Tag: Thailand
PM Yingluck to visit Myanmar
BANGKOK 4 October, 2011 - PM Yingluck Shinawatra is scheduled to visit Myanmar on Wednesday to introduce herself to Myanmar’s leader as Thailand’s new...
Met Dept: Tropical Storm Nalgae to impact Lower Northeast
BANGKOK, 4 October 2011 – The Thai Meteorological Department expects Tropical Storm Nalgae to reach Vietnam on 5 October, affecting the Lower Northeast of...
Minimum wage center to help business cope with higher costs
BANGKOK, 3 October 2011 -The Ministry of Labor has opened the Center for the 300 THB minimum wage with an aim to collect information...
Heavy rains return northern provinces to critical flood-stage
CHIANG MAI, Oct 3 – Flooding in northern Thailand is critical again after heavy overnight rains caused land and rock slides to block roads...
Floods nationwide claim 212 lives
BANGKOK, Oct 3 - Thailand's flood-related death toll rose to 212 on Monday, with two persons still missing as flooding from continued heavy rain...
Suvarnabhumi Airport passenger volume up 12%
BANGKOK, Sept 28 - Passenger volume at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport reached 47 million this year, a 12 per cent increase from 2010, according to...
Thai stocks rebound in tandem with regional bourses
BANGKOK, Sept 27 - Thai shares rebounded at Tuesday’s opening after suffering three days straight of losses and plummeting sharply on Monday. ...
Thai army chief visits troubled south; Amnesty condemns insurgents
BANGKOK, Sept 27 - Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha is is Thailand’s troubled South today on an inspection trip of the insurgency-impacted border region....
Democrats challenge PM on conflict of interest over tax refunds on...
BANGKOK, Sept 26 - Thailand's Opposition Democrat Party said Monday it will petition the Office of the Ombudsman to press Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra...
Thai, Cambodian military officials propose drug-free village plan at Pattaya border...
Thailand and Cambodia will designate 64 villages along their mutual border as drug-free zones in an attempt to curtail cross-border drug trafficking. ...
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How is it possible to overstay for 25 years in Thailand?
The news that a still-anonymous British man has been arrested by Chiang Mai immigration police for an overstay of a quarter of a century...
Donald Trump upends the golden visa offers by other countries
The American president has announced a golden visa program to outshine, literally, all others in the world. The opportunity is to pay 5 million...
Is Thai baht weak enough to benefit Pattaya tourism and property market? – 33.65-33.85...
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Thai baht opened the market at 33.53 baht per US dollar on February 25, slightly weaker but almost unchanged from...
Pattaya officials admit issue of beachfront rental mafia ‘Not easy to solve’
PATTAYA, Thailand – The long-standing issue of rental vehicle mafias occupying public roads along Pattaya Beach, especially motorcycle rental services, has once again become...
Pattaya offers cash rewards for reporting illegal dumping, blocks vehicle access from external routes
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Public Health Department of Nongprue Municipality has taken action to clean up a large amount of illegally dumped construction waste...