– BANGKOK – In a bid to combat electronic fraud, Thailand is making fingerprint scan checks mandatory for all those obtaining new SIM cards. Authorities say...
– NEW YORK – President Donald Trump has added economic sanctions to his fiery military threats against North Korea, and renewed his rhetorical offensive against Kim...
– BANGKOK – A public rift between Thailand’s central bank and government on interest rates shows just how much of a dilemma the baht has...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank on Wednesday tightened controls on credit cards and unsecured personal loans, a move that should contain high household debt levels...
– ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – A populist business tycoon and ex-judo champion was inaugurated Monday as Mongolia’s new president, pledging to provide greater benefits for the county’s...
– BANGKOK – Two decades ago Thailand became ground zero of the Asia financial crisis, when its government scrapped a dollar peg with the baht, a...
– BANGKOK – The Revenue Department has set a withholding tax rate for online purchases in a range with a maximum of 15%, a change from...
– BANGKOK – Nonperforming loans at Thailand’s banks are set to peak toward the end of 2017, according to Fitch Ratings, an outlook that may salve...
BANGKOK – Thai businesses invested a record $13 billion (442 billion baht) abroad in 2016, dwarfing inflows of $1.6 billion (54.4 billion baht), according to...
– UDON THANI – About 2 million baht in cash was stolen from an ATM machine after thieves used a gas torch to cut it open...
– SEOUL – Cybersecurity experts are pointing to circumstantial evidence that North Korea may be behind the global “ransomware” attack: the way the hackers took hostage...
BANGKOK – Thai banks have trimmed their lending interest rates by 25-50 basis points to help small businesses in line with the government’s policy, effective on...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) announced today that Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) will have to use an online fingerprint...
. . BEIJING – Drowning in debt, metals trader Sinosteel Corp. got an unprecedented lifeline last month from the Chinese government – a multibillion-dollar debt-for-equity rescue...
. . MOSCOW – It was one of the most brilliant geopolitical chess moves in over a decade, and it involved doing nothing, according to Eurasia...
. . BANGKOK – Defense spokesman Maj Gen. Kongcheep Tantrawanich, has reported to Thai Media that group of people hack the Defense Ministry’s website in a...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Finance Ministry is to propose more economic stimulus packages to the Cabinet for approval tomorrow to boost economy. Under the stimulus...
. BRUSSELS – With a rapid-fire series of elections in Italy, the Netherlands and France plus Britain’s upcoming move toward leaving the European Union could buffet...
BANGKOK – Chinese manufacturers are driving growth in the smartphone market as sector leaders Samsung and Apple sputter, a survey showed. A survey showed that Chinese...
. . MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one...