Tag: East Asia
hai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee agrees to set up special economic border...
BANGKOK, May 20 – The Thai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee (JTC) on Sunday agreed to set up special economic border zones, aiming to increase...
Thailand confident in benefiting greatly from the hosting of WEF on...
BANGKOK, 19 May 2012 – The government is confident that Thailand’s hosting of the World Economic Forum in Bangkok will add more economic...
Thai PM affirms govt’s policy to support tourism industry
BANGKOK, May 3 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday reaffirmed Thailand's policy to support the tourism industry as its development was...
Thai govt to spend THB50mil in promoting WEF in Bangkok
BANGKOK, 26 April 2012 – The government is ready to spend several millions of baht on the PR campaign related to Thailand's hosting...
St Andrews’ students prepare themselves for a sports event in China
St Andrews School has been invited to compete in the U13 FOBISSEA Games in Suzhou, China hosted by Dulwich International College. ...
PM to make an official visit to Japan on 6-9 March
BANGKOK, 29 February 2012 - The prime minister is set to make an official visit to Japan at the beginning of March, with...
Matrix Developments introduces new partner
One of Pattaya most successful long-term developers, Matrix Developments, has announced a new partner in the company and a high tech strategy to propel...
Thai PM to visit Malaysia on Monday
BANGKOK, Feb 18 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will visit Malaysia on Monday, the introductory trip to the last remaining members of...
Chalerm pledges no violation of law in govt’s anti-drug campaign
BANGKOK, Sept 15 - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung on Thursday promised that the Thai government's recently-launched campaign against narcotics will follow the...
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Pattaya Retirees: Lucas Vanlaar
“Between a rock and a hard place”
PATTAYA, Thailand - At 76, Australian retiree Luke Vanlaar (born in Holland) has been settled in Jomtien just...
Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya City is tackling the shortage of public restrooms by acquiring six new mobile units, with the arrival of the first...
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...
Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...