Thailand‘s rubber farmers protest, to the extent that dangerous gas truck was used to block roads, that have disrupted communications to Thailand southern region, where days ago was threatening to do the same all over Thailand, has tapered off. Rubber farmers in other regions of Thailand have took a wait and see attitude to what…
Khao Sod reports, The newly established ′Tourism Court′ is slated to take up its first case: the speedboat crash which killed 2 Chinese tourists just off the coast of Pattaya earlier this week. The accident took place at a pier in Pattaya when the speedboat crashed to a bigger ship, killing Mr. Dong Feiyue, 30,…
Thailand’s police arrested an arms dealer, who was in the process of exporting about US$2 million worth of weapons to a Naga rebel group in India, where the rebel activity has involved Myanmar and China. Charoen Sasilak, a Thai police commander, said those arrested were in the process of negotiation the purchase of 1,000s guns…
A Thai hospital group giant, Bangkok Dusit, has picked Singapore, as the center, to spearhead its group ASEAN expansion. Chatri Duangnet, MD of the group, said its Singapore registered company, N Health Asia , will invest in hospitals in the ASEAN region, including short-term plans to expand into Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. For the year,…
TNA reports, The official signing ceremony of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thailand and Chile will be held soon, which is one of the very important agreement signing ceremonies. Chile considers and foresees the potential of Thailand, which is the production base and trading hub of ASEAN, as well as Chile’s largest trading partner in…
Yingluck‘s rapid fire global visit, some 40 countries in 2 years, have sparked Abhisit Dems to call it a waste of public money and a waste of Thailand’s leader’s time, when there are more pressing internal Thailand issues. On social network, Thais, divided as always, went on a nasty debate along the partisan line. However,…
There is so many things wrong with Lese Majeste one wonders how worse can it get, but add insanity to the list. Khao Sod reports, The Supreme Court in Nakhon Ratchasima Province has sentenced a local Redshirt leader to 3 years in jail for burning a coffin bearing the name of His Majesty the King′s…
In America, Dunkin Donuts says America runs on Dunkin. In Thailand, a country known for racial stereo types, Dunkin, may say something like, we run on insulting blacks. AP reports, A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin’ Donuts to withdraw a “bizarre and racist” advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand that shows a smiling…
In a age of hot money leaving Asia, some funds continue to flow into the region. Private Equity International reports, A fast fundraise in Asia – or anywhere, you might argue – always grabs attention. But in the current ultra-cautious climate PE circles were abuzz this week over news that L Capital had closed an oversusbcribed,…
In a country known for not being able to keep anything a secret, Thailand’s defense establishment was able to keep a warship building program un-detected by the public, until it went public with the news. Janes report: The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) officially commissioned into service its first BAE Systems-designed offshore patrol vessel (OPV) at…
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