BANGKOK, Sept 6 (TNA) – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday that he has not yet been contacted by the opposition Puea Thai Party to discuss the proposed national reconciliation plan, but asserted he is ready to talk on the condition that there must be no violence. The premier made the remarks after the […]
Former Army chief General Sonthi Boonyarattaglin, who led the September 19, 2006 coup that toppled the Thaksin regime, has admitted that the failure of the post-coup government to continue the “Thaksin economic model” had polarised the country. “Had we followed in the footsteps of Thaksin especially in implementing populist policies, our society would have not […]
Cynics have long claimed that justice in Thailand is a marketable commodity like almost anything else. A current issue involving a wealthy elderly Swede, accused of multiple cases of sexual abuse of children, financially manipulative lawyers perverting the course of justice and a greedy adulterous judge, have cast a ‘cloud of corruptive gloom’ over the […]
BANGKOK, 5 September 2010 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has tasked the Ministry of Education with presenting proactive plans to tackle gangster students and their street brawls after a nine-year-old boy was shot dead during a fight last week. Speaking in his weekly television program “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” airing from […]
Thaksin Shinawatra appears upbeat he could play a vital role in putting politics back on course, shrugging off legal woes and pinning hope on the shifting political wind to fix his predicament as the fugitive ex-premier. “I think there is a good chance for the resumption of political normalcy even though it is not happening […]
BANGKOK, 3 September 2010 (NNT) – The Thai baht currency has continued to strengthen on massive foreign capital inflow, standing at 31.13 THB/USD, according to latest reports. A financial expert of Ayudhya Bank Plc, stated today that the Thai Baht has opened at 31.14/15 THB/USD, appreciating slightly from yesterday’s closing of 31.15/16 THB/USD. The currency […]
Tesco has joined a bidding war for a raft of stores being put up for sale by Carrefour of France. The world third-largest retail group by sales, Tesco is one of around a dozen companies in the auction, sources said. The grocery giant already has a sizeable operation in Asia. Its biggest single business is […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has told a Thai newspaper that he is not sick and has been doing business in Africa. Thaksin gave a phone-interview to a Thai Rath Online reporter after his lawyer Noppadon Pattama distributed media pictures of Thaksin to disprove rumours he is sick or in critical condition, as some rumours […]
