The first Ikea store in Thailand and the biggest in Southeast Asia will celebrate its roof capping today from 6:30-9:30pm with a traditional Swedish party under the theme of “Wholeheartedly Warm”. The event will mark the finish of the store’s main building and the beginning of the next step towards interior design and merchandise planning […]
Thai AirAsia has launched its Chiang Mai hub with new daily direct flights from Singapore to the northern Thai city. The introduction of this new route is yet another important milestone for AirAsia as guests can now look forward to better connectivity to Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai is also linked to Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket […]
BANGKOK, Jan 21 – Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Thursday denied a report that top Singapore Telecom (SingTel) executives lobbied him to help resolve Advanced Info Service (AIS) concession issues. The executives from SingTel, which owns 21 per cent of AIS, met with Information and Communications Technology Minister Chuti Krairiksh on Jan 11 and with […]
BANGKOK, 9 December 2010 (NNT) – In a bid to put Thai movie industry on the world map, the government is ready to shell out 10 million US Dollars in support of the creation of a cartoon called “Sheldon”; in co-operation with Singapore and Japan. According to Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot, a Thai company […]
The government ordered PTT on Tuesday to end its bid to buy Carrefour’s retail assets in Thailand, saying the state-controlled company should not be competing with private firms. Deputy Government Spokesman Watchara Kannikar said the Cabinet considered it inappropriate for PTT – as a state-owned company – to be competing with private companies to bid […]
Tesco has joined a bidding war for a raft of stores being put up for sale by Carrefour of France. The world third-largest retail group by sales, Tesco is one of around a dozen companies in the auction, sources said. The grocery giant already has a sizeable operation in Asia. Its biggest single business is […]
BANGKOK—Criticism over Thailand’s efforts to curb political debate online is mounting, as the government restricts thousands of websites following deadly protest clashes earlier this year. Thai authorities say they have blocked at least 40,000 Web pages this year, according to the government’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, which monitors the Internet. Free-speech activists say […]
June 15 (Bloomberg) — Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam all regressed last year in their efforts to battle trafficking of men, women and children for labor or commercial sex, according to the U.S. State Department. The three Southeast Asian countries were placed on a watch list of middle-tier countries, placing them one level above the worst […]
