Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
PM orders full preparation for storm Gaemi
BANGKOK, Oct 7 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered the disaster prevention and mitigation department and 40 potentially at-risk provinces to be fully...
Thailand boosts infrastructure investment in Mekong region: PM
BANGKOK, Oct 5 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday that Thailand is investing in mega-projects to develop infrastructure and improve...
PM shrugs off doomsday warning on rice scheme
BANGKOK, Oct 3 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra assured today that she was not disturbed by her economic chief advisor’s objection to...
PM: Thailand supports UN’s Every Women Every Child project
NEW YORK, Sept 26 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday stated that Thailand is eager to cooperate with the United Nations...
Yuthasak reasserts: More southern defectors will show up
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – A new group of insurgents in Thailand’s deep South will surrender to the authorities, and more will follow if...
Government, Democrats meet to facilitate insurgent defections
BANGKOK, Sept 17 – Tomorrow’s meeting between Thailand’s government and the opposition Democrat party to confer on ways to resolve the southern crisis...
DDPM on high alert against flood-related risks and disasters
BANGKOK, 15 September 2012 – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is now on high alert against flood-related risks and disasters. ...
PM satisfed with flood response plan
BANGKOK, Sept 15 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday expressed satisfaction with her government's flood response plan after flood hit Sukhothai returned to...
Yingluck vows to fully support export segment
BANGKOK, 13 September 2012 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says the government takes it as a challenge to push for expansion of the...
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Afternoon alcohol ban ends in Thailand, critics warn of dangerous spillover
PATTAYA, Thailand – Academics and public health observers have raised concerns following the Royal Gazette announcement on May 28 allowing expanded alcohol sales hours...
Mystery body washes ashore at Navy Beach in Sattahip, foul play not ruled out
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police and naval authorities are investigating after the body of an unidentified man was discovered washed ashore at Toei Ngam Beach...
Pattaya firefighters contain grass fire near Thapprasit Soi 17 before it spreads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Firefighters from the Pattaya City Fire Station (Jomtien Division) responded to a grass fire late at night in the Thapprasit Soi...
Pattaya Beach seizes illegal rentals, fines operators, restores public space
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers, working together with special affairs officials, have carried out a continued inspection and enforcement operation along Pattaya...
Pattaya Soi 6 walkways reclaimed after obstruction removal operation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya have carried out a clean-up operation in Soi 6 and Soi 6/1, removing carts, containers, and...