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About 400 workers have been laid off, effective today (Friday), after the of SRF Industries (Thailand) Company’s tyre canvas production plant, in the Map Taput industrial estate in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong, closed down due to operating losses accrued during the current economic slowdown. The workers were notified of the impending retrenchments on September
Anti-government rallies have renewed across Iraq, the second phase of protests that turned deadly earlier this month and which could balloon after the endorsement of populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Iraq was rocked by demonstrations in early October, first denouncing corruption and unemployment before evolving into calls for an overhaul of the political system. They
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on the final report by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee on the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air flight that killed 189 people. (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Boeing has issued a statement vowing to prevent the kind of crashes that killed more than 300 people in
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) and Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) are set to show early signs of strain from anti-government protests in Hong Kong, the single-biggest profit center for the two banks, when they report quarterly earnings next week. Five months of political turmoil in the Chinese-ruled territory are set to
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will discuss on Friday the length of another delay to Brexit after Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded an election to break the paralysis that has gripped British politics for over three years. Just a week before Britain was due to exit the EU, Johnson admitted that he would
Hackers have attempted to disrupt state-run the Krung Thai Bank computer system used for the registration of subscribers to Phase 2 of the Government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat-Shop-Spend) scheme, resulting in delays to registration today, Mr. Payong Srivanich, the bank’s managing director disclosed this morning (Friday). In offering an apology to members of the public for the
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed flames and fears in the state still jittery from devastating wildfires in the past two years. The dramatic fires and evacuations — near Los Angeles and in the
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal that spurred massive street protests and sent South Korea’s then-president to prison. “I feel deeply sorry for worrying many people,” Lee said while facing a barrage of camera clicks
While the other economic engines are losing steam, the government hopes to use the tourism sector to boost the country’s economic growth. Recently, the government announced additional measures to promote hospitality business which is the top-earning service sector. The measures include the “Visit Thailand with Bt100” and “Shocking Price Weekday Travel”. The government hopes that,
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will, this afternoon, preside over the signing of a public-private-partnership (PPP) contract between the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and the Charoen Pokphand Group-led consortium for the development of the 224 billion baht high-speed train project, linking Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi international airports in Bangkok with U-Tapao airport in Rayong. He
European Union members backed a plan to postpone Brexit on Wednesday but have yet to agree on how much longer to give London to resolve its political crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is struggling to persuade British MPs to quickly ratify the divorce accord he struck with EU leaders last week, and is pushing for a snap
The Thai-Korean War Veterans Association, under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, has come to the Haroon mosque cemetery on October 24th to lay a wreath in memory of Thai-Muslim veterans who died in the Korean War and to commemorate their sacrifice. The ceremony is led by General Bandit Malai-arisoon, the President of
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at the center of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in after a court upheld prosecutors’ request for a warrant. The arrest of Chung Kyung-shim, a college professor and the wife
The math and stats emerging from Nakhon Pathom don’t look good for Future Forward. They, and what the party has said and done itself, combine to make the by-election loss in the province a lot more than just a one-off defeat, something that is easy to dismiss and forget. When a rising-star politician calls for
Military officers at an army barracks in Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla are looking for a suspect, believed to be a soldier, who shot and seriously wounded a dog with a spear gun. According to the “Smiledog Home Hatyai” Facebook page, the dog, named Mee Dum, was shot twice and the arrows pierced its liver
Phase 2 of the Government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat, Shop, Spend) scheme attracted a massive response when it was launched this morning at 6am, with its quota of 500,000 subscribers being achieved in just one hour and 18 minutes. The number of subscribers is limited to one million per day and registration will be open for just
