Tag: Bangkok
OAE: Thailand still has upper hand in FTAs on farm products
BANGKOK, 20 August 2012 - The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) has disclosed that Thailand this year still has an edge over its...
NESDB urges Thailand to keep an eye on Chinese economy
BANGKOK, 21 August 2012 – The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development, National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), has revealed that...
Amata Corporation to develop Dawei industrial estate in Myanmar
BANGKOK, Aug 20 - Thailand's leading developer and manager of factory estates, the Amata Corporation, is negotiating with partners to develop an industrial estate...
Women urged to eat vegetable to help prevent breast cancer
BANGKOK, 20 August 2012 – A health expert has raised awareness of breast cancer, suggesting that women consume more vegetables and exercise regularly. ...
Army marks 110th anniversary of Ordnance Dept
BANGKOK, 20 August 2012 – Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha has presided over a ceremony to mark the 110th anniversary of the Ordnance...
SDHS Minister confident BKK will not be flooded this year
BANGKOK, 20 August 2012 - Social Development and Human Security Minister Santi Prompat has expressed his confidence that unless the amount of rain...
GLO to launch e-lotto in time for year-end
BANGKOK, 20 August 2012 – The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has agreed to comply with the Ministry of Finance’s policy to press forward...
Bt20 fares on Bangkok electric mass transit within 2 years: MRTA...
BANGKOK, Aug 21 - Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) Governor Yongsit Rojsrikul said the government's policy to collect a Bt20 fee...
Thai economy to grow 7-9% in second half of 2012
BANGKOK, Aug 21 – The Kasikorn Research Centre projected that the Thai economy in the second half of this year will likely to...
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Portuguese woman found at Phuket restaurant after nearly five years of visa overstay
PHUKET, Thailand – Immigration officers arrested a Portuguese woman found studying cooking at a restaurant in Phuket after biometric checks revealed she had overstayed...
Police raid Nakhon Si Thammarat bar, rescue three teenage trafficking victims
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Thailand – Thailand’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division has arrested a 43-year-old bar owner in Nakhon Si Thammarat and rescued three teenage...
Gunfire erupts at Pattaya petrol station after drug suspect smashes office and flees police
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night drug sting erupted into gunfire at a petrol station on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya after a pickup driver allegedly...
Russian man arrested in Pattaya after 568 days of visa overstay
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 32-year-old Russian man was arrested in Pattaya on October 14 for overstaying his permission to stay in Thailand by 568...
Getting up Pratumnak Hill easier and safer with Pattaya’s new roads, footpaths and lighting
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya is continuing improvements along Second Road leading towards Pratumnak Hill, with new road surfaces, renovated footpaths and upgraded street lighting...