BANGKOK, 7 September 2010 (NNT) — National carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) has offered one billion ordinary shares for sale to the public. According to THAI Acting Deputy Director General of Commerce Theerapon Chochanapiban, the issuance of the new shares will help strengthen the Airlines financial position as well as increase its liquidity. It will […]
An Australian man who was jailed for participating in anti-government protests in Bangkok earlier this year has been deported from Thailand. Conor Purcell has left Bangkok on a Malaysian Airlines flight bound for Sydney. The Irish-Australian was arrested in May for breaching the city’s state of emergency laws. ABC News
Conor David Purcell, an Australian national who was arrested and convicted for his involvement in the red-shirt rallies in April and May and was ordered to be released on 20 Aug, is still being detained at the Police Immigration Division at Soi Suan Phlu because he has no money for the air fare home. Purcell […]
PATTAYA, Thailand—Four months after their marathon Bangkok street protests ended in a bloody crackdown, Thailand’s antigovernment Red Shirt protesters are testing the limits of what political and military leaders will allow, with a large fund-raising concert in this bawdy seaside resort and another rally planned for the capital. The movement’s leaders have set themselves a […]
HONOLULU – Two prominent brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human-trafficking charges. But two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison. The brothers were convicted of shipping 44 labourers from Thailand and […]
The Thai government says it is considering addressing the issue of motorcycle taxis, claiming the drivers have been marginalized by the government for ages. Prime Minister’s Office Minister Satit Wongnongtaey stated that the government is considering a big project that would affect around 300,000 motorcycle taxi drivers across the nation in a bid to take […]
A 61-year-old Frenchman appeared in a Paris court Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting ten Thai girls aged between six and 11. Jean-Claude Chamoux was arrested after police burst into his hotel room in the Thai resort of Pattaya in 2005 just after he raped an eight-year-old girl to whose mother he had paid […]
Thai institutional group MBK PLC is now offering financing to foreigners on freehold condominiums through its subsidiary MBK Guarantee Ltd. This appears to be an extremely notable development in Thailand, where previously financing was nearly impossible to obtain for foreigners. Loans from THB2 million to THB20 million (US$63,431-634,313) are being offered with monthly payments from […]
