Tag: Bangkok
Bombings in South linked to Bersatu anniversary: Yutthasak
BANGKOK, Aug 31 – Friday’s widespread bombings and public disturbances in four southern border provinces were aimed at drawing attention to the anniversary...
Thai Deputy Premier Chalerm fingers Myanmar at ASEAN ministers’ drug meeting
BANGKOK, Aug 31 – ASEAN’s hope for achieving drug-free status by 2015—a goal endorsed at a special ASEAN anti-drug meeting in the Thai...
Photo Release: Thailand Wins Golfers’ Choice Award 2012
Bangkok, August 23, 2012: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Hong Kong Office recently received the Golfers’ Choice Award 2012 on behalf of...
Uphill challenge for Thailand’s projected 7% export growth
BANGKOK, AUG 29 –Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said Wednesday that the government faces a major challenge and will have to...
Thailand moves ahead with ambitious mega-infrastructure project
BANGKOK, Aug 29 – Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong stood firm Wednesday that the government will go ahead with an ambitious plan of mega-infrastructure...
Thailand’s July exports continue to drop
BANGKOK, Aug 29 – Thailand's deputy commerce minister said the country's exports in July continued dropping by 4.46 per cent year-on-year, about US$19.5...
Thailand’s DTAC mobile phone network down twice Tuesday
BANGKOK, Aug 28 – DTAC, Thailand’s second largest mobile operator, was bombarded with complaints Tuesday when its network was down – its second...
Soldiers say they fired blanks at Red Shirt protesters
BANGKOK, AUG 29 – Two Thai army sergeants providing surveillance testified to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Wednesday that they fired...
Thailand aims for nanotech excellence
BANGKOK, AUG 29 – Thailand's Ministry of Science and Technology has allocated an initial budget of Bt300 million to push the country to...
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Songkran turns deadly as Pattaya policeman shoots cannabis shop owner on Walking Street
PATTAYA, Thailand – Songkran celebrations in Pattaya turned deadly in the early hours of April 19 after an intoxicated police officer allegedly shot and...
The post-Songkran reality check: what Pattaya reveals when the water dries
PATTAYA, Thailand - I am writing this article on a day when Pattaya is still in full celebration Songkran is ongoing, and today is...
VietJet setzt auf chinesische C909-Jets – Herausforderung für das Airbus-Boeing-Duopol
PATTAYA, Thailand – Die vietnamesische Billigfluggesellschaft VietJet Air hat eine Vereinbarung über das Leasing von bis zu 10 C909-Passagierflugzeugen aus China unterzeichnet. Damit stärkt...
EEC-Gebiete nähern sich 24-Stunden-Alkoholverkauf – nach 90-Tage-Test keine Zunahme von Unfällen festgestellt
PATTAYA, Thailand – Das thailändische Komitee zur Alkoholkontrolle hat grundsätzlich einem Vorschlag zugestimmt, der den 24-Stunden-Verkauf alkoholischer Getränke in ausgewiesenen Zonen des Eastern Economic...
Über 500 kg „Geisternetze“ vor den Similan-Inseln entfernt – Schutz für Meereslebewesen
PHANG NGA, Thailand – Im Gebiet des Mu Ko Similan National Park haben Behörden ein mehr als 500 Kilogramm schweres verlassenes Fischernetz aus dem...