Category: Thailand
Thai army chief urges self-imposed curfew for teachers
Thailand’s army chief on Wednesday urged teachers in the country’s insurgency-racked south to stay at home after 6pm to avoid falling victim to militants as the [...]
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Synergy chooses Thailand for its first Asian base
As Asian economies continue to be resilient to European financial woes, British firm Synergy, a manufacturer and supplier of flavour-enhancing ingredients, is setting up a [...]
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PM’s visit to Thailand to accelerate ties: Envoy
Manmohan Singh will be here on May 30 on his way back from Japan and leave for New Delhi on May 31. Yingluck has already visited India twice once as Chief guest at the [...]
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Savage Escalation Threatened in Thailand’s Southern Insurgency
“Children and women will not be spared,” warned the leaflet. It wasn’t an idle threat. On May 1, Islamist insurgents from the Pejuang Kemerdekaan Fatoni [...]
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Thailand’s Blackout Raises Questions About Power Stability
More than eight million residents and tourists in southern Thailand – - many of them in famous travel hubs such as Phuket, Hat Yai and Koh Samui – - were caught [...]
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Migrant Workers Face Tough Times in Thailand
On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap metal. They [...]
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Thailand’s SCB Asset Management Selects Charles River IMS and Integrated FIX Network
Charles River, an enterprise-wide front- and middle-office investment management solutions provider, today announced that SCB Asset Management Company Limited has selected [...]
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In Thailand, Anniversary of ‘Savage May’ Passes with Little Incident
Sunday marked the third anniversary of the culmination, with 89 deaths, of what has become known in Bangkok as “savage May.” Although an estimated 26,000 people [...]
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Amnesty bill to reignite tensions in Thailand
Thailand’s deputy prime minister, Chalerm Yubamrung, plans to introduce a contentious amnesty bill into parliament on Thursday that will stoke new political tensions [...]
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Thai economy contracts in first quarter
Thailand’s economy shrank 2.2 percent in the three months to March from the previous quarter – the first contraction in more than a year – as manufacturing [...]
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Thailand’s $12b water management programme faces criticisms
Critics at the Second Asia Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai have taken aim at the Thai government’s $12 billion water management plan. Academics and policy makers [...]
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Amnesty bill to reignite tensions in Thailand
Thailand’s deputy prime minister, Chalerm Yubamrung, plans to introduce a contentious amnesty bill into parliament on Thursday that will stoke new political tensions [...]
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Economic growth slows
Thailand’s growth was slower than economists estimated in the first quarter as exports cooled, boosting the case for the central bank to cut interest rates. Gross [...]
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Laos, Thailand To Boost Cooperation In Various Sectors
Thailand and Laos agreed to boost cooperation in various sectors during their second Joint Cabinet Retreat in the northern Thai capital of Chiang Mai on Sunday, Thai News [...]
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Thailand’s Red Shirts mark deadly crackdown
Around 12,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok Sunday to mark the third anniversary of a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests which exposed Thailand’s [...]
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