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Money-laundering grey list yet to hurt Thailand
Money is still transferable as usual, veterans in tourism and other businesses say. They spoke after the Anti-Money -Laundering Office aired concerns that Thailand faces a high...
Asian markets plunge as Greeks head for polls
Asian markets tumbled as Greece headed to the polls again to try to sort out the political stalemate threatening the country’s future in the euro zone. Investors dumped...
Thailand’s energy transition
For the past decade, Thailand has experienced significant economic growth, moving into the World Bank’s upper middle income bracket. This period of growth has led to an...
Apple readies iPhone 5 with bigger screen
Apple plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with...
Photo: A girl plays with her brother
A girl plays with her brother as they search for usable items at junkyard near the Danyingone station in Rangoon’s suburbs, Burma. (Reuters)
Thailand No. 1 destination for Indian travellers
Thailand has been ranked as the number one outbound destination for Indian travellers, with more than 900,000 Indians visiting the country last year. According to a statement...
Thailand to promote tourism in deep south
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is moving into high gear to promote as tourist destinations, especially among Muslims, the deep South provinces that have been plagued by...
Thailand’s First Quarter Smartphone Sales Raked in over US$255 Million
Thailand’s rapidly expanding smartphone market in the first quarter of this year recorded nearly 70 percent growth since a year ago, according to GfK Thailand’s...
Thailand ranks 41st in university ranking
Thailand is in 41st place in a recent ranking of universities in 48 countries. While Thailand is ahead of seven other countries, including India and Indonesia, it lags behind...
Betraying human rights, Asean style
This past week in Bangkok, the Asean Inter-government Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) discussed one of the most important documents drafted by Asean since the regional grouping...
Thailand signs world’s largest educational tablet deal
You can argue that tablets can never replace the form and functionality of a real, full-sized laptop, but you can’t argue that tablets are certainly cheaper to distribute if...
China’s stealth jet, a subtle message to Philippines?
China has showcased its cutting-edge military hardware amid a tense stand-off with the Philippines by staging another test flight of its new stealth fighter jet. Photographs of...
Thailand nearer to Top 10 spot on UN travel list
Thailand moved up a spot in the global travel destination rankings and is now 11th, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The Thai Tourism Authority...
Thailand breaks up drug gangs in four provinces
Police in Thailand have arrested alleged drug dealers and smugglers in several provinces and seized narcotics worth hundreds of millions of baht. A major drug-dealing gang was...
Thailand Charoen Prepares GBP2.5 Billion Bid For Birds Eye
Thai food manufacturer Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPG.TH) is preparing a GBP2.5 billion bid for U.K.-based Birds Eye, the fish finger maker which is owned by private equity firm...
No easy fix for insurgency in Thailand’s deep south
The recent bombings in the tourist city of Hat Yai in southern Thailand reflect deep-seated and enduring institutional problems that defy easy categorisation. Commentators have...
Thailand determines to rein in ballooning prices
Thailand has stepped up its battle against the rising cost of living in Bangkok and other major cities by imposing a price control on cooked meals. Due to the 40-per-cent hike in...
The curious case of Thailand’s ‘Most Wanted…’
Thailand’s deputy PM Chalerm Yubamrung let slip recently that Karen rebel leader, Maj Gen Na Kham Mwe, who controls territory along Burma’s border with Thailand, is among the...
Thailand pushed to revise money-laundering laws
The Joint Private Standing Committee of Thailand, which groups together three key business associations, will discuss with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Joint...
Thailand’s foreign debt rises to record high
Thailand’s foreign debt rose to a record high of US$ 119 billion or 3.6 trillion baht in March, but the Bank of Thailand insists the country’s external exposure is...
32 Chinese ships bar Filipino fishers in disputed shoal
Chinese maritime ships are denying Filipino fishermen access to their traditional fishing grounds in the lagoon of Panatag Shoal, a chain of reefs and rocks off Zambales province...
GPS jamming highlights N. Korea’s cyber war threat
A recent bout of electronic jamming signals from North Korea highlighted the growing risks of cyber warfare, which experts fear could be among its pledged “special actions”...
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