too much of a good thing is a bad thing". Fast 8: Fate Of The Furious -- the latest entry to the long-running action/racing franchise -- is an apt example of this phrase, a film that tries so hard to outdo itself the results border on the satirical. While the Fast And Furious films have always managed to maintain their popularity through escalation of everything, from the action choreography to the conflict and the stakes, Fast 8 seems to have gone just a hair too far, with characters performing incredulous feats that wouldn't look out of place in a Marvel film.

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