Tag: Bangkok
Commerce Ministry urges Thailand to fix weaknesses before AEC
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 – The Ministry of Commerce has indicated that Thailand is now 70% equipped to join the ASEAN Economic Community...
PM assures no funny business in selling Thai rice
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has insisted that the government has been adhering to the government-to-government (G2G) framework in...
BoT cuts 2012 GDP target to 5.7%
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 – The Thai central bank has revised downward its economic growth projection for this year, while hinting an intention...
Thai embassy in Myanmar waiting for permission to vist 92 Thais...
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 -The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that the Thai embassy in Myanmar is now waiting for the Burmese...
Thai Red Cross Society acquires trucks from Australia for humanitarian missions
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 - Australia has on Wednesday delivered two trucks ordered by the Thai Red Cross Society to be used for...
Maldivian Health Minister visits Thailand
BANGKOK, 26 July 2012 – The Maldivian Health Minister paid a visit to Thailand on Wednesday to exchange medical knowledge with the Thai...
Thai private sector aiming for timely adjustment to cope with global...
BANGKOK, 25 July 2012 – Members of the private sector are urging Thailand to timely adjust itself in order to better cope with...
Cabinet approved THB3.5bil to help build dikes around 6 at-risk industrial...
BANGKOK, 25 July 2012 – The Cabinet has resolved to lend money to help build flood prevention system around major industrial estates at risk...
Economists urge govt to remove some unnecessary populist policies
BANGKOK, 25 July 2012 – Economists in Thailand have expressed their worries over the government’s populist policies, asking the government to skip some...
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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...