Why our leadership isn’t ready for AI (Part 7) Organisations are very good at measuring AI efficiency: Time saved, tasks automated, costs reduced, hours returned to the business, all neatly quantified on a slide. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Dozens dead in catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods A wall of ‌mud and rock appeared to collapse into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that has killed dozens of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Imported EVs seen as threat to Thai automotive industry The National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) is scheduled to meet on Sept 7 to consider concerns from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle manufacturers over rising competition from imported electric vehicles (EVs). Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Energy crisis 'drives loan' Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has defended the government's 400-billion-baht emergency loan decree as essential to economic security as the energy crisis pushes the current-account deficit towards 600 billion baht. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

SET eager to attract more foreign funds Foreign investors have shown strong interest in Thai equities, particularly banks, encouraged by a nearly 30% rise on the bourse this year and renewed confidence in the country's economic and political outlook, says the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Investment key to transformation, says Ekniti The government aims to increase investment to 30% of gross domestic product (GDP), from around 20% now, after recording the highest investment growth rate in more than a decade in the second quarter, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Wednesday. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Suvarnabhumi road maintenance to disrupt traffic Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok has advised passengers to plan their journeys in advance and allow extra travel time as a maintenance project will block some traffic lanes to and from the passenger terminal from next Monday to April 7 of next year. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

PM orders probe into copter shooting claim Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an investigation into allegations that security personnel fired on civilians from a helicopter during recent unrest in the southernmost provinces, despite a firm denial from the Fourth Army Region commander. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Foreigners given a say on tourism fee The government is conducting an online public hearing for both Thais and foreigners on the proposed 450-baht tourism fee for foreign tourists and the fund's budget usage, insisting the procedures must be transparent and open to assessment. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Palestine flag in Phuket shop angers Israelis PHUKET – An argument between a mobile phone shop owner and two Israeli tourists over a “Free Palestine” flag has drawn attention after video of the exchange was posted on social media. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Second death sentence for serial killer ‘Aem Cyanide’ The Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down a death sentence against Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, better known as “Aem Cyanide”, for fatally poisoning a creditor in Nakhon Pathom province in December 2020. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

100kg boar takes a stroll along the highway A 100-kilogramme "wild boar" let out of its pen for a walk instead wandered off onto a nearby elevated highway, startling motorists and disrupting traffic on Monday. His owner  took more than an hour to sweet-talk him into returning home. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more