MFP unveils final pick for Bangkok
2023-03-06
The Move Forward Party (MFP) revealed its last potential election candidate for Bangkok yesterday, as it continues to work towards securing a landslide win in the capital in the upcoming polls.Continue Reading
Haze and blazes hit North
2023-03-06
Haze pollution is exceeding safe levels in 36 provinces, particularly in the North, while Bangkok and surrounding provinces will remain blanketed in smog for two more days.Continue Reading
US House Speaker McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan’s president in the US: Report
2023-03-06
WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in the US in coming weeks, two sources told Reuters on Monday (Mar 6), a move that could replace the Republican Speaker’s anticipated but sensitive trip to the democratically governed island claimed by China. The sources, whoContinue Reading
PM leaves hospital, set for Songkhla
2023-03-06
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will chair a cabinet meeting today after being discharged from a hospital where he was treated for a swollen wrist, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said yesterday.Continue Reading
TMD warns of ‘hot summer’
2023-03-06
Sukhothai, Lampang, Tak and Mae Hong Son will experience extreme heat in the coming months, with the highest temperatures ranging from 40–43 degrees Celsius, The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) forewarns.Continue Reading
UN committee urges China to dismantle forced labour systems
2023-03-06
GENEVA: A UN committee said on Monday (Mar 6) it was concerned about China’s treatment of its Muslim minority, including the use of forced labour against Uyghurs, in a sweeping report that adds pressure on Beijing to improve its human rights record. The findings by the group of UN-appointed independentContinue Reading
Hereditary politicians still run the show in Japan
2023-03-06
In early February 2023, the son of Japan’s former defense minister Nobuo Kishi, Nobuchiyo Kishi announced that he would run for a parliamentary seat. He will inherit the electoral constituency of his father, who announced his retirement from politics only days before. Nobuchiyo is a classic example of the hereditary politics still entrenched in Japan’s political […]Continue Reading
Fearing ChatGPT is ‘opium,’ China to build its own
2023-03-06
Beijing has stepped up the pace of its efforts to build its own artificial intelligence chatbots as Chinese news media express fears the United States will use ChatGPT to brainwash Chinese people. Since the Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last November, many Chinese companies have announced their plans to launch their chatbots in 2023. Chinese […]Continue Reading
Or Kim Peow Contractors awarded S$43 million after arbitration proceedings over 2017 PIE viaduct collapse
2023-03-06
SINGAPORE: Builder Or Kim Peow Contractors has been awarded S$43 million following arbitration proceedings against CPG Consultants over a Pan Island Expressway (PIE) viaduct that collapsed midway through construction in 2017. The incomplete viaduct collapsed in the early hours of Jul 14, 2017, with 11 workers on top of it, injuring 10 of them andContinue Reading