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The Thai island that has everything a tourist wants, but no crowds
Thailand is an island paradise, but finding one that meets the seemingly contradictory criteria of having tourist-friendly infrastructure, but no huge crowds of tourists, can be a challenge. Ko Lanta may well be that hard-to-find island: The feeling of being in paradise is at least guaranteed during a visit to the island's Nui Bay, with fine sand and the crystal-clear water of the Andaman Sea. All that's here is one wooden beach bar on the water, and another on the nearby mountainside - that's really it. It might be due to the fact that the beach is in the far south-western reaches of the isla...
DPA
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Software developer Neo Japan to set up local Thai unit
BANGKOK, NNA - Neo Japan Inc., a developer of packaged software and application systems, will set up a subsidiary in Bangkok next February in a joint venture with local partners. Neo Japan said it took a board decision Thursday on the establishment of the joint venture, Neo Thai Asia Co., the second local unit in Southeast Asia for the Yokohama-based company, which launched a subsidiary in Malaysia in 2019. Neo Thai Asia will be owned 49 percent by Neo Japan, and 17 percent each by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s three Thai firms -- SMBC Management Service Co., SBCS Co. and SMSB Co. The...
NNA Business News
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Mitsubishi Motors begins Outlander PHEV's production in Thailand
BANGKOK, NNA - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has begun the production of its Outlander PHEV, a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle, in Thailand, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday. Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Mitsubishi Motors' local manufacturing and sales arm, started production on Monday at its factory in Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province. The automaker plans to produce 3,000 Outlander PHEVs annually at the factory, the company told NNA on Tuesday. Reservations in Thailand have been taken since Dec. 1 with deliveries planned to begin in January, according to the company. Since its launch in...
NNA Business News
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Thai Union, Orgafeed producing insect-based pet food in growing global segment
By Chalermlapvoraboon Valaiporn BANGKOK, NNA - Would you feed creepy crawly insects to your dog? Probably not. But processed protein from certain insects like the black soldier fly has made its way into dog food in recent years. Although the insect-based food segment is only a small fraction of the overall pet food market, it is growing rapidly with more players entering the fray, such as Swiss food giant Nestle, UK's Yora Foods and France-based Tomojo. In Thailand, which is a leading pet food producer in the region, major pet food player Thai Union, and start-up Orgafeed Co.(Orgafeed) are get...
NNA Business News
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Mitsubishi Estate's Thai unit focusing on new commercial properties
BANGKOK, NNA - Mitsubishi Estate Co.'s new Thai subsidiary has started working toward developing shopping malls, office buildings and other commercial properties in Thailand, in addition to housing projects already being undertaken by a separate local unit. The major Japanese developer announced Thursday the inauguration a day earlier of Mitsubishi Estate (Thailand) Co., 99.98 percent owned by Mitsubishi Estate Asia Pte. Ltd. and 0.01 percent each by another regional subsidiary and a Mitsubishi Estate Residence Co. arm, all based in Singapore. "We expect to explore a broad array of business po...
NNA Business News
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Suzuki restructures motorcycle sales operation in Thailand
BANGKOK, NNA - Suzuki Motor Corp. is restructuring its motorcycle sales operations in Thailand beginning this month by setting up a new distributor.The new entity, Suzuki Motosales Corporation (Thailand) Co., inherits the sales arm of Thai Suzuki Motor Co., a local subsidiary that manufactures and sells Suzuki motorcycles, the Japanese auto and motorcycle maker said in a statement Friday.Suzuki said Thai Suzuki Motor will shift its focus to motorcycle production and exports. Thai Suzuki Motor has been in charge of sales in the country's northern region while local sales distributor Ban Suzuki ...
NNA Business News
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Megan Rapinoe on Jill Ellis' reaction to her kneeling: 'So dysfunctional, so dishonest, such utter, evasive (expletive)
Megan Rapinoe shreds Jill Ellis in her new book, describing exactly when and why the relationship between the two went sour.Rapinoe has always been the outspoken leader of the U.S. women’s national soccer team. It’s too bad she didn’t always have the support of her coach, at least according to her memoir “One Life.”Rapinoe accused Ellis of not supporting her when she took a knee during the playing of the national anthem in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and in protest of police brutality.“The critics yell really loud and I had a federation who clearly didn’t support me and, I felt, a coach w...
New York Daily News
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Toyobo, Indorama Ventures in joint venture for airbag business
BANGKOK, NNA - Thailand’s major polyethylene terephthalate (PET) manufacturer Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL) has entered into a joint venture with Japan’s fiber producer Toyobo Co. Ltd. to capitalize on the growing automotive airbag market.Its subsidiary, Indorama Polyester Industries Public Co., announced its decision to set up a factory in Thailand with Toyobo to produce airbag yarns in its filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand on Monday.Both companies are set to hold equal shares in the joint venture company, Toyobo Indorama Advanced Fibers Co. Ltd.The global airbag market is ex...
NNA Business News
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The weekly geography quiz
GEOQUIZ: Which three countries border the Gulf of Thailand?Answer: Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Formerly known as the Gulf of Siam, it is an inlet of the South China Sea.———©2020 Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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Mitsubishi Motors, Thai gov't firm to mull EV-to-home power supply
BANGKOK, NNA - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has agreed with Thailand's national power generator to cooperate in developing a system that would enable electric vehicles to power homes in case of blackouts and for other purposes.The Japanese automaker's local arm, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., signed a memorandum of understanding with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, calling for collaboration on the development, testing and data compilation for energy conversion from EV batteries to the country's power grid, according to a statement announced on Thursday.Mitsubishi's "Outlander P...
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