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Travel cancellations hit Japan as typhoon nears
Bloomberg and Kyodo News, Published on 15/08/2024
» Hundreds of flights and some bullet train services will be suspended as Typhoon Ampil makes its way towards the main island of Japan on Friday, complicating travel plans during the country’s annual Bon summer break.
Chinese gang hunted for B70m robbery
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/08/2024
» Police are hunting for four Chinese nationals who broke into a luxury house in Pathum Thani and forced their Chinese victim to transfer US$2 million (70 million baht) in digital money to them.
Climate activists breach security at four German airports
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2024
» BERLIN - Two German airports temporarily suspended flights on Thursday morning after climate activists breached their airfields as part of a larger protest action targeting four airports nationwide.
DITP Hosts Bangkok RHVAC & E&E 2024 Trade Shows
Published on 15/08/2024
» The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, in collaboration with the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Club and the Electrical and Electronics Industry Club, under the Federation of Thai Industries, is set to organise the Bangkok Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning 2024 (Bangkok RHVAC 2024) and Bangkok Electric and Electronics 2024 (Bangkok E&E 2024). These events will feature cutting-edge innovations that cater to global market needs, with a wide variety of products and services from renowned local and international manufacturers, all under the theme “One Stop Solutions for Net Zero Future.” The events will take place from 4-7 September 2024 at BITEC, Bangkok.
Three die in family toilet
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/08/2024
» Police have warned of the danger of mixing sulphuric acid and caustic soda to clean a clogged pipe, after three people died in a small toilet at a family home in Chon Buri.
Industry leaders target continuity
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Wichit Chantanusornsiri and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/08/2024
» Thailand's economic outlook is in disarray following the removal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in an ethics case that involved his appointment of a lawyer with a criminal conviction to his cabinet.
More than 400 resorts face chop
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/08/2024
» The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has kicked off inspections which could lead to the demolition of more than 400 resorts for encroaching on public land in Nakhon Ratchasima's Wang Nam Khieo district.
The deepening political turmoil in South Asia
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 15/08/2024
» Violent student-led, Islamist-backed protests in Bangladesh have toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, and mob attacks targeting those viewed as supporters of her secular Awami League party -- in particular, the country's dwindling Hindu minority -- are proliferating. At a time when neighbouring Myanmar is engulfed in violence and the Pakistan-Afghanistan belt remains fertile ground for cross-border terrorism, political upheaval in Bangladesh, two years after the overthrow of Sri Lanka's government, is the last thing India, the regional power, needs.
New realities in Japan-Thailand ties
Oped, Kasit Piromya, Published on 15/08/2024
» If one were to review the existing relationship between two developed and developing countries throughout the world to determine which one was the most successful in terms of donor–recipient relationship, mutual respect, goodwill, and friendship, the Japan-Thailand partnership should be an answer that is most commonly cited.