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Phachara tied for lead in Malaysia
Reuters, Published on 02/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai and Italian Nino Bertasio fired impressive rounds of seven-under-par 65 to sit at the top of a congested leaderboard on day two of the Maybank Championship on Friday.
Aceh rally defends persecution of trans women
The Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2018
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Muslims in conservative Aceh province are protesting against an investigation into local police who rounded up and publicly humiliated transgender women.
Making a mockery
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/02/2018
» Political mockery involving luxury watches and military figures has allegedly been banned ahead of the 72nd Chulalongkorn-Thammasat Traditional Football Match at the National Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday.
Students: Watches mockery banned at football match
Online Reporters, Published on 02/02/2018
» The political mockery involving luxury watches and military figures was allegedly banned during the 72nd Chulalongkorn-Thammasat Traditional Football Match scheduled at the National Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday.
Investors eyed for green growth
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/02/2018
» The new five-year Environment Agenda focusing on filling investment gaps for green growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), has been endorsed by environment ministers from the subregion.
Cryptocurrencies committee to outline stance this month
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/02/2018
» A working committee on cryptocurrencies is expected to clarify its stance on how to regulate digital currencies by this month, aiming to guard against fraud from investment in the tokens.
BAY fans out with digital outposts
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 02/02/2018
» Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) aims to transform half of its traditional branches into digital outposts over the next three years, mirroring similar announcements by its competitors.
Five-year GMS environmental agenda endorsed
Business, Published on 02/02/2018
» Environment ministers from the six member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) endorsed a five-year environmental agenda that includes more than US$540 million (16.9 billion baht) worth of priority projects to spur green investments and increase environmental cooperation to help the region achieve sustainable growth.
'Watch scandal' now and amnesty bill then
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/02/2018
» The gnawing scandal over Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon's dubious and expensive watches has become tantamount to the amnesty bill that upended the previous elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra, who is now on the run after being overthrown and subsequently convicted over the rice-pledging scheme. These two cases are ostensibly different but in fact they both spell the beginning of an inexorable end.
Plan now for the digital era
News, Editorial, Published on 02/02/2018
» Over the past few months, news reports have indicated Thailand has entered a new era of technological development, with more companies embracing digital technology via the use of artificial intelligence and robots. But such technological progress has made some people worried about what the future holds for them.