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DUP: Cops nab Chinese woman with lion cub
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/02/2024
» Police have arrested a Chinese woman for keeping a lion cub illegally in a Phuket hotel room.
The toxic legacy left by the Green Revolution
Oped, Published on 15/02/2024
» There are more than 390,000 identified plant species in the world, but just three -- rice, maize, and wheat -- account for roughly 60% of the plant-based calories in our diets. The dominance of these three grains is largely the result of major technological breakthroughs, particularly the development of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice and wheat during the Green Revolution of the 1960s.
The silver lining of Widodo's big economic miss
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 15/02/2024
» By his own standards, Joko Widodo has fallen well short of a major economic goal during his decade leading Indonesia. Growth has been laudable in a neighbourhood where the pace of expansion is undergoing a long-term slowdown, but nowhere close to the outgoing president's lofty ambitions. That's a pity, because part of Mr Widodo's attraction as a candidate in 2014 was his image as a self-made businessman, an outsider who could nudge the country towards achieving its much-promoted potential.
Firm denies ties to temple graffiti mess
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/02/2024
» The employer of a photographer, arrested and charged for allegedly supporting a political activist responsible for spraying a protest message on the wall of Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram on March 28 last year, emphasised on Wednesday that it had not asked him to cover the incident.
Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation sets B115.6bn loan guarantee target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/02/2024
» Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) has set a loan guarantee target of 115.6 billion baht for this year, up from 95 billion last year, while aiming to reduce the non-performing credit guarantees (NPGs) of 12,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says general manager Sittikorn Direksoonthorn.
No EM for Thaksin?
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/02/2024
» Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra may not be subject to electronic monitoring after his release on parole this weekend, the Department of Probation says.
Important to invest in cultural assets
Oped, Published on 15/02/2024
» Thailand's vast architectural and cultural heritage is more than just a source of enjoyment and public pride. It is probably the nation's most important resource besides its people. And heritage empowers the people. It supports social and economic welfare in lots of ways. It's worth taking care of.
Global trade war or merry dance?
News, Published on 15/02/2024
» Globalisation may have stalled amid the fiery geopolitical posturing of recent years, but many doubt it's in reverse, given that supply chains have been re-routed rather than returned home and overall trade volumes are less disturbed than first feared.
Bhullar aiming for No.1 spot
Sports, Published on 15/02/2024
» Kuala Lumpur: To quote the Rolling Stones, Gaganjeet Bhullar can't get no satisfaction.
Shutdown begins in Gulf
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2024
» The Department of Fisheries has announced the beginning of the annual rotational closing of the Gulf of Thailand to fishing until September.