Bangkok Post
Healthcare co-payment plan opposed
Four major political parties have voiced disagreement over a co-payment proposal while stressing the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UC) scheme would be improved to ensure efficiency in and equal access to healthcare. Keep reading ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Silently swindled in an ageing society
Apart from maintaining good health and sticking to nutritious food, senior citizens today may need to be more vigilant as they could fall prey to people who want to steal their money and valuables. Keep reading ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Reforms needed to fix Thai schools
Despite all the lofty goals and tremendous effort made to improve the state of Thai education recently, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s military government has failed to bring about essential reforms. When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) seized power in May 2014, its ...
SMBC taps Industry 4.0 for expansion
Japanese multinational banking and financial services company Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is keen to expand in Thailand to cash in on the Industry 4.0 initiative set to attract more foreign invester.Keep reading ...
Chatrudee Theparat
IEAT optimistic on EEC industrial estate sales
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is confident it can achieve its 2019 land sales goal of 3,500 rai after it sold 720.75 rai worth 5.56 billion baht in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, ending in December.Of the total land sales, 664.06 rai ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Poisoning the land
The resignation of respected Chulalongkorn Hospital doctor Thiravat Hemachudha, together with two academics, from a panel tasked with toxic farm chemical control has revealed a malady in the country’s fight against paraquat and two other hazardous chemicals, namely glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. Keep reading ...
EEC investment set to exceed forecast
Thailand’s investment is expected to grow by 10% in 2020, largely driven by outlays to the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said investment in the corridor is expected to become vibrant in 2020, with the growth rate ...
Chatrudee Theparat
The more things change
After a series of false promises on a general election, Thailand is scheduled to hold one on March 24 after more than four years of military rule. Election commissioners met and agreed on the date after a royal decree calling for the election of a ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Hedging against Bangkok's PM2.5 pollution crisis
For visitors, stepping into “Lan Mai Thai”, a small tree shop operated by Manee Siripalika in Min Buri district near Chatuchak 2 Market, is like walking into an oasis. It’s because its surroundings are so disturbingly polluted and unpleasant; a construction site for the Orange ...
Pitcha Dangprasith
Grasping the reality of Thailand's wage inequality
A recent report circulating in the press and social media has raised quite a few eyebrows — not just those of Thais, but also those of foreigners who are well acquainted with Thailand. “New” findings published in the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018 claims ...
Vijavat Isarabhakdi