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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia suggested today that the 10 ASEAN countries should find ways to utilize its population of 650 million to spur their economies in the digital age. He said despite its huge combined population, ASEAN has still failed to create an effective domestic market the way China has successfully done. Speaking
Thailand’s Minister of Social Development and Human Security Chuti Krairiksh today (Friday) urged all ASEAN member countries to make a child-friendly ASEAN a reality. In his address on the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Bangkok, the minister said that the occasion was an opportunity for ASEAN member countries
DIEN THINH, Vietnam (AP) — For many Vietnamese, a job in a Western European country is seen as a path to prosperity worth breaking the law. But the risks of doing so are high and the consequences can be deadly, as the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in England last week proved.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning used the annual ASEAN business and investment forum to reiterate Thailand’s commitment to bringing the country’s economic development to a new level through his government’s “Thailand 4.0” initiative with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) as its major driving force. In his opening address at the ASEAN Business and Investment
Southern insurgents detonated a car bomb, damaging eight vehicles in front of an old police station in Mai Kaen district of Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani Thursday night. A security outpost in Yarang district also came under gunfire from a different group the same night. Police report that a pickup truck, belonging to Nam
The Appeals Court on Thursday upheld the convictions of, and lengthened the sentences for a former army general, several police officers and local officials all found guilty of trafficking Rohingya illegal migrants. Former army advisor Lt-Gen Manas Kongpan and former Pol Sub-Lt Narathon Samphan, former deputy inspector of Ranong province, had their 27-year prison sentences
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is urging members of the public to give their opinions about a draft ministerial regulation, which would allow each household to grow up to 0.06 hectares of hemp plants. Mr. Anutin’s concept is to make hemp a new cash crop for Thai farmers. The plant contains
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has defended his Brexit deal with the EU, after US President Donald Trump warned it would make it impossible for the two nations to strike a future trade agreement. The president, whose impeachment in the US has moved a stage closer following a key vote in Congress, waded
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Friday it conducted its third test-firing of a new “super-large” multiple rocket launcher that it says expands its ability to destroy enemy targets in surprise attacks. The latest launches extended a monthslong streak of weapons displays by the North, which continues to use a standstill in
It will be a very tense build-up to November 20. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has taken his gloves off as he awaits a verdict that will not only determine his future but also dictate the political course of Thailand. Just like the conclusion of Thaksin Shinawatra’s “hidden share” scandal in 2001, how Thanathorn’s media share controversy ends in the Constitution Court
The Song Thaew driver, wanted by Chiang Mai provincial police on suspicion of murdering a millionairess for her car and cash, was arrested by police in the central province of Nakhon Sawan today (Thursday). The 39-year old suspect, Mr. Vitoon Sitaboot, a Song Thaew driver in Chom Thong district of Chiang Mai, was overpowered by
A lawsuit filed on Thursday accuses Facebook of letting ad targeting tools be used to exclude women and older people from offers regarding loans, investments and other financial services. Two law firms have filed a discrimination suit in San Francisco federal court on behalf of a 54-year-old woman living in Washington and will ask
Temperatures in Thailand’s northern and north-eastern regions are dropping 3-5°C as of today, due to an intense high pressure cell covering the two regions and the central plains, according to the Meteorological Department’s weather forecast today. Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as the rest of the central plains and the east, are also experiencing
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will not tolerate anything that challenges the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” formula that governs Hong Kong, a senior China parliamentary official said on Friday. Hong Kong was an important part of discussions at a plenum of the ruling Communist Party which finished on Thursday, said Shen
A well-known economist at Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), Dr Duenden Nikhomborirak, died after being struck by a falling tree at her residence in Wattana district, Bangkok this morning (Thursday). According to Klongtan police, Dr Duenden and a maid were strolling on the front yard of her residence at about 7.30 am when an ageing
