Yearly Archives: 2014
President of Thai Travel Agents Association asks the government and PDRC...
Mr. Suthipong Pheunpipop, President of Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) has acknowledged that the political situation clearly affected tourism to Thailand in January, especially...
TDRI urges Govt to speedily distribute rice from rice subsidy scheme
BANGKOK, 4 January 2014 The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has suggested that the government urgently sell rice in the rice support program, emphasizing...
Auditor General issues stern warnings to caretaker PM, finance minister
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – Thailand’s Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is proposing that the government suspend the rice pledging scheme which has been...
Thailand’s think tank: Govt cornered to dead-end on rice scheme
BANGKOK, Feb 5 – The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has said the controversial rice subsidy scheme has reached a dead-end and urged the...
Farmers head for Bangkok to demand overdue payments
RATCHABURI, Feb 5 – Farmers from Thailand’s southwestern region are planning to demonstrate in Bangkok to pressure the caretaker government to take responsibility to...
Electoral staff convene to compile problems from Feb 2 poll
BANGKOK, 4 February 2014 The Election Commission (EC) has opened a conference to listen to problems facing each electoral unit during the general election...
Chiang Mai passport office able to process just 200 passport requests...
CHIANG MAI, 5 February 2014 The Chiang Mai passport office is currently processing just 200 passport requests per day, due to more than a...
NACC discloses assets of former MPs; PM Yingluck’s assets increases
BANGKOK, 5 February 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's assets have increased by 56 million baht, while Suthep Thaugsuban's debts have gone up by 276...
Agriculturists urged to limit water use due to declining reserves
BANGKOK, 4 February 2014 The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has reported that the water levels in major dams are on a sharp decline stemming...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...