Latest News in Thailand

Flash Flood Warning in Thailand
Thailand’s Meteorological Department has put out a flash flood warning out for nine Thai provinces for heavy rains and flooding.
The depression storm Mekhala will unload heavy rains in many northern and central provinces.
The department said Chiang Mai, Tak, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, Lop Buri, and Saraburi would be hit [...]

Japan’s Nikkei stocks rose in early Monday in trading due to announcement of the Wall Street bailout deal in by US Government.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 48.07 points or 4% to 11,941.23

Thailand Exports more to Japan than to USA
USA in no longer Thailand’s largest exporter, Thailand’s biggest exporter is Japan due to weakening dollar, the US financial crisis and tariff cuts under the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA).
Trade between Japan and Thailand has risen to $28.96 billion dollars in 7 months since July this year, up [...]

Airport Closings in Southern Thailand by PAD
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) said today they will close 5 airports on Saturday in the South to prevent visit by Prime Minister Somchai.
A southern leader of PAD said Somchai is not welcome in the South of Thailand because he is a nominee of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin.
The [...]

SAMAK VERDICT ‘GUILTY OF LIBEL’
Thailand’s Criminal Court handed down guilty verdict this morning against Samak, guilty of libel, that he and his friend Dusit Siriwan defamed former deputy Bangkok governor Samart Rajpolasidhi.
The court’s verdict was that former prime minister Samak and Dusit were guilty of libel. Both were sentenced to 2-year jail terms, with no [...]

Suspected ‘Bad Girls’ Banned from Protest Sites
by David Barkdull
Bangkok
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have yet again shown their true colors by banning suspected ‘bad girls’ from their protest site at Government House. Declaring its protest site off limits to sex workers, the PAD security guards did not only warn the protesters against sex workers [...]

Former prime minister Samak to attend a criminal court’s ruling on libel case
Former prime minister Samak will attend a criminal court’s ruling on a libel case against him today says his lawyer. The Criminal Court is set to read verdict today at 9am.
The initial ruling in April sentenced the former PM a 2 year jail [...]

Thailand’s government has come up with solution for PAD to leave the Government House.
The Thai government is in negotiations to set up a joint-committee to develop ‘new politics’. The Thai government has proposed a joint-committee similar to the Democrat government solution that appointed senior citizen Prawase Wasi to head a committee for political reform [...]

Thailand’s Corruption Ranking/Rating in New Study
Thailand is up from 84th to 80th out of 180 countries, in a new study by Transparency International.
Thailand’s upgraded ranking is due to corruption charges against Thai politicians following 2006 coup that ousted the Thaksin government. In 2006 Thailand was 63rd, and 59th in 2005. In Asia, Thailand is [...]