Category: Thailand
Air of anticipation over Dr M’s visit to Thailand later this month
There is an air of anticipation over the forthcoming visit by Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Thailand later this month, especially in bringing the [...]
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Thailand records highest number of lost Malaysian passports
Thailand is one of the countries which recorded the most number of lost Malaysian passports and 90 per cent of the lost documents were reported in major shopping areas in [...]
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Thailand Police Arrest prime Suspect of $24 Million Bitcoin Fraud Scheme
The alleged mastermind of the bitcoin fraud scheme which saw a Finnish investor lose 5,564 bitcoins in Thailand has been arrested. Prinya Jaravijit, who is the principal [...]
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Thailand set to appoint new head for southern Thai peace talks
Thailand’s Former 4th Army Region Commander general Udomchai Thammasarorath is set to be announced as the country’s new lead negotiator for the southern Thai [...]
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Will a slap cost Thailand millions in tourism revenue? : The Nation
In its editorial, the paper draws attention to the damage to Thailand’s image over the incident. A picture is worth a thousand words, so the saying goesand maybe a hard [...]
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Thailand arrests two after finding tiger body parts in bag
Thai authorities have arrested two men accused of trying to smuggle tiger bones and meat to Vietnam on a bus, police said Thursday. The two suspects are Vietnamese nationals [...]
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EU ambassadors encourage Thailand to end executions
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT is for authoritarian countries and not democracies, delegates from the European Union stressed yesterday as they urged Thailand to abandon prisoner [...]
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Thailand bans overnight visitors to idyllic archipelago to tackle overtourism threat
The Thai government has banned holidaymakers from staying overnight on the Similan islands in a bid to tackle environmental problems caused by mass tourism. The moratorium [...]
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Thailand to deport foreigners overstaying visas
The Thai government is set to arrest and deport all foreigners overstaying their visas following complaints of illegal activities, deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan said [...]
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Son of Thailand’s former PM Thaksin faces moneylaundering indictment
The son of fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived at the office of the attorney-general on Wednesday to face an indictment for money laundering, in a [...]
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Thai official suspended after being caught with bearcat carcasses, weapons
A Thai official has been charged by police after being caught with bearcat carcasses and hunting weapons in a national park, police said Monday, the latest case of poaching [...]
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Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi airport sees $4.3 billion expansion as arrivals rise
Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) plans to invest 140 billion baht (US$4.26 billion) to expand the country’s main airport as it expects an increase in passenger arrivals, [...]
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Plunge in Chinese tourists rattles Thailand
Chinese tourist arrivals in Thailand are tumbling, dragging down overall visitor growth in the Southeast Asian nation and dimming the outlook for an economy that relies on [...]
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Thailand taken off ivory trade watch list
Thailand has been removed from an international watch list of eight countries of “primary concern” in the illegal ivory trade. Somkiat Sunthornpitakkul, [...]
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Thailand’s king to have 1,600-strong royal police security force
More than 1,600 police have been assigned to protect Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his family, the head of the royal police security unit said Friday, [...]
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