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Thai PM leaves Bangkok for Lao PDR
BANGKOK, Sept 16 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left Bangkok to visit the Lao PDR to boost bilateral relations between the two neighbouring...
PM to begin compensating flood victims on 17 Sep in Nakhon...
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is ready to start the allocation of the 5,000-THB compensation to flood victims in Nakhon...
Ministry of Labor: Wage rise of 40% same across the nation
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 -Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labor, Mr. Somkiat Chayasriwong insisted that the 40% minimum wage rise would be equally...
Mom and pop shops to get a new business makeover
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 -The 4th retail market event is currently held at Impact Arena to help mom and pop shops evolve themselves to...
Commerce Ministry to push Thailand as jewellery hub
BANGKOK, Sep 14 - Thailand's exports of gems and jewellery in the first eight months of this year increased 9.82 per cent year-on-year, or...
Court permits UDD leaders to visit Cambodia twice
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 – The Criminal Court has allowed core leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) who are charged...
UDD to hold anti-coup rally on 18 Sep
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 – The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) is prepared to demonstrate at the Democracy Monument on 18 September...
Government to set up special committee to manage water resources nationwide
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 - The government will set up a national-level committee comprising top officials from five ministries to administer water management in...
Court sentences Red Shirt activist two years suspended jail term
BANGKOK, Sept 14 -- Bangkok's Phra Nakhon Nua District Court on Wednesday sentenced Red Shirt activist Sombat Boonngamanong to six months in jail and...
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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...