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Axiata, Telenor to create new Southeast Asian telecom giant
Axiata to merge Asian business with Telenor
The two telecom companies Axiata from Malaysia and Telenor from
Norway are...
Cambodia to extract and export its own crude oil
After nearly two decades of discussions and proposals,
Cambodia has announced it will begin to extract oil for...
Thailand tourism arrivals, spending drop for the first time in years
Thailand for the first time since 2014 – the year of the latest
military coup – is faced...
Thailand expects stock listings worth over $5 billion this year
Stock Exchange of Thailand © Arno Maierbrugger
The Thai stock exchange is expected to see initial public...
Thailand, Laos, China to sign pact on high-speed railway
Thailand has agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation with China and Laos for a rail link...
Japan keen on investing further in hybrid car industry in Thailand
Japanese companies are interested in investing more in hybrid car manufacturing in Thailand, the National News Bureau...
Finally, Thailand starts to manage is plastic junk problem
Thailand is finally starting to tackle its plastic garbage
problem and will ban three types of plastic by...
Sony moves smartphone production from China to Thailand to halve costs
Japanese electronics giant Sony is closing its Beijing smartphone plant and will shift production to Thailand in...
Thai opposition forms 7-party coalition
Thailand’s main opposition party Pheu Thai has formed a political alliance what it called "democratic front" with...
Post-electoral confusion in Thailand
The outcome of Thailand's first post-coup election was still unclear on March 26 with no party taking...
Thai election: Army-backed party takes surprise lead
The Thai election 2019 took a surprise turn in the afternoon of March 24 as...
Thai election: Pheu Thai leads in early counts
Early counts in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup, held on March 24, indicated populist-liberal Pheu...
Murphy Oil calls it quits in Malaysia
US petroleum and natural gas exploration company Murphy Oil
Corp is exiting Malaysia with a $2.13 billion sale...
Happiness dropped in Thailand, Malaysia: UN report
The newly released World Happiness Report 2019 by the United Nations shows that most Southeast Asian countries...
Go-Jek denied entry to the Philippines
The Philippine transport regulator Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on March 19 rejected an appeal...
Elections kick off in Thailand with long lines at voting stations
Hundreds of thousands of voters across Thailand were heading out on March 17 to cast early ballots, a week ahead the country's first general...
Thailand pushes projects for Eastern Economic Corridor
The Thai government continues to promote investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), one of the largest economic initiatives geared particularly towards foreign investors....
World’s biggest floating solar power farms planned in Thailand
Thailand plans to build the world's largest floating solar farms to boost the country's share of clean energy, Bloomberg News cited Thepparat Theppitak, a...
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Thailand’s economy on weaker note in 2019
The Thai economy is likely to stay below the 3.5-per cent growth benchmark projected earlier for the...
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Bangkok’s condo oversupply puts pressure on prices
An abundance of condominiums is creating a buyer’s market in Bangkok at a time when Thailand’s economy...