Activists call for major anti-Prayut rally
Activists call for major anti-Prayut rallyBANGKOK: Pro-democracy protest leaders have called for people to wear black for seven days and to rally at Victory Monument on Saturday (Oct 1) to express their rejection of the Constitutional Court ruling that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s term has not reached its eight-year limit. politicsBy Bangkok PostSaturday 1 October 2022, 10:10AMAnti-government groups plan to stage a major demonstration on all roads leading to Victory Monument starting from 4pm on Saturday. Talu Fah leader Thanapat Kapeng announced a major demonstration on all roads leading to Victory Monument starting from 4pm on Saturday with the intent of ousting Gen Prayut. The opposition Move Forward Party expressed disappointment with the court ruling, saying it showed the court is helping prolong the coup plotters’ rule. The Kana Lomruam Prachachon (Melting Pot) group, meanwhile, gathered at the Ratchaprasong intersection to listen to the court ruling.
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October 01, 2022 03:22 UTC
Beauty's beautiful and valuable "L'Oréal for the Future" mission is good for the world
The Company's mission is to operate within limits, whether to adapt to the world according to environmental science. Implement a transformation program to reduce the impacts on biodiversity, water resources, climate, and resources resulting from company activities. Help and support women in social and professional aspects. L'Oréal has invested €100 million to set up a fund, L'Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration, to address its impact and meet its recovery goals. Therefore, it benefits consumers who want to choose beauty products that are good for the world.
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September 30, 2022 22:03 UTC
Bedecking beauties for more than 100 years
Brand Mouawad started a new era at the turn of the second decade of the 21st century. Fred Mouawad is currently the fourth-generation of Mouawad’s “co-guardians”. "Five generations of the Mouawad family have contributed to the company's legacy of innovative jewellery designs and timepiece craftsmanship spanning more than a century,” says Fred Mouawad, “co-guardian” and CEO of Synergia One Group . Since its origin in Lebanon in 1890, the brand's storied ideals have been revitalised to provide genuine elegance and sophisticated jewellery masterpieces to an increasingly global market. Mouawad is headquartered in Thailand, and uses highly skilled Thai craftsmen at the jewellery hub where their products are crafted with care and exported around the world.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 30, 2022 19:03 UTC
Trade promotion agency launches ‘Wonders of Thai Jewels’ global branding campaign
The campaign aims at creating global awareness and establishing Thailand as the trading hub for the world's gems and jewellery industry. "Gems and jewellery rank as one of Thailand's most exported products, creating over 664,000 jobs. As a major industry of the country, the government has worked towards making Thailand a gems and jewellery hub and a major jewellery manufacturer, from upstream to downstream," said Phusit Ratanakul Sereroengrit, DITP director-general. He added: "As one of the world's largest jewellery exporting countries, Thailand has an outstanding tradition of high-quality jewellery production. Global jewellery brands have recognised the skills of Thai artisans, and some have made Thailand their manufacturing base for decades.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 30, 2022 18:04 UTC
Ukraine: Russian strike kills 25 in aid convoy
The body of a person killed by what Ukraine says was a Russian missile strike lies near a convoy of civilian vehicles in Zaporizhzhia on Friday. (Stringer via Reuters)KYIV: An attack on a frontline civilian convoy killed at least 25 people in southern Ukraine on Friday, just hours before Moscow was due to annex four occupied Ukrainian regions. “Twenty-five killed and about 50 wounded in an attack by the Russian military on a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia. It comes after Putin announced a draft to prop up Russian forces — leading to some protests and an exodus of men. Ukraine has said the West’s only appropriate response is to hit Russia with more sanctions and to supply Ukrainian forces with more weapons to keep reclaiming territory.
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September 30, 2022 11:22 UTC
Thailand, China conduct digital currency trial
(Reuters File Photo)A central bank digital currency trial focused on cross-border transactions involving China, Thailand, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates has been completed, as Beijing tries to internationalise its digital yuan. The multiple Central Bank Digital Currency (mCBDC) Bridge test developed by the BIS was designed to deliver real-time, cheaper and safer cross-border payments and settlements, it said. State media reported on Thursday that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China were among the 20 participating commercial banks. China has been testing its digital currency in major cities, mainly for domestic retail payments, though the central bank has also vowed to explore cross-border payments in digital yuan. Russia, sanctioned by the West over its war in Ukraine, has also announced plans to use its own digital currency to trade with China.
