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At Thailand-Laos Border, A Shadow Economy Thrives
A silhouette of the casino’s golden domes and gaudy crown appears in the distance, standing out like a sore thumb against the landscape of lush tropical hills in this northwestern corner of Laos. The Ton Pheung district is part of a special economic zone (SEZ) ...
Giacomo Tognini
Climate change for all to see at BACC
The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre opens an exhibition of disturbing photographic proof.A lone polar bear scrabbles across a melting iceberg. Beijing lovers wear masks to shield their lungs from polluted air. A tiny fish is trapped inside a floating plastic bag off Thailand’s Koh ...
Phatarawadee Phataranawik
ADB loan to boost highways
Thailand has gained a US$99.4 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help upgrade some of the country’s highways and improve road safety in the Northeast.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Power bills to be steady until December
Electricity bills from September to December this year will likely be unchanged at 3.5966 baht per kilowatt-hour thanks to a subsidy coming from excess fuel tariffs (Ft) collected earlier. Keep reading ...
Yuthana Praiwan
Phuket signs clean-energy deal
Banpu Infinergy Company Limited, a provider of solar energy solutions with advanced technologies and a subsidiary of Banpu Plc, an integrated energy company in Asia-Pacific, and Phuket City Development, a social enterprise established by entrepreneurs, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly implement the ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand joins EU efforts for WTO action on global system
Thailand has teamed up with the EU to push the World Trade Organization (WTO) into greater engagement for handling protectionist and retaliatory issues to curb a possible trade war. Keep reading ...
Phusadee Arunmas
Villagers steal the MTF show
Reasons for attending the annual Mekong Tourism Forum were as diverse as the background of the 475 delegates registered.This year’s Mekong Tourism Forum attracted the highest attendance in the event’s history, understandably because registration was free.Keep reading ...
Don Ross
Transboundary EIAs could reduce conflict over river projects
In the Mekong river basin, massive infrastructure projects – dams, road, high-speed rail and ports – are under construction. While these projects will improve connectivity between countries, harmful environmental impacts need to be minimised. National level environmental impacts assessments that ignore cross border impacts are ...
How Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is changing the region
For Seng Voleak, a 23-year-old bank employee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, her commute home has become easier thanks to buses donated by China.Voleak rides the city bus twice a month to travel from where she lives in central Phnom Penh to the city’s western suburb, ...
China, Japan could collaborate on development projects in Thailand including high-speed railways to achieve regional growth: experts
Experts have said that for the China-proposed Belt and Road (B&R) initiative to succeed in Thailand, different countries must work together to achieve common growth. In particular, China could cooperate with Japan on a number of projects such as high-speed railways and the Thailand 4.0 ...
Chu Daye
