Tuesday, October 15 2024 | ASIA TODAY INTERNATIONAL - Reporting the Business that Matters in Asia
CAN the Detroit of Southeast Asia become the Tesla of Southeast Asia? There are multiple challenges ahead as Thailand retools for the future . . .
THAILAND is approaching capacity in terms of how many visitors it can handle. A rethink may be needed as the Government promotes Thailand 4.0 . . .
The Thai (Kra) Canal may not yet be an idea whose time has come, but it does appear to be on the horizon . . .
IN A RARE backdown, Thailand’s military Government has reversed course on new foreign labour laws, stung by the impact of its measures on Thai industry and especially those in the SME sector . . .
THAI voters have approved a new Constitution put forward by the ruling military Government, Thailand’s 21st new charter since 1932. Considering Thailand’s track record, the odds are that this charter won’t be the last . . .
US pressure on Thailand’s military Government to restore democracy has seen the Kingdom move closer to China on defence matters, undercutting the position of ASEAN allies who are protesting Chinese incursions into the South China Sea .
IT is way past time that Thai governments – elected or not – effectively addressed core problems that have been ignored for so long . . .
GREATER regional co-operation will be needed to protect and preserve the wealth of Southeast Asia’s seas. Any way you look at it, Thailand’s seafood industry is facing some tough times . . .
ATI Magazine June-July 2014 issue
THE interpretation that Thailand’s political conflict is a tiny Bangkok-based royalist elite and the democracy-loving rural poor is too simplistic – and ultimately a distortion . . .