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Universities to create ‘innovation hubs’ to push technology surge
The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) is taking concrete steps to implement its Innovation Hubs policy. The policy has sought to ensure CUPT universities double as the bases for innovative product and service development. Some such innovations, reflecting the values of the policy, ...
Rachanon Charoonsak
UN examines rights in Thai workplaces
UN experts have presented their preliminary observations on the state of human rights in Thailand’s private sector and provided recommendations to the government and businesses to improve corporate respect for human rights and strengthen access to effective remedies.Keep reading ...
Jan-David Franke
More than 100 welfare officials face transfer
for the underprivileged could be transferred in the wake of the embezzlement scandal involving state funds intended for helping the destitute.Keep reading ...
King-oua Laohong
Thailand 'high on US trade offensive list'
Thailand emerged high on Donald Trump’s trade offensive list, meeting all three criteria in the upcoming currency report used by the US president, according to regional analysts. The criteria are the size of trade surplus with the US, magnitude of current-account surplus relative to the ...
Bloomberg News
Thai, Cambodian PMs pledge more border crossings
The Thai and Cambodian governments have reaffirmed their commitment to opening more border crossings to foster trade and investment. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Cambodian Premier Hun Sen pledged increasing border cooperation in talks ahead of the Mekong River Commission summit in Siem Reap on Thursday ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cambodia's missing railway link to Thailand rebuilt after 45 years
A missing 48-kilometre stretch of railway that connects the capital Phnom Penh to the Thai border has been rebuilt, 45 years after it was destroyed in the 1970s during the Cambodian civil war.Keep reading ...
Official Launch of the 70th Anniversary Logo Commemorating Diplomatic Relations between Thailand and Myanmar
On 10 April 2018, H.E. Mr. Damrong Kraikruan, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will preside over the ceremony to officially launch the logo commemorating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Myanmar as well as to present prizes to the ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Launches the “Street Food Isan” Application to Attract Foreign Visitors to Thailand’s Northeastern Provinces
On 4 April 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the “Street Food Isan Application” at Naradhip Auditorium, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More than 100 street food stalls from 8 “Isan” or northeast provinces are on the application, namely (1) Khonkaen (2) Ubon Ratchathani (3) ...
Corruption in Thailand: Running in Place
The military junta, despite promises, has made little progress in weeding out corruption. One of the claims used by Thai military leaders to justify their coup in 2014 was that the administration of then-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was corrupt.Keep reading ...
Neil Thompson
Chiang Rai forestry official fired over illegal logging
A temporary Royal Forestry Department official in Chiang Rai has been sacked for allegedly helping illegal loggers transport timber near the Mekong River. More than 20 logs and at least 100 processed planks were trucked to the department’s Forest Protection Unit in Chiang Saen district ...
The Nation Reporter
