Category: Thailand
Samsung Engineering picks Thailand as Asean hub
Park Ki-seok, the president and chief executive, said Samsung, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in Thailand this year, targets nearly tripling the number of its [...]
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Calls for Thailand to protect tourists
THE Australian government has called on Thai authorities to clamp down on violence, extortion and scams against foreign tourists on the resort island of Phuket. The call [...]
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Govt burns tonnes of illegal drugs
Almost three tones of illicit drugs worth about 6.5 billion baht on the street were burned at Bang Pa-in industrial estate in Ayutthaya on Friday, part of the [...]
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Thailand’s endless crisis tests investor patience
RED warning signs are flashing again in Bangkok. We’re not talking about flashing lights of emergency vehicles – although that might yet prove to be the case [...]
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Thailand sees property boom despite hardships in Europe
A property bubble is forming in Bangkok and other Thai cities, as well as in Vietnam and Myanmar, partly because of euphoria over the forthcoming Asean Economic Community, an [...]
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Thai May factory output up 5.5pct y/y; global risks eyed
Factory output in Thailand rose for the first time since severe flooding devastated industry late last year, but economists said the central bank was likely to continue [...]
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euro crisis forces Thai PTT units to rethink investment
PTT Group, Thailand’s biggest energy firm, is reviewing investment plans worth billions of dollars for two refinery and petrochemical units due to concerns about the [...]
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Japanese investors break Thai hearts
Thailand’s competitiveness has declined enormously in the eyes of Japanese investors, with the country now ranking fourth as an investment choice, says the Saha Group. [...]
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Thai in-fight forces US to shelve climate study
The United States has shelved plans for a climate research project based out of Thailand, its embassy said Thursday, after political bickering within the kingdom delayed [...]
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Thailand confident can withstand euro crisis
The Thai economy is strong enough to withstand any possible impact of the eurozone crisis, permanent secretary for finance Areepong Bhucha-oom said on Wednesday. Areepong [...]
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Five airlines cry foul over airport transfer
Five small commercial airlines have requested Airports of Thailand (AoT) to stop what they said was unfair treatment by not giving them incentives to return to Don Mueang [...]
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Thai decision leaves NASA plan up in the air
The Thai government has delayed a decision to let US space agency NASA use a military air base for climate study. It follows opposition warnings that the NASA aircraft could [...]
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Maybank Kim Eng to open 3 new branches in Thailand this year
Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) PCL, Thailand’s largest brokerage, will open three new branches there this year, bringing its reach to 45 branches with over 700 [...]
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Crowd fury as Thai suspects re-enact murder
An angry crowd of Australian and other foreign tourists, along with Thai locals, had to be held back from attacking two Thai men accused of murdering 60-year-old Perth [...]
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Thai regulator sets reserve price for 3G auction
Thailand’s telecoms regulator set a reserve price on Monday for an auction of 3G mobile-phone licences, a crucial step towards long-delayed reforms in the sector. The [...]
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