FDA warns public of toxic hair dye
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday warned consumers that three South Korean hair-dyeing products contain cancer-causing chemicals.Continue Reading
Poll fever begins as candidates register
Leaders and core members of political parties turned up at City Hall in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district yesterday to register their candidacy for the May 14 general election under the party-list system.Continue Reading
Pheu Thai denies ‘secret’ PPRP deal
A rumoured “secret deal” between Pheu Thai and the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has been thrust into the limelight again as the wife of a close friend of Deputy Prime Minister and PPRP leader Prawit Wongsuwon has been named candidate No.22 on Pheu Thai’s party list.Continue Reading
Prawit advocates unity, non-violence
Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon reiterated his intention to push for national reconciliation during a video call with university students.Continue Reading
Peace pact still on track despite BRN’s no-show
Thailand will continue its policy of negotiating for peace in southern Thailand despite expressing frustration that the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) did not show up at the last scheduled negotiations in Kuala Lumpur.Continue Reading
‘Man-made’ fires rage in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai declared four more areas as wildfire crisis zones yesterday amid growing concerns over the North’s haze pollution problem.Continue Reading
Brain-drained HK workforce marks historic decline
Confronted with an emigration wave and an aging population, Hong Kong has just registered the biggest decline in its working population in decades. The workforce in the former British colony, which was handed over to Beijing in 1997, fell by 94,100, or 2.4%, to 3.87 million in 2022 from the previous year, according to the […]Continue Reading
Hong Kong workforce sees biggest drop in decades
Confronted with an emigration wave and an aging population, Hong Kong has just registered the biggest decline in its working population in decades. The workforce in the former British colony, which was handed over to Beijing in 1997, fell by 94,100, or 2.4%, to 3.87 million in 2022 from the previous year, according to the […]Continue Reading
America’s will in Taiwan is at stake in Ukraine
More than once recently, critics of US arms shipments to Ukraine have argued that the weapons should go to Taiwan instead. In the long run, these critics say, China is the more worrisome adversary and its threats to take Taiwan by force must be countered. They’re half right. Yes, the US must stop China from […]Continue Reading
Failure to respond to rise in cost-of-living tops EY telecoms risk radar
Security function undermined by weak relationships with wider business
Response to cost-of-living is entrant at No.1 on Top 10 telecoms risk radar The rise in the cost-of-living has driven consumers to readjust spending priorities. Telcosâ failure to respond to this changing mindset is now the biggest threat facing the industry, according to…Continue Reading