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THAILAND

Ex-deputy minister goes to jail for B11m embezzlement

Online Reporters, Published on 10/07/2019

» The Supreme Court has upheld a two-year prison sentence for former deputy education minister Chavarin Latthasaksiri, 72, for the theft of 11 million baht in 2014.

THAILAND

Pad Thai 'unlikely' to be cause of couple's illness

Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/07/2019

» PHUKET: The provincial health chief is investigating claims an Australian couple were sick for over a year after eating pad Thai in Phuket, but says it's cooked at high temperature and unlikely to be the cause.

BUSINESS

Minutes confirm BoT preparing to intervene

Reuters, Published on 10/07/2019

» The Bank of Thailand is preparing measures to control short-term capital inflows, while continuing to relax restrictions on outflows to cope with the strong baht, according to minutes of a policy meeting last month.

WORLD

Japan boyband star-maker Johnny Kitagawa dead at 87

AFP, Published on 10/07/2019

» TOKYO - Japan's leading boyband star-maker Johnny Kitagawa, who built an entertainment empire and broke records with his acts, has died of a stroke, his company said. He was 87.

WORLD

UK leadership hopefuls in heated clash over Brexit

AFP, Published on 10/07/2019

» LONDON: Boris Johnson stood accused of having nothing to offer Britain but "blind optimism" as he and his rival for the premiership clashed over Brexit in a bad-tempered TV debate on Tuesday night.

BUSINESS

SET mulls 'stablecoin' to tame Libra

Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 10/07/2019

» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has floated the idea of launching a digital "stablecoin" to be used domestically at first before expanding into Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam if the asset takes hold.

WORLD

US, China negotiators resume trade war talks

AFP, Published on 10/07/2019

» WASHINGTON: Top US and Chinese negotiators held phone talks on Tuesday as the world's top two economies seek to resolve their trade war, more than a week after they declared a truce.

BUSINESS

KS lifts 12-month SET target

Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 10/07/2019

» Kasikorn Securities (KS) remains bullish on local stocks and has raised its 12-month forward target for the SET index to 1,775 from the previous 1,725.

LEARNING

Korean TV show faces more charges

Gary Boyle, Published on 10/07/2019

» Another police charge was filed on Tuesday against the South Korean company that produces the survival TV show The Law of the Jungle and the Thai company which coordinated the shooting of an episode which broke Thai law.

LIFE

Hard soil, big jumps and epiphanies: what it's like on the Moon

AFP, Published on 10/07/2019

» WASHINGTON: Twelve American men walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, with most describing in great detail their experiences on the dusty, low-gravity world lit by the blinding light of the Sun.