BANGKOK, 12 April 2011 (NNT) – The global gold price has hit a new all-time high of 1,476 US dollars per ounce due to speculation while investors are suggested that they should exercise caution in gold trade as the price might plummet sharply. Gold Traders Association President Jitti Tangsitthibhakdi attributed the new record high to […]
If Thailand is to minimise the risk of renewed demonstrations and violence, it needs to ensure that forthcoming elections are free and fair and that a legitimate government is formed without any interference from the elite establishment. Thailand: The Calm before Another Storm?, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, states that nearly a […]
BANGKOK, April 11 — The emergency decree enforced in the three southern border provinces will be extended for another three months when it expires next week as violence has not eased in the areas, according to National Security Council (NSC) Sec-Gen Tawin Pleansri. Mr Tawin told reporters after an NSC meeting at Government House Monday […]
Mr Frederic Granier, a 46-year-old Frenchman, is about 50,000 baht poorer after he was relieved of a two-baht weighted gold necklace and its attached Buddha following a snatch and grab that took place on Naklua road (Pattaya) on Monday. He was driving a motorbike, his Thai girlfriend was on the back and one Thai male […]
BANGKOK, April 11 – Thailand wants to close its camps housing displaced Myanmar nationals and repatriate over 100,000 persons back to homeland following their country’s first election, according to the Thai National Security Council (NSC) chief. NSC Secretary General Tawin Pleansri told reporters after an NSC meeting at Government House Monday afternoon chaired by Prime […]
StockMarketWire.com – Coastal Energy has revealed a new discovery at Bua Ban North in the Gulf of Thailand. Coastal said the Bua Ban North A-03 exploration well was drilled to 5,346 feet TVD and made a discovery in the Miocene interval. The well encountered 125 feet of net pay with 28% average porosity. The A-03 […]
Japanese officials issued tsunami warnings and evacuated a crippled nuclear plant after a strong earthquake struck the nation’s northeast coast Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the magnitude of the quake at 7.1, the same strength as a major aftershock that hit on Thursday, but later revised it downward to 6.6. A tsunami warning […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2011 (NNT) – Former world number 9 tennis player, Paradorn ‘Ball’ Srichaphan, has decided to join Thai politics as he has announced to compete in the upcoming election under the wing of the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party. Speaking in a press briefing on Monday at InterContinental Hotel in Bangkok, Mr Paradorn, […]
