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Softbank Group Corp began displaying its popular "Pepper" robots at a housing showroom to give visitors a feel of it.

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Stop the city sinking

The report should have been alarming. It should have shaken all authorities to the core and sent them into...

25 Jul 2015 at 06:35
Sirinya Wattanasukchai

Premier's priorities

He says a Krabi coal-fired power plant is sustainable energy. He means citizens should accept whatever authorities deem is good for development.

24 Jul 2015 at 06:29
Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Discipline is key

The Greece and eurozone debt crisis should prompt Thais to focus on hard work, earned income, and only measured dependence on state largess.

24 Jul 2015 at 03:29

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Phra Suthep about to leave the monkhood and a robotic beauty adviser were featured events on July 24, 2015.
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  Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hinted on Friday at the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle for the first time.
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- Ex-MPs jailed for defamation
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- Saiyud resigns as P-Net chairman
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- Malaysia suspends newspaper over ‘prejudicial’ 1MDB reports
- Myanmar peace talks in crunch phase as polls loom
- Angelina Jolie to direct Cambodia war film
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- Obama in Kenya for security, human rights talks
  NAIROBI - US President Barack Obama is to hold talks in Kenya Saturday on trade and investment, counter-terrorism and human rights, in his first visit to the country of his father's...
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- Light trim for rough draft of climate pact
- Australian nurse arrested after return from Syria
- Diver killed by shark in Australia: reports
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- Thompson shares lead at Meijer Classic golf
  GRAND RAPIDS (UNITED STATES) - Lexi Thompson shot a season-best seven-under 64 to grab a share of the lead with two other Americans after the second round of the USLPGA Tour's Meijer...
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- Brazilian water polo player accused of rape
- Panama fined, players suspended over Gold Cup uproar
- I am always number one, says defiant Usain Bolt
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- New earth-like planet discovered
  Astronomers hunting for another Earth have found possibly closest match yet, planet circling its star at same distance as Earth orbits the Sun, where life could exist because it is...
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- Prayut bans street races, alcohol near schools
- Giant kings on the move
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Gold slump tempts local buyers

Gold has fallen below 18,000 baht per baht-weight, continuing to lure bargain hunters into goldsmith shops...

Pathom Sangwongwanich & Nuntawun Polkuamdee

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CPF hatches Russian poultry purchase
SET-listed Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) has reached an agreement to acquire the entire stake...
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Chakramon shrugs off reshuffle rumours
Speculation is rife that Industry Minister Chakramon Phasukvanich will be removed from the cabinet...
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Fitch: Banks face tough H2

A persistent weak operational environment in Thailand suggests loan impairments will continue to rise, says Fitch Ratings.
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  Mitsubishi Motors Corp’s factory in Thailand would see an increase in production following the Japanese automaker’s decision to close down operations in the United States.
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  Kwaithong to invest on EV factory
  Thai-owned Kwaithong Motor Co plans to invest 5 billion baht to build an assembly plant for electric vehicles in Thailand...
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  Launching a new vehicle at this time of the year hardly seems like a very agreeable thing to do. Loans are not as easy to obtain as before, mass market purchasing power has dropped and...
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  Microsoft to reboot connections with Windows 10
  SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft is aiming to build lasting relationships with Windows 10, the operating system to be launched on Wednesday and seen as critical to reviving the fortunes of the...
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  SAN FRANCISCO - The world's largest e-sports organization said Friday it will crack down on the use of drugs intended to give players an edge in video game tournaments.
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  Full speed ahead for Pruksa projects in H2
  SET-listed Pruksa Real Estate Plc, confident of the economic outlook in the second half, expects to launch 48 new projects worth a combined 35 billion baht in the remaining months of...
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  Singha Estate buys Sun Towers
  SET-listed developer Singha Estate Plc (S) has acquired the two grade-A Sun Towers office buildings located on almost six rai of land on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road for 4.5 billion baht.
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Travel like a fashionista

‘Travel is a constant source of inspiration,” said Deborah Lloyd, president and chief creative officer of Kate Spade New York.

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- The 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing
  The Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition has returned to celebrate the auspicious occasion of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s 5th cycle birthday...
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- A Trip to Jeremyville
  Australian artist Jeremyville will present a live street art performance at Groove, CentralWorld, on Friday at 6pm. It will mark the opening of his exhibition, “A Trip to...
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- Out Of Curiosity
  Humour and sadness coincide in French artist Bruno Tanquerel’s 20 paintings and sculptures, which are being displayed at the “Out Of Curiosity” exhibition at S Gallery until Sept...
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  Golf in Thailand
  
  Thailand, often referred to as the "Golf capital of Asia", attracts about 400,000 golfers from all over the world each year, and 70% of the 280 courses here are of world class,...
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  Bohemian-Moravian Music Night Concert
  
  The Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), under the baton of Gudni A Emilsson, will take the audience on a musical journey through one of the most soulful areas of European music...
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  Grammy winner Chris Brown parties in Macau
  MANILA - Grammy winner Chris Brown partied in Macau with a gold-toothed grin, as officials said Saturday he had left his promoter in a Philippine jail facing a legal dispute with a...
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  Romanticising the insurgency
  This love story set in the Deep South is a heavily sanitised version of the Kingdom's troubled region.
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  Run-ins with an octopus
  Chantavit 'Ter' Dhanasevi, screen-writer and actor, talks about the art of making comedy.
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  Creating a community of characters
  The increase in use of Line stickers has led to a rise in the number of Thai designers aiming to capitalise on the domestic and international market.
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  The Aleenta Hua Hin Resort & Spa is not a new face in the hospitality game — its 26 rooms, nestled on a private beach (which is cleaned three times a day) in Pran Buri, about 30km...
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  DENPASAR, Indonesia - Ash spewing from a volcano closed the airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali Wednesday for the third time this month, forcing the cancellation of flights...

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