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Asean must grab its rare-earth shot
News, Imran Khalid, Published on 22/11/2025
» US President Donald Trump's return to Southeast Asia last month felt like a rerun -- tariffs, tough talk, and televised deals. But this time, he left behind more than headlines. From Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi, Mr Trump inked trade pacts promising tariff relief on US exports in exchange for joint ventures in mining and refining the rare-earth minerals that power the world's clean-tech boom.
Cops nab 4 extortionists
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 25/02/2025
» PHUKET: Four men have been arrested while allegedly trying to extort money from two Vietnamese men at gunpoint in a van parked outside a hotel in Muang district.
Will the new industrial policy work?
News, Keun Lee, Published on 27/02/2023
» Industrial policy has returned to government agendas across the developed and developing world. While the US Inflation Reduction Act has shocked America's Asian and European trading partners, the Biden administration's signature climate-change legislation is just the latest in a series of recent policies that seemingly fly in the face of World Trade Organization rules.
Police slap Lumpini van driver with murder rap
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2020
» A van driver arrested after a woman was abducted near Lumpini Park in the early hours of Tuesday has been charged with kidnapping and murder, after the victim's "boyfriend" died from injuries received trying to rescue her.
Supoj to make return on rehab panel
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/06/2020
» Former transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom has been appointed as a member of a sub-committee tasked with studying an industrial estate for rehabilitation and development of inmates just months after completing a jail term for filing false asset declarations, according to a source.
Bangkok losing its gloss
News, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Leah Carter and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2019
» Bangkok has added its 2019 award as the world's top destination to a list of prizes it has won over the past decade, but the latest success comes with one question.
Vintage car exhibition goes off with a bang
News, Tawatchai Kemgumnerd, Published on 16/06/2019
» The Vintage Car Club of Thailand, in conjunction with the Future Park department store and Zpell, organised the 43rd vintage car show under the theme "Aerodynamically Derived Aesthetics". Exhibits are vintage and classic cars steeped in value.
'Built to burn'
News, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2019
» Re: "#Pray for Notre Dame", (BP, April 16). I join the rest of the world in weeping for the disastrous Notre Dame fire -- but The New York Times reported that Vincent Dunn, a fire consultant and former New York City fire chief, said "These cathedrals and houses of worship are built to burn. If they weren't houses of worship, they'd be condemned."
Supoj jailed for 10 months in asset case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/10/2018
» A former permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry found unusually rich after his house was burgled seven years ago has been sent to prison for 10 months for filing false asset declarations, after losing his appeal.
Harley, Trump and Thailand's big trade gamble
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 18/07/2018
» Democracies look to voters for validation of their economic policies. For Thailand's military junta, the affirmation is coming from Beijing, bankers and the likes of Harley-Davidson Inc.