Police have arrested five suspects accused of launching several M79 and bomb attacks in Bangkok and elsewhere during the red-shirt protests in May. The five suspects are identified as Wallop Phitheephrome, Somkhid Makwong, Wanchai Sangkhao, Anant Meerod and Chatchai Phokhanuphrab. Police said Wallop admitted to being behind 12 M79 attacks including four in Chiang Mai […]
TAK, 18 November 2010 (NNT)-The unrest which continues to exacerbate along the Thai-Burmese border has prompted the Burmese authority to impose a ban on commodity deliveries across the border at night, indirectly forcing businesses to close earlier than usual. Cross-border trades have been hectic and in a rush, as the Burmese authority allows merchants to […]
Carrefour sells Thai Hypermarkets to Big C Carrefour announces today the signing of an agreement with Big C, a subsidiary of Groupe Casino, for the divestment of its operations in Thailand for an enterprise value of €868 million. This valuation corresponds to 120% of the net sales of the business that is being sold and […]
One fatality reported, as Songkhla’s Hat Yai district isolated by heavy flooding HAT YAI, Nov 2 — Heavy rains from the tropical depression currently in the Gulf of Thailand have brought heavy flooding to Hat Yai in Songkhla province, the main commercial district in Thailand’s South. The city is cut off, isolated from other parts […]
A FORMER Queensland politician, Robert Lindsay Poole, has been arrested in northern Thailand and faces charges of cheating and fraud in relation to an energy company set up in Thailand. faThe 62-year-old Poole was arrested on Thursday in the Thai town of Surin. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail at a court […]
Chiang Mai tourism associations yesterday urged the government to help them by promoting the North overseas, as new bookings seem very slow for the high season. “Hotels and tour operators in Chiang Mai have received advance reservations of only 3040 per cent. We should have a higher number, at least 50 per cent,” said Songvit […]
BANGKOK, 30 September 2010 (NNT) – The Center for Economic and Business Forecasting (CEBF) of the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce express concerns over baht appreciation that may harm the regional economy. CEBF Director Tanawat Polwichai stated that a strong baht was the current problem toward regional economy, particularly in the Northern, Northeastern and […]
Bangkok’s CentralWorld, reopens today (28 September 2010) following a THB2,800 million (HK$560 million) reconstruction and renovation. The giant 550,000 sqm CentralWorld complex reopens with 80% of its retail space open for business, with the remainder expected to be completed in December and connecting Zen Department Store re-opening in August 2011. Among new designer fashion stores […]
