Dividend payment date.

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- Definition

Dividends paid to non controlling interest.

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Minimum market value of publicly held common shares.

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Minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement set forth in NASDAQ rules for listing on NASDAQ.

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- Definition

Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of dividends proposed or declared after the reporting period but before financial statements are authorised for issue. Such dividends are not recognised as a liability at the end of the reporting period because no obligation exists at that time.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The amount, per share, of dividends proposed or declared before financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners.

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Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) ฿ / shares in Units, ฿ in Millions	Apr. 22, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 20, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 20, 2020 THB (฿) ฿ / shares	Nov. 21, 2019 USD ($)
Bottom of range [Member]
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [Line Items]
Minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement set forth in NASDAQ rules for listing on NASDAQ				$ 5,000,000
Major ordinary share transactions [Member] \| Bottom of range [Member]
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [Line Items]
Minimum market value of our publicly held common shares	$ 3,592,234
Major ordinary share transactions [Member] \| Charoong Thai Wire and Cable Public Company Limited [Member]
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [Line Items]
Dividend payments declared to its shareholders		$ 2,900,000	฿ 79.6
Dividend payments declared to its shareholders, per share \| ฿ / shares			฿ 0.2
Dividend payment date		May 15, 2020	May 15, 2020
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests		$ 1,400,000