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Govt mulls green society; new tax structure
BANGKOK, Sept 6 – Financial measures will be a tool to push for a green society and automotive tax structures will be revised...
SMEs under pressure after nationwide wage hike
BANGKOK, Sept 6 – Ninety per cent of Thailand’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be affected by the countrywide increase of the...
Leading foreign buyers set to join in “Thailand’s Best Friends 2012”...
BANGKOK, 6 September 2012 – According to the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), over 100 leading importers from foreign countries have accepted...
DTAC fined Bt10 million for network failure
BANGKOK, Sept 5 - Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Tuesday ordered Total Access Communication (DTAC), Thailand’s second largest mobile operator,...
Expert: Tablet PCs slow brain development in children
BANGKOK, 6 September 2012 – An expert in children brain and development has revealed that tablet computers for first grade students can slow...
Flood center opened in Ayutthaya
BANGKOK, 6 September 2012 – Ayutthaya province has now opened a flood command center for the people, focusing on 4 procedures -- prevention,...
Bangkok flood drainage tests satisfying
BANGKOK, 6 September 2010 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has indicated the government’s flood drainage test on the western side of Bangkok yesterday...
Ombudsman accepts Kittiratt’s white lie case
BANGKOK, 6 September 2012 – The Office of the Ombudsman of Thailand has accepted for consideration the claim that Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong...
Time for men with erectile dysfunction to smile
BANGKOK, Sept 6 – Thai men with erectile dysfunction have good news to brighten their day. Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical...
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Afternoon alcohol ban ends in Thailand, critics warn of dangerous spillover
PATTAYA, Thailand – Academics and public health observers have raised concerns following the Royal Gazette announcement on May 28 allowing expanded alcohol sales hours...
Mystery body washes ashore at Navy Beach in Sattahip, foul play not ruled out
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police and naval authorities are investigating after the body of an unidentified man was discovered washed ashore at Toei Ngam Beach...
Pattaya firefighters contain grass fire near Thapprasit Soi 17 before it spreads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Firefighters from the Pattaya City Fire Station (Jomtien Division) responded to a grass fire late at night in the Thapprasit Soi...
Pattaya Beach seizes illegal rentals, fines operators, restores public space
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers, working together with special affairs officials, have carried out a continued inspection and enforcement operation along Pattaya...
Pattaya Soi 6 walkways reclaimed after obstruction removal operation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya have carried out a clean-up operation in Soi 6 and Soi 6/1, removing carts, containers, and...