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Organiser expects 1.3m at book fair
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 12/03/2025
» The Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) has announced the upcoming 53rd National Book Fair and 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair 2025, aiming to draw more than 1.3 million visitors.
E-commerce operators urgently seek steps to halt flood of substandard products
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/11/2024
» Thai e-commerce operators have called for urgent government measures to prepare for a flood of substandard Chinese products and grey capital entering the local market following Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, seeking to avoid stricter trade policies.
Publishers targeting niche markets
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 05/08/2024
» The Thai publishing market is expected to decline this year as economic woes hit people's pockets, but booksellers see a promising opportunity by targeting niche markets, according to the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat).
AI to revolutionise financial landscape
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/09/2023
» The financial realm is on the cusp of a significant transformation due to generative artificial intelligence (AI), says global payment leader Visa.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Biggest and oldest book fair returns
Business, AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» FRANKFURT: The Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest and oldest, celebrated its return on Tuesday, but with fewer big names attending and star author Margaret Atwood only joining via video link, was not quite back to its former glory.
On 100th Anniversary of 'Robot,' They're Finally Taking Over
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 25/01/2021
» On Jan. 25, 1921, Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." -- short for "Rossum's Universal Robots" -- premiered in Prague. It was a sensation. Within two years it had been translated into 30 languages, including English, to which it introduced the word "robot."
Drone taxi and bags of rice take flight in South Korea
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 12/11/2020
» A drone taxi and a drone delivery were tested in South Korea's capital yesterday as the country moves closer to launching unmanned air vehicles by 2025.
Shot in the dark
Business, Komsak Tortermvasana & Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/08/2020
» Imagine connecting to high-speed internet anywhere in the world, including deep in the forest, high in the mountains or even the ocean, without relying on terrestrial telecom cell sites. Life would be much easier for many people, especially those in remote areas.
How to avoid the fake news trap
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 03/06/2020
» 'Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it," said the French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal.