Taiwan’s new president faces ‘tough’ time with China pressure, no parliament majority
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Taipei – Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te could face a tough four years in office with no parliamentary majority, an opposition which wanted to re-start a vexed service trade deal with China and the ever present threat of military action from Beijing. Lai, from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party […]
Read MoreThai tourism agencies get huge budget boost for post-Covid recovery
LED by a record 60% increase in the 2023/24 fiscal year budget of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the Thai government is positioning the tourism industry as “the primary engine of economic growth” this year. However, those hopes are likely to be dashed in the event of a wider conflict in the Middle […]
Read MoreRed onions galore heading for petrol pumps
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OPERATORS OF PETROL PUMPS in all parts of the country are being encouraged by the government to literally put red onions on sale to help alleviate the pungent vegetable’s oversupply situation. Internal Trade Department director-general Watanasak Sua-iam said over the weekend excessive amounts of red onions from Srisaket, which produces […]
Read More‘Debt Settlement Market’ kicks off in all provinces
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE GOVERNMENT-RUN “Debt Settlement Market” kicked off today (Jan.14) for people illicitly indebted to loan sharks in all provinces nationwide. The “Debt Settlement Market” is a venue set up in each of the country’s 77 provinces for the people to find ways and means to settle their informal debt owed […]
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