Yearly Archives: 2013
Thai AirAsia projects 20% growth this year
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – Thai AirAsia, Thailand’s largest low-cost air carrier, predicted a 20 per cent business growth with 10 million passengers using...
22 non-Thai companies breach foreign business law
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – Thailand's Ministry of Commerce has identified 22 violators of the Thai Foreign Business Act for holding more than half...
Govt brushes off reports of business shutdowns due to wage rise
BANGKOK, 3 February 2013 The government has dismissed news reports of business shutdowns, caused by the new 300-baht daily minimum wage raise, but...
EC bans releasing poll results 7 days before election
BANGKOK, 4 February 2013 The Election Commission (EC), Bangkok Office, is banning the release of opinion polls during the seven days leading up...
Foreign Minister thanks Cambodia for Ratree’s pardon
BANGKOK, February 4 2013 Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has expressed his appreciation on behalf of the Thai government to Cambodia regarding the pardon...
DPM Plodprasop follows up northern haze problem
CHIANG RAI, 3 FEBRUARY 2013 Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has been following up on the efforts to control and prevent the haze...
Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai see rare hail storms
BANGKOK, 4 February 2013 Several areas in the provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai experienced hail storms following heavy rains Sunday evening. ...
Dwindling natural food sources threaten macaque survival
Native to areas in South, Central and Southeast Asia, troops of Macaca Mulatta otherwise known as the Rhesus Macaque inhabit a variety of...
Authorities control forest fire in northern provinces
LAMPANG, Feb 3 – Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi ordered northern provinces to take smog and forest fire problems seriously over a 80-day...











