Yearly Archives: 2011
BOI investment applications grow in December despite flood crisis
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – Thailand's Board of Investment (BoI) on Wednesday announced that the number of projects applying for investment promotion status continued to...
Thai economic growth forecast at 1.1% this year: Fiscal Policy Office
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – Thailand’s economic forecast for the current year has contracted to grow by only 1.1 per cent this year, but is...
AoT’s six airports serve 66 million passengers in 2011
BANGKOK, Dec 28 -- The Airports of Thailand (AoT)'s six airports served over 66 million passengers during Fiscal Year 2011 (Oct 2010-Sept 2011), a...
Songkhla Court frees Red Shirt Arisman on bail
SONGKHLA, Dec 29 - The Songkhla Provincial Court on Thursday released Red Shirt activist Arisman Pongruangrong on bail after he appeared to acknowledge a...
Mass Bangkok exodus for upcountry New Year celebrations
BANGKOK, Dec 29 - Bangkok's Mo Chit 2 bus terminal was crowded on Thursday morning with passengers returning home for the 2012 New Year,...
Bangkok named Thailand’s most popular city among tourists
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – Thailan’s capital Bangkok was ranked at the top of this year’s top ten popular cities among Thai and foreign tourists...
Police escort Red Shirt activist to Songkhla court for defamation case
SONGKHLA, Dec 29 – Police escorted Red Shirt activist Arisman Pongruangrong to Songkhla Provincial Court today to acknowledge defamation charges filed against him by...
Police detain Red Shirt Arisman after brief release
BANGKOK, Dec 28 - Red Shirt activist Arisman Pongruangrong on Wednesday was temporarily released from prison after the Court of Appeals granted him bail,...
Transportation Minister opens Sea Water Safety Center
In the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami the government of Thailand assigned the 26th December to be National Disaster Prevention Day. ...
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Kühlere Morgenstunden in Pattaya nach weiterem Temperaturrückgang
PATTAYA, Thailand – In Pattaya und den umliegenden Gebieten werden in den kommenden 24 Stunden kühlere Morgen erwartet. Die Temperaturen sollen leicht sinken, da...
Pattaya and the incident that never existed
PATTAYA, Thailand – There is a story one of the lawyers in our office likes to recount. It always brings a knowing smile -...
Pattaya officials warn foreign man after nude swimming incident on public beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya intervened after discovering a foreign man swimming naked at Pattaya Beach, a public area frequented by...
Immigration Police raid luxury hotel in Pattaya, arrest five Chinese nationals for gambling
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police, in coordination with Provincial Police Region 2 investigators, Banglamung Police, and Tourist Police, raided a luxury hotel in...
Chinese driver flees after van crashes into home and overturns in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon responded to a report of a van crashing into a residential property along Khao Noi...