Tag: Pheu Thai
Kittirat: Oil Fund collection can be cut immediately
BANGKOK, 13 August 2011 – Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittirat Na Ranong has confirmed that the policy to reduce the amount...
Thailand gets first female prime minister
BANGKOK, Aug 5 - Thailand's House of Representatives voted 296-3 for Yingluck Shinawatra, a top-party list Pheu Thai MP and sister of ousted...
New cabinet lineup expected 1-2 weeks after election results endorsed: Yingluck
Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday said the list of cabinet members should be done in one or two weeks after the...
EC announces Thailand’s official 2011 General Election result
BANGKOK, July 5 -- Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has announced the official result of Sunday's general election after the announcement was delayed from...
US congratulates Thailand for election result
BANGKOK, 4 July 2011 – The United States has congratulated Thailand for a high voter turnout in the Sunday general election and says...
Outgoing PM Abhisit calls it quits after election defeat
BANGKOK, July 4 - Outgoing prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has announced his resignation as Democrat Party leader after his party's loss to the opposition...
Pheu Thai leader forming five-party coalition gov’t with 299 seats
BANGKOK, July 4 – Pheu Thai party leader Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday announced that her party, which gained a majority of votes in the...
PAD calls for dissolution of 5 parties
BANGKOK, 2 July 2011 – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has petitioned the Election Commission (EC) for the disbandment of five political...
Thaksin not involved in forming new government: Yingluck
BANGKOK, June 24 - Top Pheu Thai Party list candidate Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday dismissed allegations by the Democrat Party that her brother,...
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Worker trapped in 19-meter pit after mudslide at Bangkok Orange Line site
BANGKOK, Thailand – A mudslide at a Bangkok subway construction site on Monday trapped a worker in a 19-meter deep hole, prompting a rescue...
Thai rock icon ‘Sek Loso’ writes multi-million baht checks to his children, declares undying...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai rock icon Sek Loso, whose real name is Seksan Sukpimai, has officially begun serving a prison sentence of 2 years,...
Thai Supreme Court sentences rock star ‘Sek Loso’ to over 2 years in prison...
BANGKOK, Thailand –Thailand's Supreme Court has sentenced rock musician Sek Loso (real name Seksan Sukpimai) to 2 years, 12 months, and 20 days in...
Nächtlicher Lärm in Pattaya vertreibt Touristen und trifft Hotelbetriebe – Stadtverwaltung unter Druck
PATTAYA, Thailand – In jüngster Zeit mehren sich Beschwerden über übermäßigen nächtlichen Lärm in Pattaya, insbesondere im Bereich der Pattaya Third Road und in...
Starker Baht bringt wenig Auftrieb für Pattayas Tourismus – Politiklähmung und Konkurrenz aus der...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Trotz der jüngsten Aufwertung des thailändischen Baht gegenüber dem US-Dollar warnen Analysten, dass die Währungsstärke allein nicht ausreiche, um Thailands angeschlagenem...