Category: Thailand
Thailand ‘edges closer toward a police state’
One of the hallmarks of the Yingluck administration’s one and a half years in office has been to induce a culture of fear and intimidation to maintain apathy among the [...]
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EU Extends levy on China building material to Thailand
The European Union extended to Taiwan and Thailand a tariff on a construction material from China, saying Chinese exporters used the two nations to evade the levy meant to [...]
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Thailand grants access to presumed Rohingya: UN
The UN’s refugee agency said Wednesday it had received permission from Thailand to visit about 850 people, many thought to be from Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, [...]
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Wildlife group wants Thailand to ban ivory trade
An international conservation group on Tuesday urged Thailand to ban all ivory trading, warning that rising demand for tusks is fuelling an unprecedented slaughter of [...]
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Thailand sees various trade opportunities with China
Thailand envisages many business opportunities in goods and services, mutual capital flows and talent exchange arising from the growing trade ties between China and Thailand, [...]
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Thailand needs to do more to maintain its edge
Thailand has the comparative advantage to become the capital of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), but more investment is needed in terms of people, product branding, and [...]
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Thailand seeks talks on South China Sea
Thailand will try to find a common position among Asean members on the South China Sea, a senior diplomat says. Sihasak Phuangketkaew, permanent secretary at the Foreign [...]
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Thailand sugar industry reviewed by BAC in new in-demand report
Currently, Thailand is one of the leading sugar markets. The country is ranked the second in terms of sugar exports volumes. Other Asian countries are the principal importers [...]
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Thailand continues rice business as unusual: Clyde Russell
Thailand starts the new year having surrendered its crown as the world’s top rice exporter, and saddled with an ever-growing stockpile of the grain as the costs of its [...]
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Thailand arrests more than 150 Rohingya: police
Thailand arrested and pledged to deport more than 150 Myanmar Rohingya migrants discovered in a hidden camp near the country’s southern border with Malaysia, police [...]
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Thai journalists warn of army interference
Thai journalists have called on the country’s powerful military not to pressure the media after uniformed soldiers protested outside a television station over comments [...]
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Thailand to deport 400 Rohingya migrants after raid
Around 400 Rohingya migrants discovered in a raid on a camp hidden in a remote rubber plantation in southern Thailand will be deported back to Myanmar, Thai police said on [...]
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Thailand’s December consumer confidence rises
Thailand’s consumer confidence rose in December compared to that in the previous month, indicating an improvement in domestic spending which accounts for the majority [...]
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Mitsubishi UFJ interested in stake in Thailand’s Ayudhya Bank
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (8306) expressed interest in buying a stake in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl from general Electric Co. (GE), which has yet to give an offer for the [...]
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Regulation of investment advisers in Thailand
Many people in Thailand are now focused on their personal investments. Investors want to know the products in which to invest and how to plan their finances. They are [...]
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