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Transport safety stressed in stormy northern Thailand
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/07/2025
» Thai transport agencies are taking safety precautions and are ready to offer public assistance for any effects caused by Tropical Storm Wipha in northern Thailand, Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said on Wednesday.
Making the most of foreign direct investments
News, Keun Lee, Published on 26/02/2024
» Few experts doubt that foreign direct investment can bolster economies by bringing in critical know-how, expanding local production, and creating jobs. It is no surprise, therefore, that attracting FDI has long been a top priority for developed and developing economies alike, as reflected in the generous incentives included in the United States' Inflation Reduction Act. But, when it comes to driving economic growth and development, FDI has a mixed record.
Fragile supply chains will rebuild
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 27/12/2023
» Pick a single item from an array of shocks and you can see just how fragile global supply chains truly are. But combine climate change, decoupling from China, unprecedented technological development, wars, rising costs and labour shortages, and we now have an amalgam of catalysts that will change global trade for the better.
Church members jet off to US
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/04/2023
» A group of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church flew to the US on Friday after being granted asylum following their arrest by Thai police for overstaying their visas two weeks ago.
Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt
News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023
» The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.
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.
Thai reserves are quickly depleting
News, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 08/09/2022
» Thailand's international reserves made headlines in mid-July when they fell US$3.3 billion in a single week.
What is China's Covid endgame?
News, Nancy Qian, Published on 18/04/2022
» For most of the past two years, China's "zero-Covid" strategy was seen as a drastic but effective way to maintain impressively low infection rates. Although this strategy has had negative unintended consequences – including restricted medical care for other illnesses, separated families, and various other economic and social disruptions -- it did keep Covid-19 infection rates low. Most people in China, and many observers elsewhere, viewed the costs as a worthwhile price to pay for sparing the broader population of 1.4 billion from the high mortality rates seen in countries like the United States.
PM satisfied as fruit reaches China
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/04/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is satisfied with the successful rail delivery of durians and coconuts from Thailand to China.
Thailand 'poised to soar'
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/06/2020
» Thailand is poised to soar in the global market with heightened investment attraction and a massive budget earmarked to rejuvenate the economy in the fourth quarter, as the Covid-19 pandemic eases, according to Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.