Tag: Thailands
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Shinawatras Reassert Hold Over Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party
[ad_1] The elevation on October 27 of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, the daughter of recently returned telecoms billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, to head Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party, is both an indication of the family’s ownership of the party and concern that its ambitious economic agenda to get the country moving again has been stalled by the military…
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Shooting at mall in Thailand’s capital Bangkok leaves at least 3 dead, suspect detained
[ad_1] Bangkok — Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall on Tuesday, Thai emergency services officials said, as police confirmed that the shooter had been arrested. Yuthana Srettanan, director of Erawan Emergency Center, confirmed the toll in a message to reporters in the Thai capital Tuesday.…
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Thailand’s SCBX and Korea’s Hashed Ink Web3 R&D Partnership
[ad_1] “This partnership amalgamates the expertise of a reputable institution with the technological and philosophical foundations of Web3,” Simon Seojoon Kim, CEO & Managing Partner, Hashed, said in a release. “I am confident that this partnership will significantly nurture the growth of the Web3 ecosystem, extending its influence not only across Southeast Asia but also…
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Thailand’s KBank to Target AI and Web3 Investments With $100M Fund
[ad_1] The fund that was created out of KBank’s investment budget will aim to serve traditional financial stakeholders in the consumer, corporate and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a special focus on consumer and problem-specific AI, cybersecurity, nodes validators, ZKP, wallets and consumerization of NFTs. It is also targeting investments in over 30 startups…
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Thailand’s Thaksin Faces Daunting Task
[ad_1] After 15 years of exile in Dubai, Thai billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra has managed to engineer his return to a hero’s welcome in Bangkok, ending three months of political paralysis as competing interests jockeyed for power. It is a deal that pleases few except perhaps Thaksin himself and his forces. But as a member of…
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Thailand’s divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra returns after 15 years in exile
[ad_1] BANGKOK — Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after years of self-imposed exile to face possible criminal penalties on the same day that a party affiliated with him plans to start forming a new government. Thaksin has said his decision to return has nothing to do with an expected vote…
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Thailand’s Pheu Thai close to winning power after allying with pro-military ‘Uncles’ — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] After three months of political stasis following the May general election, Thailand’s parliament is expected to elect a government led by Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party. While establishing a new government could calm financial markets after months of uncertainty, it’s not going to calm political tensions in the country. The Move Forward…
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Thailand’s Thaksin in Rumored Deal to Resume Power
[ad_1] All in the family Now approaching three months of political paralysis following the May 13 national elections, Thailand’s parliament could seek to pick a new prime minister this week following two unsuccessful votes that eliminated Pita Limjaroenrat, whose newly-formed Move Forward Party shocked and caught the imagination of reformers and the young by ca……
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Thailand’s Upstart Democratic Forces Likely to End Junta’s Reign
[ad_1] It is beginning to appear, against the odds, that Thailand’s 42-year-old Pita Limjaroenrat, whose center-left Move Forward Party set off a political earthquake in the May 14 election, will hold his eight-party coalition together and turn enough votes in the Senate away from the military to become Thailand’s next prime minister. Obviously, Thai politics…
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Thailand’s Democracy at a Standstill
[ad_1] Ready within the wings With time sporting on since Thailand’s Might 14 election, occasions are taking part in out as anticipated, with the navy and the Bangkok elites placing so-far insurmountable roadblocks in entrance of what at first appeared like a strong political takeover by the youth-oriented, reformist Transfer Ahead Celebration led by Pita…
