The Thai baht will appreciate 1.7 percent to its strongest level in 13 years by year-end as the central bank raises interest rates and overseas investors pour funds into the nation’s stocks, according to Kasikornbank Pcl. Thailand’s third-biggest lender by assets predicts the currency will climb to 31 against the dollar by Dec. 31, from […]
BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Thailand’s Finance Ministry is preparing the details of a Thailand-China joint venture for a railway project in Thailand, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said Friday. The ministry expects to deliver the proposal to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva before the premier visits China on Sept. 4, Korn said. NASDAQ
An Australian man got Friday got one-and a-half-month jail term after he pleaded guilty of having violated the emergency law in Bangkok. Conor Purcell pleaded guilty of joining the protest of the red-shirt people and violated the ban of political gathering from March 14 to May 19. The Pathumwan District Court sentenced him to be […]
BANGKOK, 20 August 2010 (NNT) – Thailand’s Appeal Court on Friday ordered the extradition of suspected Russian arms smuggler, Viktor Bout, to the US. Mr Bout, a 43-year-old former Soviet air force officer, is known as one of the world’s leading arms dealers. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2008 for allegedly supplying weapons for […]
Ayutthaya, Chon Buri and Petchburi are shortlisted as the host city for the World Expo 2020, after Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)’s 6-month study. Ayutthaya’s advantage lies in its proximity to Bangkok, but a disadvantage is it is flood-prone. Meanwhile, Chon Buri (Pattaya) is not far from Suvarnabhumi Airport and close to the deep […]
POLICE are looking for a Hua Hin bar girl and her boyfriend over the vicious slaying of a well-known expat journalist who was the editor in chief of Asia Times online (Atimes.com). Allen George Quicke, 57, was stabbed seven times and beaten about the head with what appeared to be a baseball bat at his […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2010 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warns people living in the northern, upper north-eastern, eastern, and southern region of possible flash flood during 18-21 August. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has alerted people in the risk-prone areas especially in those living on the hill and along […]
BANGKOK, Aug 18 – Almost 1.5 million foreign workers currently live in Thailand, most of whom are not legally registered with the authorities. Speaking at a national seminar on developing public health services for foreign workers, Deputy Permanent-Secretary of Public Health, Dr Siriwat Tiptaradol, said that according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour as […]
