The race to offer battery electric vehicles in Thailand has begun with three players showing interest in official sales. PREMIUM ENTRIES Article source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/news/1369075/2017-thailand-international-motor-expo-highlights
Machinery bottles tea at an Oishi plant. The group says damage from Monday’s fire was confined to the ultra-heat-treatment production line. A Monday fire at the Navanakorn Industrial Estate plant in Pathum Thani province affected 12% of Oishi Group Plc’s drinks production capacity, says president […]
South Korean people watch a television displaying news broadcasts reporting on North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, at a station in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. (EPA photo) North Korea claimed Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of […]
A PTT logo on a bus stop in Bangkok. PTT is one of dozens of state-owned enterprises in Thailand. (Photo by Patipat Janthong) Thailand’s long-term competitiveness will be harmed if the draft bill on reforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs) does not receive approval from the National Legislative […]
SureStay Plus by Best Western Sukhumvit 2 Downtown Bangkok has always been a preferred option for hotel developments. In this area alone, hotel supply is growing so rapidly that CBRE Thailand expects the total number of rooms available to increase by 20% by 2021. Downtown […]
The J Money app, provided by J Fintech, lets users apply for loans, check credit limits and make payments. A financial technology (fintech) committee under the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will propose that three measures in the Fintech Act be ready for use 90 days […]
Toray Industries Inc’s president Akihiro Nikkaku, left, and his executives bow their heads after a news conference in Tokyo yesterday. REUTERS TOKYO: Toray Industries Inc yesterday revealed 149 cases of quality data falsification at a materials-making subsidiary spanning eight years, in the latest quality-assurance scandal to […]
Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) expects to finish 2017 with a profit for the second year in a row, paving the way for its planned listing on the bourse. The country’s first medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) expects to declare a net profit of 80 […]
A waiter takes out the trash at prison-themed restaurant ‘Food Crime’ in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometres north of Cairo. (Photos by AP) MANSOURA, Egypt: A prison-themed restaurant in Egypt? It might seem distasteful in a country where thousands of people, mostly Islamists […]
Around 100 drivers showed up to protest against what they claimed were ‘too expensive’ mandatory new equipment. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) Drivers of privately owned taxis have urged the Department of Land Transport (DLT) to scrap its policy requiring all registered drivers to install new […]
