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Thailand to push RCEP deal this year

Thailand, as Asean chair, will push for conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations by the year-end in order to counterbalance the negative impacts of the US-China trade war. Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) under the Commerce Ministry, ...

Phuwit Limviphuwat

EEC gets 400,000 rai for development

As much as 400,000 rai will be designated for industrial areas within the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Monton Sudprasert, director-general of the Public Works and Town and Country Planning Department, said a town planning draft for the EEC was approved by the EEC ...

Chatrudee Theparat

Nation cynical about election

The Election Commission (EC) is being urged to ensure fair and transparent elections in the wake of extremely low public confidence in the integrity of the process in the run-up to the March 24 contest. In the latest findings by the National Institute of Development ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Regional entrepreneurs begin mentoring course ahead of field trials

A programme to mentor 100 Asean entrepreneurs ahead of the pilot field deployment of sustainable programmes that provide long term community and economic benefits gotten underway at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University earlier this week.Titled ‘Empowering Youths Across Asean’, the five-day long workshop is a partnership programme ...

Piseth Pov

Promoting digital from the bottom up

Chai Wutiwiwatchai is the first director of the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) to be promoted not from a deputy director position, but from the top job at a research unit. Nectec has initiated many advanced research projects related to computers and technology, ...

Sasiwimon Boonruang

Is Thailand Pivoting Away From the Us With Chinese Arms Deals?

Thailand’s military junta is pushing ahead with arms deals even as a long-promised election day looms, prompting critics to decry a lack of transparency in the procurement process.Last week, the army announced it was seeking cabinet approval to buy 14 Chinese-made VT-4 battle tanks in ...

Jitsiree Thongnoi

Greenpeace calls for statutory measure against PM2.5

Greenpeace Thailand has called on the Pollution Control Department to devise a law to fight particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter or less (PM2.5).Keep watching ...

As questions are raised about ‘belt and road’, projects slow in Southeast Asia

China is reshaping the approach of its flagship “Belt and Road Initiative” in Southeast Asia, as Chinese projects in the region plunged last year amid growing global scrutiny of Beijing’s development strategy.Keep reading ...

Sarah Zheng

SPECIAL REPORT: In Search of A Breath of Fresh Air

The causes of smog that have emerged as a threat to public health are well known; the real challenge is to implement the solutions.Environment Minister General Surasak Kanchanarat assured the public on Wednesday that the government has a plan and will take steps to tackle ...

Piyaporn Wongruang

Thailand in need of 'Energy 4.0’

The transformative potential enabled by the intersection of clean energy technologies and the interconnected digital economy offers an ideal platform for powering “Thailand 4.0”. Adopted by the Thai government in 2016, Thailand 4.0 is a model for growth that aims to transform Thailand into a high-income country, ...

Pradeep Tharakan

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