Category: Thailand
Thailand banks on top-notch logistics, technology and agriculture to attract foreign investors
Thailand, especially the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), will recover quickly from the Covid-19 crisis because the country can draw investment from its readiness in [...]
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Online child sex abuse in Thailand nears record high with coronavirus
Online child sex abuse cases in Thailand are set to hit a record high this year, police said on Thursday, with cybersex predators exploiting the new coronavirus crisis to [...]
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Airports of Thailand expects 50pct decline in revenue in 2020
Airports of Thailand (AOT) expects flights to recover to 2019 levels only in 2023, although domestic air traffic volume should return to normal in 2022 Airports of Thailand [...]
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Thailand’s central bank will prototype digital currency-based payment system for businesses
The central bank of Thailand says it will prototype a new payment system for businesses based on the digital currency system it is developing, called Project Inthanon. The [...]
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Thailand throws $718m into domestic tourism push
The Thai government has approved a 22.4 billion baht (US$718 million) domestic tourism stimulus, as part of efforts to soften the impact of the pandemic and speed up recovery [...]
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Four travellers returning to Thailand from Auckland this week taken to hospital with high fevers
Four Thai nationals who flew to Thailand from New Zealand this week have been taken to hospital with high fevers, prompting Covid-19 fears. The travellers had a health [...]
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Thailand’s internet cafes plead for reopening after COVID-19 shutdown
Thailand’s operators of internet cafes and game centers said on Thursday that the three-month shutdown to stem COVID-19 has had a major impact on their businesses and [...]
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Some business travel to Thailand may resume next month, official says
Thailand could allow inbound international travel to resume next month for business purposes, the aviation regulator said on Thursday, as the country seeks to revive an [...]
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Japan to ease entry for Thais
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has said the country would ease entry restrictions for people coming from Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam, provided they can [...]
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Prayut launches ‘new normal’
Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has launched the government’s “new normal” initiative by inviting people from all sectors of society to map out [...]
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Banks poised to extend assistance
Banks are set to extend the deadline for their relief measures to virus-affected customers after the three-month blanket debt holiday lapses at the end of this month. [...]
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Thailand logs 6 new Covid cases Thursday, no deaths
The government reported six new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Thursday, taking the total number of infections in Thailand to 3,141 with 58 deaths since January. One [...]
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Hotels ready for cut-throat price war
Hotels are desperate to cut room rates in the scrum to draw domestic tourists following the state’s subsidised tourism packages, hoping to gain any occupancy before the [...]
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Thailand to Raise $6.4M With Sale of Blockchain-Based Bonds
The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) within Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has announced it plans to sell 200 million baht ($6.42 million) in savings bonds using a [...]
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Governorship candidate vetting process begins on June 25
A committee to nominate the Bank of Thailand’s new chief will consider the qualifications of the four applicants on June 25, who will then be required to present their [...]
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