SRCC and Suvarnabhumi Campus, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand hosts venture on Corporate Governance and Business Sustainability
The 27th Prime Minister of Thailand, His Excellency Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva inaugurated the Conference with his address on “Corporate Governance Reforms in Asia.” He spoke about how South Asia came out of the financial crises in the past and have shown the way towards resurgence of the economies of these…
Thailand hosts the third International Conference on Dengue
Thailand is hosting the third International Conference on Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever to find changing factors influencing the Dengue spread and how to deal with new strains. The conference, being hosted by the Department of Disease Control (DDC), Ministry of Public Health, was opened today and will be held…
Thailand offers 6 million baht in financial aid to flood-hit Cambodia
Thailand is providing financial aid to flood victims in Cambodia after flash floods killed at least 152 people in the Mekong River. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul formally presented the assistance worth 6 million baht on behalf of the government to Cambodian ambassador to Thailand You Ay. He said after the…
With Burma as Asean Leader, Hopes for India’s Stalled ‘Look East’ Highway
Economic planners in India and Thailand are hoping that Burma’s chairmanship of Asean starting in a few months’ time will reignite interest by the Naypyidaw government in the long-stalled “trilateral highway” to link the three countries. The highway has been on the agenda for 15 years. The Indian government spent…
Indians Go On Maximum Business Trips: Survey
Indian employees are global leaders when it comes to business travel with over 40 percent going on at least five trips annually, a survey revealed here.”Forty-four percent Indians, followed by 39 percent of people from Thailand are frequent business travellers, who are taking more than five trips a year,” said…
Elephant wraps mouth around bridesmaid’s head in Thailand
A three-year-old Indian elephant, a special guest at a beach-side wedding of an Australian couple in Thailand, got too chummy with a bridesmaid and wrapped its mouth around her head. The young elephant didn’t hurt the woman but just licked her face and breathed down her throat, the news.com.au reported…
Super Cyclonic Storm Phailin: The Strongest Cyclone Ever in the North Indian Ocean Basin (Op-Ed)
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to LiveScience’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Phailin (the Thai word for sapphire) is officially the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded to make landfall over India. Phailin had begun as a tropical storm with 105kph (65mph) winds, but rapidly intensified…
Super cyclone Phailin: the strongest cyclone ever in the North Indian Ocean Basin
By Norman Cheung, Kingston University Phailin (the Thai word for sapphire) is officially the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded to make landfall over India. Phailin had begun as a tropical storm with 105kph (65mph) winds, but rapidly intensified on October 10 2013 to 250kph (155mph). It was upgraded to a…
Asia Softs-Indian cyclone ignored; cocoa awaits grindings data
Thai raw sugar premiums could trade in a wide range this week, shrugging off a deadly cyclone in India, while the cocoa market is waiting for the release of Malaysian third-quarter grindings for clues on demand, dealers said on Monday. Among other soft commodities, benchmark Tokyo rubber futures may track…
India overtakes Thailand as biggest rice supplier to Singapore
Trade statistics showed that India has overtaken Thailand as the biggest rice supplier to Singapore, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. Statistics from trade promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore showed that Singapore imported 92,865 tons, or 32.9 percent, of its total demand for rice from India between January and August…