Category: Thailand
Thailand set to be Southeast Asia’s hottest IPO market with $5b of planned second half floats
Thailand is set to see the most funds raised from IPOs in Southeast Asia this year, with more than $5 billion expected to be garnered in the second half, sources said, as a [...]
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Angelababy’s Thailand beach photo shoot comes under fire online ‘looks like an alien’
Internet users are divided over Chinese celebrity Angelababy’s cover shoot for T Magazine, the Chinese edition of The New York Times Style Magazine. The magazine has [...]
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Thai election commission moves to disqualify anti-junta politician
Thailand’s Election Commission on Tuesday accused a prominent anti-junta politician of breaching the election law, moving to disqualify him from parliament almost a [...]
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Subaru begins production of made-in-Thailand SUVs for Southeast Asian market
Tucked away in a nondescript industrial estate close to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport lies an assembly plant producing one of Subaru’s best selling car modelsthe [...]
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Thailand tows bitcoin trader’s floating home; owners may face death sentence
* Thailand’s navy has towed a floating home owned by an American bitcoin trader and his Thai girlfriend, according to multiple reports. * Chad Elwartowski and his [...]
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Thai anti-junta party leader faces possible disqualification
The billionaire leader of an upstart anti-junta party which scooped up millions of votes in Thailand’s disputed election last month faced fresh legal woes Tuesday after [...]
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Royal astrologer casts Thai king’s horoscope ahead of coronation
Thailand’s royal astrologer cast King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s horoscope on Tuesday in an important ritual to prepare for his elaborate coronation ceremonies next [...]
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Asia-Pacific economies to slow, Thailand’s growth rate lower than regional average: World Bank projection
Economic growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific is projected to soften to 6 per cent in 2019 and 2020, down from 6.3 per cent in 2018, largely reflecting global [...]
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Michigan man faces death penalty in Thailand for building seasteading home
A Michigan man is on the run and hiding from Thailand police as he and his girlfriend are wanted by the Thai government for violating that country’s sovereignty by [...]
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Cambodia and Thailand reconnected by rail after 45 years
A railway reconnecting Cambodia and Thailand was officially inaugurated on Monday in a bid to slash travel times and boost trade between the southeast Asian neighbours. [...]
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Thailand plans to tackle growth slowdown
The political gridlock in Thailand is prompting the junta to evaluate measures to shore up the country’s slowing growth. Finance minister Apisak Tantivorawong last [...]
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From king’s coronation to commoners, astrology in Thailand is everywhere
Pondering whether her job is the right fit and whether her romantic relationship is meant to be, Jarunun Sangjun, 27, does what any typical Thai would do: seek out a [...]
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Thailand marijuana festival has visitors on a high
A Buddhist monk fishes out a vial of cannabis oil from his robe and puts a drop under his tongueone of many people flocking to a weed festival in northeastern Thailand, where [...]
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Thai rail authority to pay $370 million to HK’s Hopewell
A Thai court on Monday ordered the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Ministry of Transport to pay 11.8 billion baht ($370.14 million) to Hong Kong’s Hopewell Holdings [...]
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Thailand plans $630 million in economic measures to boost growth: Finance minister
Thailand will introduce economic measures worth about 20 billion baht ($629.52 million) to spur its slowing economy, the finance minister said on Friday. The measures will be [...]
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