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Ayutthaya high-speed rail still on track
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will reduce the height of the Ayutthaya High-Speed Rail Station's roof structure to preserve the value of the original Ayutthaya Railway Station, following the advice of the World Heritage Committee's advisory body.
Panel highlights AI's growing influence
News, Tarit Attapich, Published on 22/12/2023
» Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a more important role in 2024, according to a panel at an event held at the British Club in Bangkok yesterday.
Govt urged to shield asylum seekers from deportation
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/04/2023
» Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the government to ensure the safety of 63 recently-detained Christian asylum seekers from China, fearing they may face persecution and torture if they are deported to their homeland.
The rubber tree and the hopeful ant
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/01/2023
» Throughout January PostScript has been written from my house balcony in Chaiyaphum while taking in a view of avenues of rubber trees with the occasional intrusion of stray chickens. In fact, I am surrounded by rubber trees.
Why Taiwan matters to the democratic world
News, Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, Published on 20/08/2022
» US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's headline-generating visit to Taipei has reminded the world how much Taiwan matters to China. But Taiwan also should matter to the democratic world.
Nataphol talks up new 'Deep' platform
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 01/09/2020
» The Education Ministry on Monday unveiled its Digital Education Excellence Platform (Deep) under the Thailand Education Eco-System (TE2S) initiative which aims to allow the ministry to harness data from students and teachers in order to elevate teaching, learning and human capital standards nationwide.
So little globalisation so far, yet so much potential
News, John Pearson, Published on 09/04/2019
» After 33 years in the global logistics industry, I continue to be amazed by how little globalised the world economy still is. Some may find this thesis disingenuous, given the fears often associated with globalisation. But at a time when populism and nationalism are ever more pervasive, while multilateralism is increasingly under threat, it matters greatly to have one's facts straight.
Thailand must release al-Araibi
News, Elaine Pearson, Published on 11/01/2019
» Every year, Thailand welcomes thousands of newlyweds on tourism packages, promising a once in a lifetime experience. Little did a Pascoe Vale Football Club player and former Bahrain national team member Hakeem al-Araibi and his bride realise when they left Melbourne on their honeymoon that Thailand would send a squad of police to arrest him as he got off the plane and threaten to send him to Bahrain, where he faces torture and wrongful imprisonment.
Ovec to help plug EEC gap
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/11/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) will this month sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the London-based education company Pearson, to implement BTEC programmes -- a vocational curriculum used in the UK -- for Thai students to feed demand for high-skilled workers in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Prayut denies trip goal to snare fugitive PMs
News, PATPON SABPAITOON and KORNCHANOK RAKSASERI, Published on 20/06/2018
» Ahead of his visit to the UK and France Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday denied wanting to discuss bringing fugitive former premiers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra back to face justice in Thailand.