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Yakuza murder suspect to be deported on Thursday
Online Reporters, Published on 31/01/2018
» Senior Yakuza gang member Shigeharu Shirai will be deported to Japan on Thursday following his detention at the Immigration Bureau, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
Myanmar hopes to double electricity capacity by 2021
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar is planning to double its electric power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, two senior officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in an ambitious move to tackle chronic power shortages in the energy-starved country.
30 former MPs reveal plans to form new party
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 31/01/2018
» At least 30 ex-MPs and cabinet ministers are to establish a new political party, according to a former Prime Minister's Office minister, and one of the proposed party's founders.
New postgraduate courses to be offered in strategic sectors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/01/2018
» The government plans to accelerate the implementation of a plan to help universities produce graduates in the sectors most in need of an influx of highly trained new recruits.
DTAC to go digital with workforce culling
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/01/2018
» Total Access Communication (DTAC), the latest in a growing list of companies seeking to capitalise on digital transformation, will slash its workforce by 1,000 employees this year in an effort to increase earnings.
Slower than a speeding bullet train? No way
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 31/01/2018
» Pending agreement from Japan, a plan to run bullet trains along a 670km stretch of track from Bangkok to Chiang Mai may be downgraded so the trains run at top speeds of 180-200kph instead of the originally planned 300kph.
Governing top down
News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha first uttered the phrase regarding "Thai-ness" less than three weeks ago. In that short period of time, his programme called Thai Niyom has not just come into being. Now the Thai-ness project is already fully organised, completely staffed and apparently working, down to the village level. It even has acquired an adjective and now is "sustainable Thai-ness" or Thai Niyom Yangyuen. For these reasons, critics already are attacking it as yet another facet of the military's plan for an indefinite stay in power.
7 face charges over protest
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 31/01/2018
» At least seven activists will face charges in relation to their weekend gathering at Pathumwan intersection demanding the election be held this year, police said yesterday.
PM hints at power plant delay
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hinted Tuesday that the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant in Songkhla's Thepha district could be delayed.
AWN keeps plan to de-list CSL
Business, Published on 31/01/2018
» Advanced Wireless Network (AWN) Co, a subsidiary of mobile leader Advanced Info Service, plans to de-list CS LoxInfo (CSL) from the Stock Exchange of Thailand after acquiring the company through a tender offer.