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Rice insurance continues
The cabinet has approved a rice insurance scheme for the 2019 season worth 1.74 billion baht, aiming to cover 30 million rai of farmland. The scheme, operated by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), covers six types of natural disaster — floods, drought, ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Automation, AI pressure factory labour market
The technological disruption caused by automated systems and artificial intelligence (AI) is pressuring the country’s labour market, particularly the manufacturing sector, say business operators. Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Big data to serve up fresh choices to online shoppers
In Thailand in 2019, a transformation of the consumer market will be led by global e-commerce businesses, giving businesses both new opportunities and challenges.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
The Controversial Myitsone Dam Projects: What China Should Do
China’s hurry to revive the Myitsone dam projects has renewed concerns among ethnic Kachin and Myanmar’s people. Last week thousands of people in Kachin state protested, calling once again for a permanent stop to the projects.Keep reading ...
Thailand govt’s adoption of advanced tech boost for local SMEs
A recent report noted that Thailand is in the process of gradually shifting from a manufacturing to a high-value, hi-tech manufacturing economy.This was seen after the country has put all its efforts into promoting the use of advanced technology, science, and innovation in parallel with ...
Alita Sharon
Inside Thailand’s first legalised cannabis plantation
Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes, and countries like Philippines and Malaysia are considering the same. Insight looks at whether the tide of opinion on cannabis is turning, and what the recent trends ...
RID asks farmers to observe its water supply plan
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has asked that farmers observe its water supply plan, after finding that 5.28 million rai of off season rice crops are planned in the Chao Phraya river basin, 10 percent beyond its intended supply.Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
Thailand, Laos hold talk on cooperation in immigration
Thailand’s and Laos’ immigration units held talk in Udon Thani province on security measures and cooperation in immigration affairs.Thai Immigration Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpal, and Laos’ Department of Immigration Director-General Col Saisaming Sivilay co-chaired a meeting on bilateral cooperation in immigration at ...
Tewit Kemtong
Will Thailand’s election turmoil hit China-backed US$54 billion Eastern Economic Corridor?
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor, a 1.7 trillion baht (US$54.2 billion) development heavily reliant on Chinese backing, should emerge unscathed by the kingdom’s pre-election political turmoil, analysts say.Keep reading ...
EEC committee reviews 86 investment projects
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee was informed of 86 projects being rolled out in Thailand’s east coast between 2018 to 2020 and plan to introduce as many as a million skilled workers over the next 12 years to feed industries in the EEC ...
