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Thailand’s energy company Banpu To Buy Texas Power Plant For $430 Million As Company Steps Up Its Green Investments Banpu—controlled by billionaire Isara Vongkusolkit—has agreed to buy a combined cycle gas-fired power plant for $430 million in Texas as the Bangkok-based coal producer steps up investments in sustainable projects. The company is seeking investment opportunities […]

Taiwan’s Foxconn to build electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in USA and Thailand in 2022 Production slated for 2023 as iPhone assembler aims to offset smartphone slowdown Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics producer, on Thursday said it will build electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Thailand next year, as the key iPhone assembler […]

Meliá reveals plans for urban 260-key Chiang Mai hotel The Spanish hotel group is creating a stylish property in the Thai city, complete with a 360-degree rooftop bar on the 22nd floor, in partnership with Asset World Corporation. The 260-key Meliá-branded scheme will rise above the River Ping and the famous night bazaar at the […]

Chonburi Governor orders more Covid-19 related temporary targeted closures of several companies, construction sites, worker camps and dormitories The Chonburi Province Governor, Phakkhrathon Thianchai,  announced last night (August 11th) the temporary closure of several companies, a construction site, worker camps, and dormitories in Ban Bueng, Si Racha, and the Chonburi area. The order was posted […]

Migrant workers bear brunt of Thailand’s Covid outbreak Overcrowded dormitories provide a prime breeding ground for the virus Migrant workers in Thailand continue to get infected with Covid-19 in disproportionately large numbers as a result of their unsanitary housing and work conditions, according to labor rights activists. In the latest case from Aug. 11, migrant […]