Surveys show Chinese economy growing but at modest pace
BANGKOK (AP) — Surveys of Chinese factory managers showed a mixed outlook for the world’s second-largest economy in June, with growth steady but not picking up much steam.
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Thailand probes BYD, China’s EV giant, after consumer complaints over dealers’ discounts
Thai authorities are investigating BYD’s dealers after a consumer complaint over aggressive discounting in a key international market for the Chinese EV giant that has left some buyers upset with how much they paid for their cars.
Myanmar's reliance on imported fuel squeezes military as civilians suffer
BANGKOK -- Myanmar's army is learning a bitter lesson in military logistics in its faltering campaign against determined insurgents on multiple fronts. Forces under Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the military leader whose coup in 2021 rekindled civil war, are having to scrounge for increasingly costly supplies of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel to feed their military machine.
BYD to open Thai factory as new EU tariffs on China EVs kick in
BANGKOK -- Chinese electric vehicle champion BYD plans to mark the opening of its first factory in Southeast Asia on Thursday -- a $486 million facility in Thailand's Rayong province -- with hefty price cuts for local buyers.
Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war
BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war.
Thailand's homegrown AI project aims to resist U.S. tech giants
BANGKOK -- Thailand's project to create a generative artificial intelligence tool based on the local language is showing progress, as the country seeks to maintain a competitive advantage at home against encroaching U.S. tech giants.
Thailand announces new Senate, replacing army-appointed lawmakers
BANGKOK — Thailand's Election Commission (EC) on July 10 endorsed 200 new senators who will replace a military-appointed Upper House, revealing a new legislative body that analysts say could make it harder for the embattled ruling Pheu Thai Party to govern.
Fraud trial exposes shortfalls in Thai corporate governance
BANGKOK -- In early June, Vonnarat Tangkaravakoon was led into a courtroom, barefoot and handcuffed. He sat hunched as evidence was presented in the criminal case against him and nine other defendants accused of defrauding investors of nearly15 billion baht ($409.8 million), one of the largest fraud cases in recent Thai history.