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Thailand-Cambodia rail link complete by December
Construction of a restored rail link with Cambodia to improve transport in the Mekong sub-region will be completed by the end of 2016, Khmer officials say. The Phnom Penh Post reported on 4 January that Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon visited the construction site in Banteay Meanchey province, ...
5 Vietnamese arrested for stealing in Thailand: report
Thai police have arrested four men and one woman, all Vietnamese nationals, for allegedly stealing 4,000 baht (US$110.6) in cash from local tourist shops, news website The Nation reported on 3 January. Keep reading ...
Sugar posts 1st gain in 5 years as El Nino ends surplus
After four bitter years, sugar mills can look forward to sweeter prospects in 2016. Prices have rebounded 50% since reaching a seven-year low in August. Raw-sugar futures traded in New York posted a 5% gain for the year, their first annual advance since 2010. The market ...
3,000 officers, metal detectors to secure New Year's Countdown
About 3,000 soldiers and police have been deployed to Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong area where walk-through metal detectors also were installed to secure the New Year’s Countdown site on 31 December. Keep reading ...
ASEAN's first rail-freight X-ray terminal opens in Chon Buri
The Customs Department has opened an X-ray scanning terminal for rail freight, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, at the Laem Chabang port in Si Racha district of Thailand’s Chon Buri province. The opening ceremony was witnessed by chiefs of the department, the State Railway ...
Bangkok office space faces strong demand in 2016
Grade-A office space in Bangkok’s central business district (CBD) will fetch a higher occupancy rate next year, say property consultants. In addition, monthly rents will increase to more than 1,000 baht a square metre due to solid demand and limited new supply. Surachet Kongcheep, associate director of research at ...
Missing Thai paramotor flyer safe in Laos
A Thai paramotor flyer missing since he strayed across the border into Laos on 26 December is safe in Xayaboury province and expected to be sent back home in a day or two, Phusang district chief Waradisorn Onnuch said on 28 December. Keep reading ...
Activists call for witness protection as major Thai human trafficking trial begins
Thai authorities must step up witness protection for a major human trafficking trial with the accused including an army general and one investigator fleeing the country fearing for his life, activists said on 24 December as the first witnesses gave evidence. The case includes 88 defendants allegedly ...
Protest outside Thai embassy in Myanmar against murder verdict
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside Thailand’s embassy in Yangon on 25 December after two Myanmar migrants were sentenced to death by a Thai court for murdering two British backpackers, in a verdict that has sparked anger in their homeland. Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were found ...
Bank of Thailand lifts growth forecast for 2015, but trims 2016 estimate
The Bank of Thailand trimmed its 2016 economic growth forecast on Friday, reflecting expectations of zero export growth and suggesting the military government will continue to struggle with a sluggish economy. At the same time, the central bank nudged its growth estimate for this year up ...
