Category: Thailand
Eat, Shop, Spend campaign Phase 3 full, unless you’re over 60
A Thai government spokesperson says Phase 3 of the hugely popular economic stimulus programme “Eat, Shop, Spend” (Chim Shop Chai), is now fully subscribed, [...]
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Persecuted Catholics ‘honoured’ to glimpse Pope Francis in Thailand
Clutching her entrance badge to see the Pope, Vietnamese Catholic refugee Ko Sa says attending the pontiff’s mass this week is a great honoura rare bright spot in her [...]
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Forecasts cut as Q3 GDP withers
The slowdown in economic growth in the third quarter has prompted government think tank National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) to cut its 2019 GDP forecast [...]
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Ministry to survey ‘no man’s land’ claimed by MP Pareena
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will resurvey the land controversially owned by Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt, and demarcate the boundaries. Natural [...]
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‘Don’t mention the economy’
Deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged the public not to discuss Thailand’s economic problems too frequently, saying this could have a psychological impact [...]
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B12bn submarine buy ‘still on’
Deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwon insists the navy will go ahead with its plan to buy a second Chinese-made submarine amid reports of a possible delay. His assurance was [...]
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Small in numbers, Thai Catholics preserve centuries-old traditions
The last time Vararunee Khonchanath was in the presence of a pope was before she was born just over 35 years ago, but when Pope Francis visits Bangkok later this week to [...]
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‘Bonds of friendship’: Pope Francis heads to Thailand and Japan
Pope to visit two largely Buddhist nations to strengthen ties and reiterate call for elimination of nuclear weapons. Japan may have few Catholics, but the pacifist message of [...]
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Tight security for Wednesday’s arrival of Pope Francis
Tight security and traffic controls have been put in place for the 4-day visit by Pope Francis from Wednesday, with 6,500 police to be deployed in Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom. [...]
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Thai government might buy private pot Health minister
After years of speculation, some members of the coalition Thai government are pushing efforts to allow Thais to grow up to six cannabis plants for sale to the government for [...]
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Uttama: 3rd phase response lacklustre
People are less enthusiastic about the third phase of the Taste, Shop, Spend scheme than the previous two phases, says Finance minister Uttama Savanayana. The lacklustre [...]
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Accused ‘Billy’ killer Chaiwat transferred to job in Pattani
Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, the former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park accused of the high-profile murder of a Karen activist, has been transferred to the southern border [...]
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Thailand hopes to have bullet trains running by 2023
Pope’s Francis’s missionary cousin, tribal minority people from remote mountain villages and Buddhist children will be among the tens of thousands of people who [...]
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Thai Airways says it won’t get into a price-war with other airlines
National carrier Thai Airways says it won’t head down the ‘price-cutting’ route to be competitive in 2020. The struggling airline says, instead, they will [...]
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A cousin, tribal groups, Buddhists gather for the pope in Thailand
Pope’s Francis’s missionary cousin, tribal minority people from remote mountain villages and Buddhist children will be among the tens of thousands of people who [...]
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