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Myanmar, Thailand to Jointly Upgrade Highway from Border to Dawei SEZ
Myanmar and Thailand signed an agreement to jointly upgrade a highway linking the Thai-Myanmar border with the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a USD8 billion project that includes a deep seaport. The project in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region is set to be Southeast Asia’s largest ...
Thailand and China ink sister port pact
Thailand’s Laem Chabang Port and China’s Qinzhou Port have signed a sister port agreement to promote trade and maritime connectivity between Thailand and China, both of which will set up a joint working group and host a biennial meeting.Keep watching ...
NCPO: Royal Thai Army to send support to border patrol along Mekong River
The National Council for Peace and Order has confirmed more troops will be sent to support the patrol operation along the Mekong River. The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, who is also the Secretary General of the NCPO, said that national ...
Kitti Cheevasittiyanon
Improving ties serves the interests of China and Japan
The message from the first trip to Beijing by a Japanese leader in seven years was clear: the world’s second- and third-biggest economies need to cooperate, not compete. President Xi Jinping’s and Premier Li Keqiang’s meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed that relations between ...
Blockchain tech seen as a tool to curb corruption
Expert and social entrepreneurs have placed high hopes on benefiting from the advanced blockchain technology that would be able to play a major role in curbing corruption and enhancing transparency in social justice.“Blockchain could be used to promote transparency of information for anti-corruption and to ...
Jintana Panyaarvudh
GPF launches environmentally and socially focused portfolio
Government Pension Fund (GPF), Thailand’s largest institutional investor, has launched an environment, social and governance (ESG)-focused portfolio to invest in Thailand-listed companies amid a worldwide equity sell-off.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Thai PM embraces social media ahead of election, including criticism
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is exploring the social networking universe in what is seen as a move to get a head start in the popularity stakes before a long-awaited general election that is supposed to take place next year.Keep reading ...
Latest tax break covers B60k of prenatal care, childbirth costs
The Revenue Department is letting individual taxpayers claim an income tax deduction for prenatal care and childbirth expenses of up to 60,000 baht per tax year, with retroactive effect from Jan 1 this year, according to a department announcement. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Universal welfare ‘at risk’
A prominent activist has urged every political party to express a clear stance on the country’s universal healthcare scheme and other state welfare issues ahead of the upcoming election. The call surfaced yesterday (Oct 16) amid growing concerns that influential groups intend to be selective ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Political party fundraising still banned: EC
Political parties formed under the new law are allowed to collect only seed funding from founding members and membership fees from all members, the Election Commission (EC) and junta leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwan reaffirmed, following the Future Forward Party (FWP) controversy.Keep reading ...
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