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Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttons
Read more: Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttonsAsian companies lead a reversal from car dashboards dominated by touchscreens, says the Financial Times’ June Yoon.
Thailand
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Thai influencer goes offline after ‘low-class men’ backlash
Read more: Thai influencer goes offline after ‘low-class men’ backlashThai influencer and life coach Gina “Wonder JN” has shut down her Facebook and TikTok accounts following intense backlash over comments criticising men who follow women showing off their bodies on Instagram.
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Phuket starts tour boat cleanup after fire, fatal collision
Read more: Phuket starts tour boat cleanup after fire, fatal collisionPHUKET – Marine officials have launched a campaign to restore shattered tourist confidence in Phuket’s tour boat sector in the wake of a fatal speedboat collision and a huge fire over the past week.
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People’s Party MP faces B100m defamation lawsuit
Read more: People’s Party MP faces B100m defamation lawsuitA lawyer representing foreign businessman Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, has filed a 100-million-baht defamation lawsuit against People’s Party (PP) MP Rangsiman Rome.
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Bangkok hotels packed thanks to Blackpink concerts
Read more: Bangkok hotels packed thanks to Blackpink concertsBlackpink’s upcoming “Deadline” concerts in Bangkok are expected to drive full occupancy at hotels near Rajamangala National Stadium, in line with Thailand’s growing “gig tripping” trend, where up to 40% of the crowds attending music events can consist of foreign attendees.
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Troops hunt southern gold robbers who shot soldier
Read more: Troops hunt southern gold robbers who shot soldierArmy troops have joined the hunt for robbers who shot a soldier while stealing gold jewellery worth about 24 million baht from a shop in a Big C mall in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat, on Sunday night.
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Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttons
Read more: Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttonsAsian companies lead a reversal from car dashboards dominated by touchscreens, says the Financial Times’ June Yoon.
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Typhoon Matmo to bring heavy rain to Thailand
Read more: Typhoon Matmo to bring heavy rain to ThailandTyphoon Matmo has intensified over the upper South China Sea and is expected to make landfall in China’s Guangdong province on Sunday, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). While the storm will not enter Thailand, it is strengthening the southwest monsoon, bringing heavier rain and flash flood risks to northern, northeastern, eastern and southern…
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Flooding hits Central Plain, inundating Ayutthaya
Read more: Flooding hits Central Plain, inundating AyutthayaFlooding hit 16 provinces on Sunday, mostly in the Central Plain hit by deluges of water from the Chao Phraya River, and the highest number of affected households was in Ayutthaya province.
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A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
Read more: A wolf in sheep’s clothing?The sudden decision by Thamanat Prompow, the patriarch of the Klatham Party, to defect from the Pheu Thai-led government and throw his support behind a new minority coalition with Anutin Charnvirakul as premier has jolted the already fragile Thai political landscape.
