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Tariffs force petrochem contraction
News, Ron Bousso, Published on 30/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump's trade wars are nudging the global plastics industry towards a painful but necessary restructuring to address acute overcapacity that has kept the industry's profits in a prolonged slump.
I'm with the band -- how music made me British
News, Howard Chua-Eoan, Published on 31/08/2024
» 'Wonderwall' is all I remember. The rest of Oasis is a blur to me. I was still living in New York City when the band had their global breakthrough -- and that song was everywhere. From the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, it's one of the few mid-1990s songs whose lyrics this Boomer can remember. I admired its Beatles-like off-kilter poetics, its love-will-save-the-day (if not, maybe it'll just save me) sentimentality. And Liam Gallagher's voice, while not beautiful, was pure plaintive Britpop, a plangent inflexion echoing from as far back as 1962's Love Me Do by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Time to focus on public housing
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 25/06/2024
» Gains by far-right parties in this month's European Union elections should serve as a reminder of the dangers of failing to address the region's chronic problems of inadequate housing supply and worsening affordability. Few other issues have greater potential to damage the social fabric and undermine democracy.
Embassies mark Anzac Day
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 26/04/2024
» The Australian and New Zealand embassies in Thailand yesterday jointly hosted an Anzac Day commemorative service at Hellfire Pass, part of the Thai-Burma railway in Kanchanaburi province.
'Empower, Inspire, Transform'
News, Published on 12/03/2024
» Marking International Women's Day this month, 10 extraordinary women from a wide range of fields who have empowered, inspired and transformed change in their communities through their pursuit of excellence have been named the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year 2024.
Muslims tire of double standards
News, Karishma Vaswani, Published on 23/11/2023
» Washington's unwavering support for Israel during its ground invasion of Gaza is coming under increasing scrutiny in the Global South.
Mitr Phol achieves global recognition for sustainability
News, Published on 27/04/2023
» Mitr Phol Group, world's second biggest sugar producer and a leader in sustainable development in the agro-industrial sector in Thailand, has been recently ranked second in the world for sustainable development in the food product industry in the latest Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) by S&P Global.
Dow lauds classroom chemistry contest
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/12/2022
» Dow Thailand Group (Dow) recently organised a Dow Chemistry Classroom competition called the "DOW-CST Award", under the theme of "Green Chemistry".
Musk's covert war on free speech
News, Richard K Sherwin, Published on 17/10/2022
» In 1897, the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst sent illustrator Frederic Remington to cover the Cuban War of Independence. When Remington relayed that "there will be no war," Hearst allegedly cabled back: "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war."
Biden has launched a trade war against himself
News, Anne O. Krueger, Published on 03/10/2022
» The contradiction between US President Joe Biden's major domestic and foreign-policy objectives and his administration's trade policies has grown increasingly sharp. As Mr Biden nears the midpoint of his electoral term, it is no exaggeration to say that he is waging war against his own agenda.