Yearly Archives: 2015
Talent Mobility program launched to encourage scientific advances across industries
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The Ministry of Science and Technology has recently launched a new program called ‘Talent Mobility’ to promote the use...
NLA visits Songkhla’s Sadao to get update on special economic zone...
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - Members of the legislature have travelled to Songkhla Province to get an update on the special economic zone project....
NRC accepts petition on alleged unfair practice by provincial office of...
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The National Reform Council has accepted a petition claiming unfair practice by a provincial office of Buddhism. NRC’s member...
NLA supports setting up of national virtue assembly
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The National Legislative Assembly has expressed its support to the setting up of the national virtue assembly. The NLA...
Agriculture Ministry unveils 2015 operation plan for royal rainmaking
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has unveiled this year's operational plan for cloud seeding, which calls for the...
Super Board agrees to establish holding firm for oversight of listed...
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The government's State Enterprises Policy Commission, also known as "Super Board", resolved on Monday to establish a holding company...
Commerce minister: No more palm oil imports needed to feed domestic...
BANGKOK, 3 March 2015 - The Ministry of Commerce's subcommittee on the management of oil palm and palm oil has asserted that no further...
Big Cleaning Day organized in Phuket to commemorate National Media Day
PHUKET, 2 Mar 2015 - Members of the media in Phuket, students, employees from the private sector and municipality office gathered over the weekend...
More than 1,000 children drowned each year in Thailand
SONGKHLA, 2 March 2015 - More than 1,000 children younger than 15 years old drowned each year in Thailand. Director of the Office of...
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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...