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Sapporo snow festival features Trump sculpture among others
Published on 06/02/2017
» TOKYO - The annual Sapporo Snow Festival began on Monday in the Hokkaido capital, featuring 200 sculptures made from snow and ice, including one of new US President Donald Trump.
Japanese charged with human trafficking in Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 06/02/2017
» PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court on Monday charged a Japanese man and two Cambodian suspects with illegally recruiting women who were allegedly trafficked to Japan for sexual exploitation.
Wind farm dust-up to blow over
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/02/2017
» The recent revocation of a private firm's licence to develop wind farms in Chaiyaphum province is likely to cause minimal damage to Thailand's 20-year renewable energy development plan, according to a policymaker.
Needed: lessons on each other
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/02/2017
» To many conservative minds, having the LGBTI's movement for gender equality and inclusion being shoved in their faces is a nuisance and horror, especially when those actions seek to revolutionise past ideas and beliefs that have been upheld for a long time.
Saying it with orchids: Inside Japan's business gift culture
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 06/02/2017
» In Japanese business celebrations, there's one thing you'll almost always see: orchids.
Asean at 50
Asia focus, Published on 06/02/2017
» Asean is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, under the ambitious theme of engaging with the world. Yet the current world might not be an easy place for Asean to engage with. The liberal world order, in which Asean and other multilateral cooperation forums are rooted, might be entering its twilight. Longtime cheerleaders for the globalised economy, an open society and multilateralism, among them the United States and Great Britain, surprisingly have turned more nationalistic, isolationist and protective.
Trump tantrums keep traders on edge, SET dips
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/02/2017
» Recap: World stock markets retreated as investors shied away from riskier assets over renewed concerns about US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries and protectionist rhetoric that fanned fears of a global trade war. Buying ahead of corporate earnings releases and hopes for dividend payments cushioned the Thai stock market against a steep fall.
Skilled workforce and strong R&D keys to Thailand 4.0 success
Business, Published on 06/02/2017
» Several of the government's recent economic initiatives have the potential to kick-start Thailand's economy. To achieve the economic transformation to which the government aspires, having a skilled workforce and many more strategic investments in research and development (R&D) will be important.
Good neighbour
Asia focus, Published on 06/02/2017
» Before I interviewed the Malaysian ambassador to Thailand, HE Dato' Nazirah Hussain, people told me she was the kindest and most humble female diplomat they have ever met. But what I did not expect was that this soft-spoken woman would make me, a professional journalist on duty, break into tears when she talked so movingly about Thailand's beloved late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Prisoners no more
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 06/02/2017
» Hair tousled, eyes rimmed with black liners. Five figures dressed in black and white ensemble start moving to the beat of the electronic pop dance music.