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Climate startup acquires funding for innovation
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 24/09/2025
» SeaX Ventures, a joint Thai-US venture capital firm, and other investors are funding a €6.8-million Amsterdam-based climate tech startup called Brineworks to scale its low-cost direct air capture (DAC) technology for e-fuels.
Polycrisis merits renewed ethos
Oped, Edgar Morin & Claudio Pedretti, Published on 24/09/2025
» In 1999, one of us (Morin) introduced the term "polycrisis" to describe the web of interconnected catastrophes threatening our world. At the time, the concept was meant to serve as a warning, but it has since become our reality. We are facing a confluence of escalating ecological, political, economic, technological, and existential crises, each of which is reinforcing the others.
Keeping universal healthcare strong
Oped, Amanee Hamu, Thongchai Napim, Manatchaya Chuyingsakultip & Kullaporn Unnanon, Published on 24/09/2025
» For 23 years, Thailand's universal healthcare scheme, better known as the "gold card", has protected millions from financial ruin, a remarkable achievement that has earned worldwide praise. Yet, the system is not perfect.
Baht flow puzzle
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/09/2025
» Re: "The baht's troubling rise", (Editorial, Sept 22). It is much discussed in the media and on social media about the mysterious inflow of money that causes the Thai baht to strengthen. Accounting-wise, the inflow is recorded as "Errors and Omissions". Even the finance minister-to-be said that he would have a discussion with the Bank of Thailand (BoT) about the issue. It is feared that the inflow is grey money.
Climate week fanfare hides the poverty gap
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 24/09/2025
» As world leaders converge on New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week, two incompatible visions are about to clash: rich-world elites obsessed with climate change versus developing nations battling poverty, hunger, and disease.
Here's what you can and can't dump
Sports, Published on 24/09/2025
» We all get a little panicky when we're faced with a rule that we should fully understand and follow. Our brains short circuit and can't seem to function properly. When a golf ball is in a yellow-marked water hazard, in other words when the water is in front of you and that you have no alternative but to cross. You have two primary options after taking a one-stroke penalty: replay from the last spot you hit from or drop a ball behind the hazard along a line from the hole through to where the ball last crossed the hazard's margin.
Bangkok Climate Action Week kicks off with a photo exhibition
Life, Published on 24/09/2025
» To mark the first Bangkok Climate Action Week, Asai Bangkok Chinatown is holding "From City To Sea" to connect Bangkok audiences with nature at the hotel's Courtyard, 4th floor, from Sunday until Oct 15.
Halfmoon Festival brings superstar DJs to Koh Phangan
Life, Post Reporters, Published on 24/09/2025
» Thailand's iconic Halfmoon Festival is bringing major international talent for Koh Phangan's open-air jungle celebration which features a fresh run of bi-weekly shows from now through December this year.
Emsphere presents a new realm of spooky fun
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 24/09/2025
» Emsphere on Sukhumvit Road will be transformed into a fantastical stage for the Bangkok debut of Under The Castle (UTC), an immersive haunted house experience, which will kick off on Oct 7 and run until Nov 2.
Panel urged to adopt new electricity supply model
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/09/2025
» Energy experts appointed to sit on a panel tasked with drafting a new power development plan (PDP) are being urged to reform the nation's electricity supply policy.