Over-the-top (OTT) services contribute as much as 36 billion baht and 30,000 jobs to Thailand’s economy, a new report says. The report was conducted by Thammasat University’s Consulting Networking and Coaching Center (CONC Thammasat) and the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), an industry association for internet policy in Asia. OTT services are described as any application or […]
Read MoreBy 2030, 72% of university graduates in Thailand could be either unemployed or working in a job that does not require a bachelor’s degree as their jobs will have been taken away by artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, according to Udom Kachinthorn, Deputy Minister of Education. “Thus, if Thai universities do not adapt and cannot build […]
Read MoreJuly and August were busy months for condominium developers in Bangkok, with 11,600 new units launched, bringing the total to 33,395 for the first eight months of 2018. The two-month total was 37% higher than for the entire second quarter of this year, and many more developments are in the pipeline for this month. Consequently, […]
Read MoreThe National Legislative Assembly (NLA) wants the government to enforce a new cyber law to control election campaigns on social media before next year’s general election. Such a measure should be added to the cyber security bill, now being vetted by the government’s legal advisory body, the Council of State, as wrongdoings in the cyber world […]
Read MorePTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate, has defended itself against remarks by former Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij about its takeover of SET-listed Glow Energy Plc, saying the acquisition was legal and is being vetted by regulators. The former Democrat Party politician posted an article to the public last weekend, claiming this deal will give […]
Read MoreThailand and Laos have engaged in negotiations to reduce trade and investment barriers, with the aim of creating a logistics network that will boost bilateral trade to 11 billion US dollars by 2021, up from 6.1 billion dollars last year.
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