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Exclusive: Thailand eyes tech leader role as ASEAN chair
Thailand sits at the crossroads of Southeast Asia and is a gateway to other burgeoning markets like China and India. The Land of Smiles is well aware of this, and is growing its transport links to drive its grand ambition: to be the region’s digital ...
Calls grow to turn Tak into proper SEZ
TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ). The huge investments from Chinese businessmen in Kokko, opposite ...
Assawin Pinitwong
Battle against forest fires continues as pollution levels rise
Residents in many parts of the upper northern Thailand continued to suffer dangerous levels of air pollution on Thursday, while officials and volunteers battled forest fires.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Three measures promoted for Thai traditional Songkran festival
All sectors are preparing to take care of and facilitate everyone who will return to their hometown to celebrate the Songkran festival while the cabinet has acknowledged three measures to promote the Thai traditional Songkran festival.Keep reading ...
Supawadee Wangsri
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation: Blessing or curse?
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) marked its third anniversary last week with the announcement that China’s trade with the five Mekong member countries – Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – has reached over US$260 billion for the period, highlighting the overarching role China plays in ...
Jason Thomas
Japan-China join hands for EEC investments
The government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project, which is aimed at attracting technological and innovative investments by targeted industries, is receiving increasing interest from foreign investors.Keep watching ...
Thailand - ASEAN to strengthen cooperation against transnational crimes
Thailand is ready to cooperate with ASEAN to push regional cooperation on border management to ensure security in a sustainable and concrete manner. Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha hopes this year’s High Level Regional Conference will serve as a forum for members to exchange ideas, ...
Northern fires killing off wildlife, protected plants
Beyond the harm done to human health by the North’s smouldering blanket of forest fires, concern has arisen for wildlife and rare plants on the slopes of Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai. The mountain is protected as the only locale in Thailand where “sub-alpine ...
Sakaorat Sirima
Sluggish exports a worry
The global economic slowdown, the prolonged US-China trade war, lack of clarity on Britain’s exit from the EU and trade sanctions from other countries have led to Thai exports failing to achieve their target in the first quarter of the year, the Thai National Shippers’ ...
The Nation Reporter
Protecting the rights of Thailand’s ‘third gender’
The annual military drafts are being held around the country until April 12 and members of the Foundation of Transgender Alliance for Human Rights are also on a mission to provide transgender with all the information they need to prepare for the occasion.Keep reading ...
Chularat Saengpassa