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September 29, 2022 07:17 UTC
Bett Asia expo to showcase five tech trends shaping education in Asia in 2023 and beyond
Teachers had used social media platforms such as Tik Tok and YouTube Shorts during the pandemic as their teaching channels. Immersive learning technology – Extended Reality (XR)Extended Reality (XR) is the umbrella term that covers Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), mixed Reality (MR), and other immersive technology. It has tremendous opportunities for learning as it offers a "real-life" learning experience without limited time and space. Extended Reality also offers a simulation environment for students who are training in medical schools or who are undertaking vocational training, for example. Lifelong learning/ Skill acquisitionThe existing education system today is constantly playing catch-up with the fast-paced and ever-changing world.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 29, 2022 03:14 UTC
UK finance minister Kwarteng not to step down: Treasury source
According to Reuters, Kwarteng’s tax-cut plans, on top of an energy bill bailout – all funded by a huge increase in government borrowing – have triggered financial market chaos. One source at the meeting said Kwarteng had asked the assembled finance bosses what they could do to calm markets. Meanwhile, the BoE on Wednesday sought to quell the firestorm in Britain’s bond markets, saying it would buy as much government debt as needed to restore order after new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s tax cutting plans triggered financial chaos. Its announcement, which represented a sudden reversal of plans to sell bonds it had amassed since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, immediately pushed down borrowing costs. The BoE said it would return to its plan to sell bonds at the end of October.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 29, 2022 03:10 UTC
Thai Airways offering special air prices
Published byThe Bangkok Postpublished : 29 Sep 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) Thai Airways is offering promotional airfare following the resumption of Bangkok-Fukuoka return flights in its winter 2022/23 schedule starting Oct 30. Flight TG648 departs from Bangkok at 1am and arrives in Fukuoka at 8.10am (local time) and TG649 departs Fukuoka at 11.40am (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 3.40pm. A roundtrip economy ticket price starts at 15,385 baht per person and a roundtrip business ticket starts at 59,920 baht per person. …Read More
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September 29, 2022 02:18 UTC
Ngern Tid Lor welcomes management team from TMBThanachart
Ngern Tid Lor Public Company Limited, or TIDLOR, led by Piyasak Ukritnukun, Managing Director, along with staff, presided over the open house session and welcomed over 30 TMBThanachart (ttb) management to participate in TIDLOR Culture WOW. The event shared Ngern Tid Lor values and organisational culture building framework for driving business forward with sustainability. The session focused on the core strategy for Ngern Tid Lor to build strength and create differentiation to handle conduct in the current business climate. The forum also offered guidelines for business to cultivate Data Analytics to enable Digital Transformation, as successfully undertaken by Ngern Tid Lor. Hosted at Aree Hill Building, Ngern Tid Lor Headquarters, the objective was to share knowledge and experience in organisational culture building with interested organisations.
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September 28, 2022 06:40 UTC
ADB plans $14-billion assistance until 2025 to tackle aggravating food crisis in Asia Pacific
ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa stated during an online press conference on Tuesday that the Asia-Pacific region is now facing numerous challenges, such as monetary tightening, currency depreciation and severe food insecurity. Food insecurity, according to Asakawa, is the most worrying of these challenges because it affects all countries, rich and poor. Therefore, the ADB has decided to increase its assistance funding for food security in the region, where nearly 1.1 billion people lack healthy diets due to poverty and rising food prices this year. Existing and new projects in farm inputs, food production and distribution, social protection, irrigation, and water resource management, as well as projects leveraging nature-based solutions, will receive funding, the ADB president said. Meanwhile, the ADB will continue to invest in other food security-related activities such as energy transition, transportation, access to rural finance, environmental management, health and education.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 28, 2022 02:05 UTC
Five Apec members confirm their attendance at summit in Bangkok in November
“We don’t want to give details of the names of these members yet due to security reasons,” Tanee said. On Monday, acting government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisir said Thailand was now ready to host the annual Apec Summit and other meetings. The meeting will be held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre while the gala dinner in honour of the Apec economic leaders and their spouses will be held at the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 27, 2022 23:41 UTC
Thais generally against regulated use of marijuana, poll finds
The draft, labelled simply “marijuana and hemp” bill, was proposed by the Public Health Ministry which is under the Bhumjaithai Party. The bill was sent back to an ad hoc House panel for review after Democrat Party joined the opposition in voting against it. Democrat MPs voiced concerns that the bill would promote the recreational use of marijuana. It is not clear if those who said “no” to “do you agree with the free ganja bill or not?” actually disagree with the bill or recreational use of marijuana. Meanwhile, 10.92 per cent chose “yes”, while 1.81 per cent chose “no comment”.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 27, 2022 04:01 UTC
Central opens membership store of ‘affordable premium imports’ to beat price crisis
Stephane Coum, Central Retail Food Group CEO, said Tops Club will be the first store of its kind in Southeast Asia when it opens on Wednesday (September 28). Tops CLUB will be an exclusive source of premier brands from all over the world, with new additions weekly, he said. The stores will sell five categories of products: dried groceries and beverages, fresh food and ingredients, alcohol, general goods including sports equipment and pet products, and household goods. Of the 3,500-plus items on shelves, 75 per cent will be imported while the remainder – including chicken, eggs, and some local fruit – will be sourced from domestic producers.
Source:The Nation Bangkok
September 27, 2022 03:59 UTC
Thai anti-Covid nasal spray ready for commercial sale
Thai anti-Covid nasal spray ready for commercial saleThe press conference at Samyan Mitrtown Hall where a team of doctors and researchers introduced an anti-Covid nasal spray produced for commercial sale. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)A nasal spray to prevent Covid-19 infection developed by Thai medical researchers will be available for commercial sale from Oct 1, Worawan Chaikamnerd, chief executive officer of Hibiocy Co and Rojukiss International Public Company Ltd announced on Monday. Ms Worawan said it would be sold under the brandname "VAILL COVITRAP Anti-Cov Nasal Spray" and was produced by Hibiocy Co, a subsidiary of Rojukiss International. Developed by a team of doctors and researchers from the faculty of medicine, Chulalongkorn University, the spray is truly a Thai innovation for Thai people, she said. VAILL COVITRAP Anti-Cov Nasal Spray will be available for commercial sale from Oct 1.
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September 26, 2022 13:03 UTC