Tag: Thailand
Government officially launched disaster insurance project
BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 – The government has unveiled its natural disaster insurance policy, which is aimed at boosting confidence among the general...
Deputy Transport Minister advises air transportation agencies to brace for AEC
BANGKOK, 29 March 2012- Deputy Transport Minister Chatchart Sithipan has urged all agencies related to air transportation to brace for the ASEAN Economic...
Entrepreneurs advised to look for lower labour cost in neighbouring countries
BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – Chairman of the Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF) Virabongsa Ramangkura has suggested that Thai business entrepreneurs...
Special Report: Google launches new Street View Imagery
Google, together with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), has announced that Street View imagery of three major areas in Thailand is now live...
Deputy PM: USA ready to cooperate in intelligence
BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – US Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney has, on behalf of her country, expressed enthusiasm to fully cooperate with Thailand...
Thailand pledges to help make ASEAN a drug-free zone
BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – Thailand has pledged to help turn the Southeast Asian region and all of its 10 members into a...
Asia’s best head to 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta
The fleet line-up for the 2012 Top of the Gulf Regatta, held 4-8 May off Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Jomtien, Pattaya, is...
Pattaya Sports Round up – Friday March 30 – April 5,...
Friday DFiT, Dusit Thani Pattaya: Visitors using the group fitness membership can avail of the THB 2,000 offer for five visits to the gym...
Special Report: Commerce Ministry promotes business expansions to BIMSTEC
The Commerce Ministry has encouraged Thai entrepreneurs to consider expanding their businesses to countries around the Bay of Bengal, especially Myanmar. ...
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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...