BANGKOK, April 16 – Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will leave Tuesday for a three-day official visit to China, aiming at fostering ties and promoting development cooperation at both government and business levels. The official visit from April 17-19 is at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to strengthen bilateral relations and upgrade […]
RIM abandons battle with iPhone and Android As guardian.co.uk informed today, Research in Motion is to pull back from trying to compete with Apple’s iPhone and the Android mobile platform and prefers to return to its original focus on business users. RIM claimed they will focus their future efforts on devices that “employees would want […]
BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (NNT) – Thai Police Chief Police General Preawpan Damapong chaired the opening ceremony of a campaign called ‘The White Suvarnabhumi’, with an objective to reduce the smuggling of illegal drugs and theft in and around the airport. Seminars have also been provided to train airport staff and those involved in the […]
Three men from the Democratic Republic of Congo who entered Thailand on fake Portuguese Passports have been arrested following a combined effort between Pattaya Police and the Region 2 Transnational Crime Suppression Center. Police Lieutenant General Panya, Commissioner of Region 2 Police led a press conference on Friday to announce the arrest of Mr. Gloire […]
BANGKOK, 23 March 2012 (NNT) – Dow Chemical Company Chairman and CEO Andrew N. Liveris has met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Government House on the occasion of his visit to Thailand. In her welcoming speech, the premier congratulated the giant conglomerate on its having been a good business partner with the country […]
A survey of land use in Phuket is underway after claims that resorts and tourism businesses in the island province may have encroached into restricted or forest reserve areas. The check has been prompted by a recent finding that 65 rai (10.4 hectares) on Freedom Beach currently used by resorts had intruded into a forest […]
Pattaya Police have arrested the American Owner of an English Language Newspaper who is accused of attempting to extort 7 Million Baht from the Australian owner of a Beauty Clinic, to avoid publication of a potentially damaging story for his business. On Saturday Morning at Pattaya Police Station, Police Major General Jamnong, the Chonburi Provincial […]
BANGKOK, 4 February 2012 (NNT) – Three Thai businesswomen have been named in Forbe’s inaugural lists of Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen and 15 Women to Watch for 2012. Forbes magazine has just announced its list of Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen for 2012, judging from their outstanding achievements in the business world as well as their […]
