Environment and land
Lengthy delay for new property tax
The land and buildings tax set for Jan 1, 2019 is likely to be enforced behind schedule because of the time-consuming approval process, says an informed source at the Finance Ministry. Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Migrants face changing climate
The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would ...
Paritta Wangkiat
Deluge of electronic waste turning Thailand into ‘world’s rubbish dump’
At a deserted factory outside Bangkok, skyscrapers made from vast blocks of crushed printers, Xbox components and TVs tower over black rivers of smashed-up computer screens.This is a tiny fraction of the estimated 50m tonnes of electronic waste created just in the EU every year, ...
Hannah Ellis-Peterson
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor – What You Need to Know
On February 1, 2018, the Thai parliament approved the law for trade and investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). With the EEC, Thailand hopes to develop its eastern provinces into a leading ASEAN economic zone. The EEC straddles three eastern provinces of Thailand – ...
Bradley Dunseith
Developed and displaced in Southeast Asia
Families moved to distant, poorly equipped resettlement areas to make way for railways in the Philippines. Villagers still dealing with the loss of access to livelihood resources decades after dam construction in Thailand. Communities in Indonesia seeing their lands converted to palm oil plantations run ...
Johanna Son
Asia to the world: We don't want your plastic waste problem
China’s 2017 plastic waste import ban has seen notable quantities of the world’s discarded material being redirected to elsewhere in Asia, but changes are afoot. The message from countries in Southeast Asia, at least, is you’d better consider shipping it elsewhere. Better still, why not ...
Stephen Moore
Japan shows interest in investing in EEC
Japan has expressed interest in investing in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) while Thailand has indicated a desire for the country to provide human resources, science and technological development in support of target industries. Keep reading ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
Thailand’s middleman role touted
Thailand is ready to serve in a middleman role between the countries of two economic groupings in East Asia as part of the country’s efforts to promote economic cooperation across the broader region, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Drafted bill on land tax to proceed on schedule
The government did not have a plan to postpone the legal enforcement of the drafted bill on land and building taxes, said Wisudhi Srisuphan, deputy minister of finance.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand -Cambodia coordinate to protected areas and trans-boundary
Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) hosts a workshop between Thailand and Cambodia on Protected areas and Trans-boundary Biodiversity Conservation Landscape management. Keep reading ...
Pichanan Inpota
