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Thai economy to grow 3.7 per cent in 2011: World Bank
BANGKOK, June 8 – The World Bank on Wednesday maintained a steady economic outlook for Thailand with 3.7 per cent of the Gross...
Thai private sector expected to invest US$3 billion abroad
BANGKOK, June 8 - The Thai private sector's international investment portfolio has risen for the past ten years (2000-2010) and has nearly reached...
Hi speed internet developed to give more access to Thais
BANGKOK, 8 June 2011 -5 major state enterprises have inked an agreement on the fiber optic development with an aim of providing hi...
Police drug eradication operation has no political agenda
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 - Head of the Royal Thai Police, Pol Gen Wichean Potposri said the 315 drug eradication strategy had nothing...
ANFREL sending in observers for 3 Jul election
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) will deploy its staff to observe the upcoming general election in Thailand...
Police to deploy 100,000 officers to secure polling stations
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – About 100,000 police officers will be deployed to safeguard polling stations across the country during the upcoming 3...
Army chief mulls setting up new ministry to cope with emerging...
BANGKOK, June 8 - Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday said the idea of establishing a Ministry of Security is to respond...
23 provinces facing drought, 30 to see heavy rain
BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 – A total of 23 provinces are experiencing drought while another 30 provinces in the North, Northeast, East and central...
One million methamphetamine pills worth Bt300 million seized in Sukhothai
SUKHOTHAI, June 9 -- Police in Thailand's northern province of Sukhothai, in a jointly operation with highway police, arrested two suspected members of a...
Sting Operation nets Nigerian drug dealer
On June the 7th police arrested a 33 year old Nigerian drug dealer with a large haul of narcotics. The police...
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Pyrolysis gasoline tank explosion leaves one dead, four injured in Map Ta Phut
MAP TA PHUT, Thailand - A massive explosion rocked the pyrolysis gasoline tank, at the Map Ta Phut Tank Terminal Co., Ltd. (MTT) in...
The Thai government’s rush to recriminalize cannabis by Christmas will be a titanic challenge
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin now states that he expects an act recriminalizing cannabis to be operational by the end of 2024. Although this is...
Pattaya confident in timely completion of Sports Complex project
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Pattaya City Engineering Office issued a progress report on May 8 regarding the ongoing construction project for the third phase...
Drunken security guard sparks chaos in east Pattaya village
PATTAYA, Thailand - Nongprue police rushed to Ekmongkol 4 Village, in Soi Khao Talo, east Pattaya, on May 7, following reports of a drunken...
Children and adults injured in horrifying Pattaya intersection collision
PATTAYA, Thailand - A collision between an SUV and a motorcycle at the intersection of Sukhumvit Road and the South Pattaya traffic light junction...