Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
New financial rule to control capital inflow, outflow
BANGKOK, May 29 – Thailand's Finance Ministry has announced a move to write a new regulation to control inflows and outflows of foreign capital,...
Finance Minister wants policy rate down more than 0.25%
Finance Minister Kittirat Na Ranong has said he views that the policy interest rate should be reduced more than 0.25% in order to tackle...
Finance Minister presses MPC to reduce interest rate
BANGKOK, May 27 – Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong today renewed pressure on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy interest...
PM Yingluck: “Ramkhamhaeng explosion, not related to Deep South insurgency”
BANGKOK, 27 May 2013 The prime minister has assured the public that the explosion in Bangkok on Sunday night has had nothing to do...
Army chief mulls fencing Thai-Malaysian border
BANGKOK, May 27 – Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha disclosed today that he has proposed to the government to erect fences along the entire 600-km...
PM says AEC lays positive foundation for Asian growth
BANGKOK, 27 May 2013 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the economic integration of ASEAN nations would lay the foundation for Asia to grow, while...
Thai-Japanese PMs discuss bilateral relations
Tokyo, 24 May 2013 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe hold a bilateral discussion highlighting the Japanese infrastructure investment and...
Japan’s private sector keen on joint investment in Thailand
TOKYO, May 24 – Japanese businessmen who met with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have shown their interest in investing in various major...
PM Yingluck urges enhanced cooperation for Asia’s future
TOKYO, May 24 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed strong confidence today that “The Asian Century” will be realised in the coming...
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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...