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Mekong locals seek a voice on Don Sahong
More than 6,400 residents of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia have signed and thumb-printed a statement on the Don Sahong Dam project, airing concerns ranging from the river’s diminishing fish stocks to the lack of transparency of the Mekong River Commission. The statement, presented last week at ...
Thailand's tourist numbers maintained at 32m
Thailand’s Office National Economic and Social Development Board has maintained the tourist number target for 2016 at 32 million, despite terrorist attacks in Paris. Keep reading ...
Thai Deputy PM insists on using administrative order in rice cases
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has reiterated the government is not bullying ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra when it demands compensation from her for damages from the rice-pledging programme using using the 1996 administrative tort law instead of the Civil Code. Damages can be claimed in one of the ...
Thai economy expands 2.9% in Q3
The Office of National Economic and Social Development Board revealed today that the Thai economy expanded 2.9 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. Keep reading ...
Auctions of rotten rice to begin this month
The Thai government will begin auctioning 2 million tonnes of rotten rice by the end of November, looking to offload stockpiles of the staple grain built up under the rice-pledging programme. The world’s second biggest rice exporter after India is holding about 13 million tonnes of ...
Four die in southern Thailand bombing
A bomb blast at a village checkpoint in Thailand’s far south killed four people and wounded four others, police said on 13 November, in the latest deadly attack to strike the insurgency-plagued region. The bomb exploded late on 12 November evening in Khok Pho district of Pattani, ...
Casio pins faith on Thailand for ASEAN expansion
Tokyo-based Casio Computer Co, a maker of consumer electronics, is committed to investing in Thailand so that it can use the country as a springboard for expansion in Myanmar and Laos. “We [Casio in Japan] are considering expanding our business into other ASEAN members including Myanmar and ...
Thai Education Ministry aims to cut foreign English tutors
The Education Ministry plans to recruit its first batch of 500 Thai teachers who teach English in state-run schools nationwide to undergo a “train-the-trainer” programme in a bid to reduce the cost of hiring foreign English teachers. Deputy Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin said those Thai English ...
Thai rice exports to stay strong, say shippers
Thailand’s rice situation is stable thanks to several pending purchase orders under government-to-government (G-to-G) contracts with the Philippines and China, president Charoen Laothammatas said on 11 November. He expects Thai paddy prices will remain steady at 8,000 to 8,500 baht a tonne next year. Keep reading ...
50% increase in Myanmar-Thai border trade
Yangon – Myanmar-Thai border trade value from April to October increased by 50 per cent to US$601.73 million, according to Thailand’s Commerce Ministry. Keep reading ...
