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Commerce Ministry to expand Thai Select initiative to overseas restaurants
BANGKOK, 23 June 2012 – The Commerce Ministry is set to further endorse the quality of Thai food business, in hopes of turning it...
Thai government to push for realization of G2G rice purchase deals...
BANGKOK, 23 June 2012 – The government is determined to conclude a number of government-to-government rice purchase deals while expressing confidence to boost Thai...
Transport Ministry to further upgrade railway networks at Laem Chabang
BANGKOK, 24 June 2012 - The Transport Ministry is set to expand the railway system to the Laem Chabang Port in the East in...
Auto parts import tax under JTEPA to be slashed to 0%
BANGKOK, 24 June 2012 – Thailand will decrease the import duty for more than 140 more items of Japanese auto parts to 0% with...
Investment body approves 11 rehabilitation projects from last year’s flood
BANGKOK, June 22 - Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) on Friday approved rehabilitation privileges for 11 projects following last year's flood, worth over Bt5.2...
Customs Department confident will reach target revenue this year
BANGKOK, June 24 - The customs department is confident that customs revenue collection in the last four months of the fiscal year will surpass...
Deputy PM Chalerm wants area police to support work of tourist...
BANGKOK, 23 June 2012 – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung has given a policy to tourist police to seek manpower support from area police...
The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam to make official visit to Thailand...
BANGKOK, 23 June 2012 – The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam is set to make an official visit to Thailand later this...
Thailand ready to host ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting
BANGKOK, 23 June 2012 – The Public Health Ministry has expressed its readiness to host this year’s ASEAN Health Ministerial Meeting, scheduled for early...
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Heavy drinking ends with head injury for Pattaya motorcyclist
PATTAYA, Thailand – A man suffered a head injury after reportedly falling from his own motorcycle near the entrance to Soi 10 in South...
Motorcycle taxi driver and app rider argue over condo pickup in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A confrontation between an app-based delivery rider and a local motorcycle taxi driver was captured on video outside a condominium in...
Pattaya resident horrified by cobra display until truth emerges
PATTAYA, Thailand – What began as a late-night snake emergency at a Pattaya condominium ended in relief and laughter after a cobra reported in...
Fresh catch at dawn draws seafood lovers to Jomtien
PATTAYA, Thailand – Early risers looking for the freshest seafood in Pattaya may want to head to the Jomtien Fishermen’s Market, where local fishing...
Russian and Indian tourists caught fighting on Pattaya street
PATTAYA, Thailand – A video circulating on social media shows a violent confrontation between a Russian tourist and an Indian tourist on a Pattaya...