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Small-screen fame and fortune
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 08/01/2018
» The livestreaming boom in Asia is creating a new kind of celebrity in a multi-billion-dollar business, with millions of viewers willing to tune in for hours every day.
The predator next door
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/01/2018
» Enticed by the pretty face who sent him a Facebook friend request, 14-year-old Boom* struck up a friendship online with an imposter, a 20-year-old ladyboy who was posing as a teen heartthrob.
Roadshows to attract global companies to EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/01/2018
» The government will be busy this year holding international roadshows to lure more investors to its much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
E-business tax targeted to fill coffers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/01/2018
» The Revenue Department estimates its annual tax revenue growth will triple to 15% after the e-business tax, a levy on any online transaction that takes place in Thailand regardless of the e-commerce operator's location, comes into force.
So what's so hard about transparency?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/01/2018
» For law-abiding Thais living under the "peace and order" regime, what should annoy us the most?
Insurgents who torched Yala bus 'own up' to crime
News, Muhammad Ayub Pathan, Published on 09/01/2018
» Three people detained in connection with the torching of a passenger bus in Yala on Dec 17 have confessed to carrying out the attack on the orders of two insurgents leading a group in the province, a security source said Monday.
"#TeamThailand" wins corporate film prize
Published on 09/01/2018
» Charoen Pokphand Group has been entrusted by The National Olympic Committee of Thailand and The Paralympic Committee of Thailand, for the provision of food and communications systems for Thai athletes during the 29th SEA Games and for Thai athletes with disabilities during the 9th ASEAN Para Games, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
N.Korea to send athletes to S.Korea Olympics in breakthrough
New York Times, Published on 09/01/2018
» SEOUL: North Korea agreed on Tuesday to send athletes to February’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, a symbolic breakthrough after months of escalating tensions over the North’s rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programmes.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
GGC readies B7bn complex
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/01/2018
» Global Green Chemical Plc (GGC), the SET-listed biochemical arm of PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC), plans to kick off development of its 7-billion-baht biochemical complex by the third quarter.