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Thai stocks flat, Philippines hits record high
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» Philippine shares jumped the most in a year on Tuesday, hitting a record high on foreign buying, while Vietnam climbed for a second straight session to a fresh 10-year high.
Human Rights Watch raps PM's cardboard dummy 'joke'
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, known for his temperamental outbursts, has adopted a unique tactic to avoid tricky questions from reporters -- leave a cardboard cutout of himself for reporters to quiz.
Indonesian police probe foreign 'orders' for child porn
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities are investigating whether a child pornography ring had links to an international network, police said on Tuesday, after videos of adult women engaged in sexual acts with boys went viral on social media.
Philippines to protest to China over manmade island ‘airbase’
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation's defence minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
Big business okay with small, varied wage hike
Online Reporters, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Banking has agreed to a small increase in the minimum daily wage this year, but said it should not be the same in all provinces.
Disruptive tech to impact negotiations
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/01/2018
» With the arrival of disruptive technology, negotiators say trade talks will no longer centre on only tariff and non-tariff measures, social issues, labour, human rights and geopolitics, but also strategic partnerships in the services sector, intellectual property, value-added goods, technology transfers and human resource development.
BoT signs currency swap with China
Business, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Bank of Thailand has reached an agreement to extend bilateral currency swap worth 70 billion yuan (370 billion baht) with the People's Bank of China (PBC) for another three years.
SET plans CLMV stock trade
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plans to set up a new equity market to trade stocks from neighbouring countries as these stocks have good growth potential based on buoyant economic growth in Southeast Asia.
Dems seek ruling on S44 order
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Ombudsman will be petitioned to ask the Constitutional Court to rule whether a Section 44 order on political parties violates the charter, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
Bitcoin speculation allowed for Thais
Business, Darana Chudasri & Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2018
» Phillip Securities Thailand has allowed Thai investors to speculate on bitcoin via an international global derivatives trading service, while Thailand's market regulators are in consensus that the move is legitimate.