Business

BANGKOK — Kasikorn Bank says it is working to fix the complete outage of its services Friday, which comes just before a bank holiday.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s most prominent life insurance firm on Wednesday took pulled a commercial due to complaints from a group of nurses that it damaged their image.

BANGKOK — Winter will never actually come for “Game of Thrones” fans in Thailand next year after the kingdom’s leading cable provider signaled it will stop offering six channels owned by HBO.

While the world churned, many of us kept busy finding new obsessions to keep us happy.

BANGKOK — The Russian Federation had a headline-grabbing year, from military operations in Syria to accusations it sought to influence the U.S. election. But as it projects an image of strength onto the world stage, its oil-dependent economy remains wrecked by a double blow of historically low oil prices and crippling Western sanctions.

After decades of false promise, Virtual Reality is here, with consumer-level (if still pricey) products that provide a convincing experience of transporting users to another place.

KORAT — A Terminal 21 shopping mall will open in the center of Isaan with all kinds of lifestyle excitement this Monday.

Convenience stores, telecoms, brewers, movie theaters and more are dominated by just one or two players in Thailand despite a 17-year-old antitrust law. A toothless law that, by design or defect, left critical portions unfinished and unenforceable.

BANGKOK — Bangkok Bank hit back at a multinational media corporation’s legal complaint Wednesday, saying it did not default on guarantees of a multi-billion baht licensing deal because it was Fox Networks Group Asia that was in breach of contract.

TOKYO — Japan's parliament approved Thursday a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation.