BANGKOK, 28 September 2011 (NNT) – Industry Minister MD Wannarat Charnukul said his trip, from 23-24 September, 2011, to China to attract auto investors and logistic business owners to expand their businesses in Thailand had been successful. During this trip, the Industry Minister said he had met executives of many leading auto companies who expressed […]
Singapore’s SMRT has filed its defence in the S$3.4million (Bt86 billion) lawsuit brought against the transport operator by the family of the Thai student whose legs were severed after she fell onto the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station tracks in April. The Today newspaper last Friday reported that the SMRT, in its writ, reiterated that […]
Wellington – A 31-year-old New Zealander choked and died eating an airline meal on a flight from Singapore to Auckland, a newspaper reported Sunday. His girlfriend, Vanessa Preechakul, 27, told the Herald on Sunday how she sat next to the body of Robert Rippingale after he was moved to a curtained off crew rest area […]
SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) – Google Inc. will continue to invest in Southeast Asia, the fastest growing market for the U.S. Internet search and services company, a company executive said Wednesday. “Southeast Asia is coming into prominence but not much of content about the region is available on the Internet. With over 120 million people online in […]
Taiwan announced this week that its fertility rate had fallen below one baby per woman, worrying the government about its future supply of manpower and brain power. Taiwan’s rate of 0.9 is now the world’s lowest, but other developed Asian economies are close behind. Taiwan’s fertility rate of 0.9 puts the island in the same […]
Thai Politicians are ignoring long-term solution to Northeast’s poverty trap Waves of both good and bad news have swept through the Thai education world this month alone. These realities reflect not only the inequitable structure of our national education policy but also the lack of attention authorities have paid to the field. First the bad […]
Singapore – An A380 superjumbo operated by Singapore Airlines Ltd was forced to return to Singapore airport after experiencing engine problems about 20 minutes into the flight, a spokeswoman for the airline said Tuesday. One of the plane’s four engines shut down after encountering ‘surge and high vibration’ as the plane was ascending on its […]
WASHINGTON : Thailand remained high on the list of nations where there is human trafficking as the US lowered the alert on the Philippines, Singapore and Laos. The US State Department said that “Tier 2 Watch List” nations named in the annual report, including Thailand, have been big on promises to fight human trafficking but […]
