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Flood crisis effect on Thai economy highest in November: BoT
BANGKOK, Dec 31 - The recent flood crisis in the country reached its peak of affecting the Thai economy in November, according to the...
UTCC contracts Thai 2011 GDP projection to 1.4%, lowest in 2...
BANGKOK, Dec 15 – The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) Economic and Business Forecasting Center revised Thailand’s 2011 economic growth or...
Flood likely to shrink Q4 exports to negative: Shippers’ Council
BANGKOK, Nov 23 - Thailand's ongoing flood crisis is forecast to slash 30 per cent of the number of export containers to be shipped...
Flood crisis likely to slash 2011 GDP to 1.5%: NESDB
BANGKOK, Nov 21 - Thailand's flood crisis is likely to slash 2011 gross domestic product (GDP) to only 1.5 per cent, even further from...
Ongoing flood has caused economic losses of over Bt400bln so far:...
BANGKOK, Oct 23 – Initial damages from the flood crisis on the Thai economy are likely to exceed 400 billion baht, excluding successive impacts...
PM pleads for cooperation in flood crisis
BANGKOK, Oct 19 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday urged all parties to unite to fight flood crisis and pledged to improve...
Flood damage higher than 0.6-0.9% of GDP: Commerce Minister
Deputy Prime Minister/Commerce Minister Kittirat Na Ranong on Thursday conceded that the damage caused by the current disastrous flooding could rise higher than...
Meeting of the Economic Revival Panel Committee
BANGKOK, 18 October 2011 - The public relations unit of the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) reported the resolution of the meeting of the...
Thailand losing Bt75-113 billion in countrywide flooding
BANGKOK, Oct 12 – Thailand could lose Bt75-113 billion from its gross domestic product (GDP) in countrywide flooding, according to Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC)....
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Three Chinese women rescued from alleged captivity in Pattaya-area house
PATTAYA, Thailand – Three Chinese women were rescued from a house in Banglamung after allegedly being lured to Thailand for entertainment work before being...
Pattaya rocked by thunder, floods, blackouts and dangerous roads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya was hit by a day of increasingly difficult weather conditions on September 23, with torrential rain bringing widespread flooding while...
Pattaya beach vendors call for more parking to bring tourists back
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya beach umbrella and lounger operators gathered at Pattaya City Hall on September 23 to raise concerns over a shortage of...
Pattaya roads vanish under rising floodwater after torrential rain
PATTAYA, Thailand – Torrential rain swept across Pattaya on September 23, rapidly flooding several roads and leaving cars and motorcycles stranded as authorities moved...
East Pattaya faces more flooding, worst may still be ahead
PATTAYA, Thailand – With more heavy rain forecast through the weekend, East Pattaya is also seeing rapidly rising water, prompting authorities to restrict traffic...