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Thailand upcycles plastic waste to pave roads
Single-use plastic waste in Thailand ballooned during the coronavirus lockdown as demand for home food deliveries soared, activists say, setting … More
Thailand targets narco millions hidden in gold, steel and crypto
Authorities say they are finally ready to change the game by going after drug money sloshing through Thai banks, construction businesses and cryptocurrency accounts. But the drug lords remain beyond reach, hidden behind a web of middlemen and complex money laundering schemes.
Thailand’s ruling pro-military party wins first election held since Covid-19 lockdown
BANGKOK – The ruling pro-military Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) scooped up another seat on Saturday (June 20) in a by-election … More
Education amid the pandemic
Cartoon creators aim to teach children to protect themselves from Covid-19 E-leng Keng Kong and his friends Ngao and Fong … More
Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam… How some countries kept Covid at bay
As the epidemic took hold in China, many feared for its neighbours. But rapid action and clear messaging have so … More
Red Bull Rival Shifts Focus From Thailand to Frontier Markets
Carabao Group Pcl, Thailand’s second-biggest maker of energy drinks, will accelerate its push in neighboring countries to counter slowing sales … More
Social Distancing Sharply Lowers Respiratory Illness in Thailand
Thais embraced hygiene advice and masks amid lockdown Influenza, pneumonia cases tumble from a year earlier Thailand has overcome the … More
Top brands probe ‘union-busting’ as virus spurs sackings at factories in Asia
PHNOM PENH : Major brands including carmaker BMW and fashion label Zara are investigating reports of mass sackings of union … More
Phuket beaches to reopen on June 9
The Phuket communicable diseases committee on Saturday resolved to reopen beaches on June 9, but strict measures will be imposed … More
The RED BULL story: how world’s top energy drink began in Thailand, but it took an Austrian to make it a global phenomenon
A brand was created and cultivated which associated Red Bull with a designer image and glamorous lifestyles; it locked into youth culture and extreme and adventure-related sports, such as motor racing, mountain-biking, snowboarding and base-jumping, as well as dance music. Red Bull’s target consumer segment began to adopt nicknames for the product such as “speed in a can”, helping spread its “left-field” appeal.
More help needed for Thai Airways
The troubled airline turned to the government because it has many contracts with trading partners and legal obligations that can only be resolved with the state’s help. Bid to protect its aircraft from seizure.
Bank of Thailand Says It’s Ready to Curb Recent Baht Strength
The Bank of Thailand said it’s concerned about a recent rapid appreciation in the currency and added it’s ready to take steps … More
Step into the mud
A trip to Wang Yang can yield visitors a bumper crop of water chestnuts
Thai government defends $85b stimulus plan in first parliamentary debate since lockdown
BANGKOK – The Thai government on Wednesday (May 27) defended its 1.9 trillion baht (S$85 billion) stimulus plan to cushion … More
Migrants In Thailand take hardest virus hit
Many struggle to cope with no income
The Patani Panopticon: biometrics in Thailand’s deep south
The government needs to re-think its counterinsurgency approach carefully. The establishment of a biometric-led surveillance superstructure in the southern border provinces will inevitably come at the cost of increasing public resistance and decreased legitimacy for the state and military presence in this region
Thai Government Extends Emergency Despite Opposition Criticism
Thailand’s military-backed government extended the country’s state of emergency for a second time, to the end of June, despite opposition calls to scrap it after novel coronavirus cases dwindled.
Cleaning Khaosan Road, Bangkok as businesses allowed to reopen
City Hall has allowed more places in Bangkok to reopen for business last Sunday, including most shops at malls, in line with the second phase of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown relaxation.
‘Paradise’ found by French family in island lockdown
Their stories reinforce the image of Koh Samui as a tourist destination for families
Red Bull Founders Rebuild in China After Battle of Billionaires
(Bloomberg) — Red Bull’s founding family said they will invest $150 million to re-establish the energy-drink brand in China, where … More
Hundreds of stranded Russians fly home from Phuket “До скорой встречи!”
PHUKET: A total of 235 Russian tourists who were stranded in this island province by the coronavirus lockdown left for … More
Demand for synthetic drugs growing in East Asia
NAYPYIDAW: AS the world focuses its attention on the Covid-19 pandemic, an anti-drug watch group reveals the market for synthetic … More
Tesco workers in Malaysia and Thailand abused, UK grocer says in modern slavery report
Tesco commissioned an independent human rights consultancy, Impactt, in September last year to conduct an assessment of migrant workers’ rights in stores and distribution centres in both countries. It also receives intel
