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  • THAILAND

    Thailand new hub, warns drugs czar

    News, Bangkok Post, Published on 07/12/2019

    » The appearance in court this week of suspects connected with the smuggling of a huge quantity of drugs from a port in Thailand to Australia confirms that Thailand is becoming a major route for drug cartels in the Golden Triangle, according to Niyom Termsrisuk, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

  • LIFE

    Farmer brothers

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 31/08/2018

    » Mitdanai "Port" and Phundanai "Peat" Sathavonmanee co-founded CORO FIELD (fb.com/corofieldTH), a Japanese-style agro-tourist destination in Ratchaburi, in 2015. Since then, the brothers have branched out with a café in Esplanade Ratchada and a dessert shop in CentralWorld while Coro Field thrives as an example of what agriculture 4.0 looks like. We talked to them about their green ambition to plant a seed for modern farming while helping Thai farmers.

  • BUSINESS

    Green light for Kyaukphyu

    Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 30/07/2018

    » Fresh negotiations are under way to resolve the impasse that has prevented progress on the Chinese-backed Kyaukphyu megaproject for more than three years, according to Myanmar's deputy finance minister.

  • WORLD

    How Paris is remaking the Seine

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023

    » An electric delivery boat pushed up the Seine, past the former palaces and elegant museums and under the low-slung stone and metal bridges before turning at the Eiffel Tower and gliding to the riverbank.

  • THAILAND

    China rolls into heart of Southeast Asia

    News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/10/2019

    » Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Company has unveiled China's plan to launch a freight service from Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, to Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, by the end of this year under the much-touted Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

  • WORLD

    All aboard a floating jungle supermarket

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023

    » Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban's front deck. The Tomarahos had taken the boat downriver to vote in Paraguay's national elections and then had slept outside for four days, waiting for the Aquidaban to take them home.

  • BUSINESS

    Double the fun

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018

    » Sailing on the equivalent of a floating Macau, viewing spectacular shows and enjoying all-day indoor and outdoor entertainment are par for the course on the new generation of cruises serving the growing Asian leisure travel market.

  • THAILAND

    Dolphin 'catch' vid sparks ire

    News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/07/2019

    » An initial investigation by the Port-in Port-out (Pipo) control centre in Pattani has found that a widely shared online video showing many dolphins caught in a net set by fishermen for tuna came from a Malaysian boat.

  • THAILAND

    Na Ranong overpass to open next month after Covid delay

    News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2023

    » The construction of an overpass over the Na Ranong intersection in Klong Toey district is expected to be completed early next month, said Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt.

  • BUSINESS

    Making musical waves

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/02/2019

    » Many people associate a cruise holiday with being in a floating hotel, with buffet lines and various forms of entertainment and recreation, plus the obligatory port calls for shopping. As for the passengers … well, grey is the dominant hair colour.

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