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LGBTQ-related content touted
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 20/06/2024
» Following the recent celebrations of the same-sex marriage bill, the Thai Content Promotion Association believes Thai LGBTQ-related content has potential for growth if supported by the government, says Worarit Ninklom, a member of the drama and TV subcommittee under the National Soft Power Strategy Committee.
Chinese censors target economic ‘doomsayers’
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu, The New York Times, Published on 31/01/2024
» China’s top intelligence agency issued an ominous warning in December about an emerging threat to the country’s national security: Chinese people who criticise the economy.
China censors top financial pundit over economy comments
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» BEIJING: A prominent Chinese financial journalist who has compared the country's economic problems to the Great Depression has been banned from social media.
China must rethink Zero Covid
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/04/2022
» It finally feels like the world, collectively, is moving in one direction. Toward reopening. Toward the new normal. Hong Kong, after some of the world's strictest quarantine rules kept Covid-19 at bay for almost two years, last Thursday reopened gyms, beauty parlours, theme parks and cinemas for the first time in more than four months.
Government pledges to ramp up 4D campaign
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/03/2021
» The government vows to rev up a 4D scheme -- Digitalisation, De-carbonisation, Decentralisation and De-risk -- to lift the country's economic growth as it sticks to its 4% growth target this year.
True Corp is more than ready for 5G transformation
Published on 22/10/2020
» Once the first to launch 3G in Thailand, True Corporation PLC is moving forward further to a wireless future with the upcoming 5G
HSBC profits hammered by pandemic and soaring US-China tensions
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» HONG KONG: HSBC on Monday said profits for the first half of 2020 plunged by 69% year on year as the banking giant was hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and spiralling China-US tensions.
HSBC denies reports that it 'fabricated evidence' on Huawei
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» BEIJING - London-based HSBC bank has denied Chinese media reports that it had "framed" telecom giant Huawei or "fabricated evidence" that led to the arrest of a top company official.
Thailand's internet censorship rates 6/10
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/01/2020
» Thailand has received a score of 6 out of 10 in internet censorship, on a par with various regional peers, according to UK-based tech research firm Comparitech.
China's growth data may mask economic risks: research group
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» SHANGHAI - China's GDP growth may be significantly slower than official estimates suggest and its economy more vulnerable to external shocks than widely believed, a global business think tank has warned.