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Exploring digital transformation in the new normal at the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 Southeast Asia Online
Published on 13/01/2021
» We live in an ever-growing, ever-changing world. The disruption that COVID-19 brought to economies and societies across Southeast Asia in 2020 accelerated widespread digital adoption and made everyone realise that embracing a digital-first future is necessary for survival.
Conflict of interest: public and private sectors to fight against corruption
Published on 13/01/2021
» Becoming a state party of the United Nations Convention against Corruption 2003 (UNCAC) in 2011, Thailand has elevated its anti-corruption scheme into a national agenda by implementing its domestic laws in line with the UNCAC to manage conflict of interest which is a cause of fraudulent behaviours.
Klong Toey market closed after vendor tests positive
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2021
» Klong Toey Market, a major wet market in central Bangkok has been closed for three days, from Wednesday, after a vendor tested positive for Covid-19.
Virus-positive shuttlers cleared to play
News, Published on 13/01/2021
» Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal has been cleared to compete at the Yonex Thailand Open in Bangkok, despite testing positive for Covid-19.
Govt approves Covid handouts
News, Published on 13/01/2021
» The government on Tuesday agreed to two cash handouts to those most in need in the wake of the latest Covid-19 outbreak.
Deadly ketamine cocktail laced with 3 other drugs
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/01/2021
» A physician at the Police General Hospital who conducted a test on two samples of seized "powdered milk ketamine", found near dead victims on Tuesday, revealed that the tests detected the presence of four substances -- ketamine, heroin, ecstasy and a sleeping pill called diazepam.
EU gets vaccine boost as WHO dampens herd immunity hopes
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» THE HAGUE - The European Union started the approval process for its third vaccine on Tuesday as WHO scientists warned that herd immunity from coronavirus is unlikely this year even with mass inoculation schemes.
Big freeze complicates snow-clearing efforts in Spain
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» MADRID - Extremely low temperatures, in some areas reaching record-breaking levels, swept central and eastern Spain on Tuesday, with the big freeze complicating efforts to clear countless roads blocked by snow.
Billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson dies at 87
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - Billionaire casino magnate and donor to Republican causes Sheldon Adelson has died of cancer, his company said on Tuesday, days before Donald Trump, the US president he supported, hands power to Democratic successor Joe Biden.
Moody's: Expect a slow Thai recovery
Business, Published on 13/01/2021
» Thailand's slow economic recovery reflects the sustained damage wrought by the pandemic on international travel and tourism, in large part because of the slow reopening of borders in major markets, says Moody's Investors Service.