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Economic agencies told to focus on quality of life
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has pressed all economic agencies to make progress in ongoing projects, emphasizing those to do with quality of life and social equality.Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
Workshop on manpower demand in EEC held in Chonburi
Bangsaen Technical College organized a workshop on how to use a database system to analyze the demand for manpower in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Supawadee Wangsri
Single sex marriage law on way
The Justice Ministry is expected to finish in September considering the country’s first-ever Civil Partnership Bill to provide same-sex couples with similar rights to married couples. Keep reading ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Revenue Department eyes AI upgrade
The Revenue Department has outlined its plan to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in tax management to transform the tax-collecting agency into a fully digital organisation and improve efficiency. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
NESDB to study feasibility of Kra canal plan
The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) should be entrusted to study the feasibility of the Kra Canal plan which will connect the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea in the South, the Marine Department has suggested.Keep reading ...
Assawin Pakkawan
Depa pushes for IoT infrastructure
The government can influence the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in Thailand by supporting it and creating new value, says the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa).Keep reading ...
Komsan Tortermvasana
BTS keen for partners join in on key rail project
BTS Group Holdings Plc is open for all its business partners to participate in the construction of a high-speed train link between three international airports if the group wins the bidding for the project, chairman Keeree Kanjanapas said.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee
Dead in the Water: New book tells real story of Nam Theun 2
When I tell people I went to my first meeting on the Nam Theun 2 (NT2) hydropower project in Laos way back in 1991, I sometimes don’t know whether to be embarrassed or proud. At times it seems it has become an unhealthy obsession. But ...
Bruce Shoemaker
Local politicians and 'influential people' behind smuggled oil business in southern Thai
For years authorities have been struggling in its efforts to stamp out the flow of cheaper smuggled oil from neighbouring Malaysia which has generated a lucrative but illegal multi-billion Baht black economy in southern Thailand.Keep reading ...
Haikal Mohd Isa
Southeast Asian forest loss much greater than expected, with negative implications for climate
Researchers using satellite imaging have found much greater than expected deforestation since 2000 in the highlands of Southeast Asia, a critically important world ecosystem. The findings are important because they raise questions about key assumptions made in projections of global climate change as well as ...
John Sullivan
