BANGKOK, Feb 13 - The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has extended a debt moratorium to 342,879 farmers or about 88.88 per cent of all eligible participants with debts together totalling some Bt43 billion.

BANGKOK, Feb 13 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and a number of cabinet ministers begin a five-day trip to observe rehabilitation and flood prevention plans in upstream to downstream provinces hit by flooding last year.

BANGKOK, Feb 13 - The fifth Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission meeting opened in the Thai capital Monday morning, focusing on surveying and border demarcation.

BANGKOK, Feb 13 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday assured the public that the government's move to amend the Constitution is not meant to benefit her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

BANGKOK, Feb 13 – A Ghanaian man on Monday was detained for smuggling 1.55 kg of crystal methamphetamine, also known as 'ice,' at Thailand’s main international airport, according to customs officers.

BANGKOK, Feb 12 - Thailand's Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Sunday reported that 135,445 persons were arrested on drug-related charges over the past four months as part of the government's illicit drug suppression policy.

BANGKOK, Feb 12 – Rose sales are forecast to be lucrative during the week of Valentine’s Day when prices are normally hiked in response to high demand.

BANGKOK, Feb 9 – Thailand’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) edged up in January for the second consecutive month, according to a survey by the Economic and Business Forecasting Center of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).

SA KAEO, Feb 10 – A South Korean man charged with embezzlement in his homeland was detained Friday by Thai authorities at an immigration checkpoint in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo, bordering Cambodia.

BANGKOK, Feb 9 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will go ahead with its BTS Skytrain Silom Line extension for a distance of 5.3km (Taksin-Petchakasem), expected to be ready for services by Aug 12, or Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's birthday, next year, 2013.