Category: Thailand
Thailand plans to sign electricity accord with Laos and Malaysia
THAILAND is preparing to sign a tripartite electricity-trading agreement with two neighbouring countries at the upcoming Asean ministers of Energy Meeting. Energy Ministry [...]
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PM and Cabinet members to visit Khon Kaen to promote Thailand 4.0
Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Cabinet members are scheduled to visit Khon Kaen province on Wednesday to propel the Thailand 4.0 plan, and follow the implementation [...]
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Thailand lese-majeste: UN urges amendment to law
The United Nations has called on Thailand to amend its harsh law against insulting the monarchy. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said it was deeply [...]
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This refugee entrepreneur had to sell his business after fleeing the Thai military and he’s now investing in French tech
Nick Suppipat, Thai entrepreneur, investor, and French political refugee. It takes serious guts to become an entrepreneur. But try doing it in a country where you don’t [...]
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Assets of Malaysian drug lord ‘T’ seized in Thailand
Thai authorities have seized various assets worth millions of Thai baht held by “T” or the “Malaysian Iceman”, who acted as a key middleman for [...]
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Thailand to develop master plan for closer ties with CLMV
Thailand is initiating a master plan for trade and investment collaboration with the CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) subregion to ensure all five countries [...]
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Immigration Official Charged for Weapons Possession in Thailand
A Cambodian immigration officer and two Thai nationals have been charged for illegal weapons possession in Thailand and are being held in Trat Provincial Prison while they [...]
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Undocumented workers arrested in Thailand
A group of 26 Cambodian migrants were arrested by Thai authorities along the Cambodia-Thai border on Wednesday for working illegally in Thailand. According to the Cambodian [...]
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Bank of Thailand: Impact of strong baht is limited
Thailand’s strong baht currency, now hovering near two-year highs against the dollar, has not hit tourism and has had only limited impact on exports, a Bank of Thailand [...]
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Thai hospital bomber ‘hated military’: junta
A man who ‘hated the military’ has been arrested for carrying out last month’s blast at an army-run hospital, the junta said Friday, the first time [...]
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Thai police ban commemoration at missing democracy plaque
Thai police warned democracy activists on Friday that they will be arrested if they gather to mark the upcoming anniversary of the revolution that ended absolute monarchy, a [...]
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Tesco pulls plug on Thailand bulk business as UK sales grow
Supermarket group renews focus on British convenience grocery market Tesco has shut down a “bulk selling” operation in Thailand after concluding it could not make [...]
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Trial begins for Thailand mother facing 20 years over Facebook comment
Testimony began Friday in the trial of a prominent Thai student dissident’s mother who faces up to 20 years in prison for writing the word “yeah” in a [...]
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What the Thai prime minister’s Visit Means for US-Thailand Relations
Don’t get too caught up in talk of a “new era” for the alliance. To some observers, Thailand’s prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s upcoming [...]
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TTM: ‘Thailand needs to embrace regions and boost infrastructure’
Thailand needs to embrace its regions and infrastructure to keep up with is exponential growth in tourism, the executive director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) [...]
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