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Secondary education to focus more on vocational skills
BANGKOK, 27 September 2011 -Secretary-General Chinnapat Poomirat of the Basic Education Commission Office said the secondary education should encourage students to develop skills that...
SME bank to increase loan limits to help business owner cope...
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Managing Director of the SME Bank, Mr. Soros Sakornwisawa will be proposing to the Cabinet to increase the loan...
SET Index plunged to the the lowest level last week
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Kasikorn Research Center revealed that the SET index has tumbled to the lowest level during the first 7 months...
Almost 400,000 across Thailand have been sick due to floods
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Ministry of Public Health revealed that almost 400,000 people had fallen ill from water borne diseases as floods continue...
PM, opposition leader lead anti-corruption campaign Sunday
BANGKOK, Sept 25 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva urged all sectors to create a culture of honesty and not...
Suvarnabhumi Airport to stamp out rogue taxi drivers
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 -The Airports of Thailand (AoT) Public Company Limited has boasted its security measure against illegal taxi drivers around Suvarnabhumi Airport...
Suvarnabhumi Airport has flood prevention system in place
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 (NNT)-Suvarnabhumi Airport is preparing for the possible rise in water levels around the airport as the water runoff from the...
Energy Min to propose extension of LPG, NGV price pegging policy
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 – The Ministry of Energy is planning to ask the National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) to continue pinning the prices...
Auto production in first 8 months of 2011 up 5% year-on-year:...
BANGKOK, Sept 22 – Thailand’s total auto production in the first eight months of this year was 1.1 million units, up 5.23 per cent,...
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Who really owns Pattaya’s streets?
PATTAYA, Thailand – As tourists looked on near Walking Street, a late-night confrontation involving a group of transgender individuals and a woman aboard a...
Pattaya bag snatcher flees with Russian tourist’s passport, cash and phone
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was left shaken after a motorcycle-riding thief snatched her shoulder bag while she was walking along Soi Pattaya...
Pattaya takes aim at a decades-old beachfront rental problem
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have launched a renewed campaign targeting what they describe as a decades-old illegal beachfront rental problem, vowing to reclaim...
June storms hover over Pattaya as beer bars fight to stay afloat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Dark clouds gathering over Pattaya this June are bringing more than just rain. For many beer bar operators already navigating another...
Thai Police ‘Operation VAR’ takes down pirate football streaming websites
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four suspects and dismantled two major illegal football streaming networks accused of pirating international...