Artikel tagged “opinion”

  • Not all cryptocurrencies are the same

    Not all cryptocurrencies are the same

    By Asina Pornwasin Thai companies wanting to raise public funds via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) using cryptocurrencies should be required to follow the strict rules and regulations on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), currently applied to stocks and other financial instruments, said experts. The cryptocurrency hype in Thailand has stepped up following an announcement from listed Thai firm Jaymart’s J Venture subsidiary, of the country’s first ICO to raise 660 million baht from the public. The firm said last week it will issue 100 million JFin digital tokens for sale from March 1-31

  • There’s room for three boat shows in Thailand, but not like it is now…

    There’s room for three boat shows in Thailand, but not like it is now…

    PHOTO: Marine Scene Asia Opinion by Paul Poole An article in the Phuket Gazette on 30 November 2017 welcomed the annual boat show season in Thailand. It raises the question, “is there room for three boat shows each year?”  Original story HERE

  • Genocide in our back-yard

    Genocide in our back-yard

    “…any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” Article II of United Nation’s 1948 Genocide Convention The Rohingya situation has been a fluid, difficult to report, predicament since the Myanmar Tatmadaw Army stormed into the Rhakine State on August 25 this year to defend Myanmar police being attacked by Arakan militants (who claim to be representing the interests of the Rohingya). Even before the attacks which killed 12 Burmese security officers, the Tatmadaw Army had been conducting ‘clearance operations’ under the direction of the Myanmar Government. The UN have described the situation as ethnic cleansing but, by definition, as uncomfortable as it may be for the rest of Myanmar, it is quickly becoming a genocide.

  • Don’t come to Thailand at the end of October

    Don’t come to Thailand at the end of October

    OPINION: Tim Newton Don’t come to Thailand at the end of October. For all the right reasons, it will be quietly chaotic