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China's bluster over Japan's Taiwan remarks
News, John J Metzler, Published on 05/12/2025
» Beijing has gone rhetorically ballistic over comments by Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute "a situation threatening Japan's survival" that thus could trigger a military response. Her statement poses uncharacteristically tough talk from Tokyo at a time when tensions are running high in the Far East.
PDPC tells firm to halt iris scan service
News, KOMSAN TORTERMVASANA and SUCHIT LEESA-NGUANSUK, Published on 25/11/2025
» The Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has ordered TIDC Worldverse to suspend its iris scan verification services in Thailand after it was found to be offering cryptocurrency in exchange for personal data.
Brothers' trial puts focus on 'Wild West of crypto'
News, Miles J Herszenhorn, Published on 18/10/2025
» Two brothers, both recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, are going on trial this week in a case that promises to shed light on a secretive and controversial cryptocurrency trading strategy.
When societies rise, fall, and face catastrophe
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 11/10/2025
» When the United Nations emerged from the rubble of two world wars 80 years ago, it represented humanity's most ambitious attempt ever to turn catastrophe into cooperation. But while the scarred world of 1945 had hope following the Allied victory, that optimism has since curdled. The UN today is underfunded, risk-averse, and paralysed.
Coalition split a threat to economy
News, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Komsan Tortermvasana and Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/06/2025
» As political instability unfurls between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its coalition partner Bhumjaithai Party, it is likely to further dampen investor sentiment, compounding concerns amid the looming threat of a 36% US tariff on Thai exports.
Drunk Chinese man stabs abusive compatriot in Pattaya restaurant
News, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 26/05/2025
» PATTAYA - A Chinese diner in a private area at a popular Chinese restaurant was stabbed after abusing an intoxicated compatriot who mistakenly intruded on him and his friends early on Monday morning.
Farmers move to stop burning
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 08/02/2025
» Farmers in the Northeast have shown a willingness to stop crop burning and switch to a decomposition method instead, saying they are ready to be part of the transition towards sustainable agriculture with the support of related sectors.
Your allergies really are getting much worse
News, Lisa Jarvis, Published on 23/04/2024
» If you've sensed that your allergies are getting worse each year, it's not your imagination: Allergy season in the US is getting longer and more intense. You can thank climate change for your misery. And yet we're not doing enough -- to slow down climate change, of course, but to recognise and respond to its very clear health effects.
Disney's 'Shogun' has a lot to teach the West
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 28/02/2024
» One of the most famous tales ever set in Japan is back. Walt Disney Co is spending millions on a glossy new adaptation of the James Clavell saga Shogun, the story of the Englishman who arrives in 1600s Japan and goes on to become a samurai.
'Foul is fair': Shakespeare ban is lifted
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/02/2024
» The Supreme Administrative Court ended an 11-year ban on domestic screenings of the controversial movie Shakespeare Tong Tai (Shakespeare Must Die) on Tuesday.