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Stalled Yangon expansion plan brought back to life
Published on 05/04/2018
» YANGON: The regional government administering Myanmar's major commercial capital Yangon and its vicinity is giving life to a stalled expansion plan aimed at eventually transforming the country's largest city into the next Southeast Asian economic hub, twice the size of Singapore.
Thai farms warned over coffee trend
News, Asawin Suebsaeng, Published on 14/01/2018
» Despite an increase in coffee consumption and growing interest among southern farmers to convert rubber plantations to grow coffee, competition from neighbouring countries is too fierce, according to a leader of community enterprises.
City woman 'admits gang tie'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2018
» A woman has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a call centre gang's use of stolen ID card to open bank accounts, said a police source.
PM plots path to post-election power
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's New Year remark that he was a soldier-turned-politician may have surprised some but it was far from unexpected.
Governors urged to brace for new tax regulations
News, Published on 13/01/2018
» The Interior Ministry has urged provincial governors to make sure local administrative organisations (LAOs) are prepared for new regulations under the land and building tax bill being deliberated by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).
Caller-ID spoofing remedy ordered
News, Published on 13/01/2018
» Telecom service providers have been told to block 50 numbers used by call centre gangs to trick their victims and have been given two months to develop a system to counter caller-ID spoofing via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
New $1.5bn Phnom Penh airport approved
Published on 12/01/2018
» A new airport for Phnom Penh will be built in Kandal province, a southern part of the capital, according to a government announcement on Friday.
China rebukes firms calling Taiwan a 'country'
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2018
» SHANGHAI: China's aviation authority on Friday demanded an apology from US-based Delta Air Lines for listing Taiwan and Tibet as countries on its website, while another agency took aim at the fashion brand Zara and the medical device maker Medtronic Plc for similar issues.
The blessing of black
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/01/2018
» Many people believe black brings bad luck, refusing to buy expensive clothes in the colour or dress in it for weddings or auspicious events.
Big stink seals fate of Koh Tao eyesore
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/01/2018
» A 45,000-tonne mountain of garbage that is polluting Surat Thani's Koh Tao island will be removed, Surat Thani governor Witchawut Chinto says.