Latest News in Thailand

Rice Farmers Restive, but Will Resist Rallying with Red Shirts
Thailand’s distressed rice farmers will not take part in the intended mass rally of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) next week end, Ayutthaya farmers’ spokesperson Kwanchai Mahachuenjai said on Sunday.
The UDD has planned to stage a mass anti-government gathering from March 12 [...]

Hot, Dry, in Thailand During Hot Dry Season
Thailand’s dry period is anticipated to be harsher and last longer than normal this year, the chairman of the Foundation for National Disaster Warning System of Thailand (NDWST) Smith Dharmasaroja told reporters on Friday.
Mr Smith held that the effects would be felt all over the country. He attributed [...]

Thailand’s GDP Grew 3.5% in Last Quarter of 2009
Thailand’s Gross Domestic Product in the last quarter of 2009 was anticipated to show expansion of at least 3.5 per cent, thanks to better exports and the improving worldwide economy, Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) director-general Sathit Rangkasiri told reporters on Wednesday.
He said the country’s financial system overall [...]

Thailand’s Help to Haiti is on the Way
Kasit told reporters that the Cabinet earlier had endorsed a US$100,000 grant to Haiti, and will also be sending 20,000 tonnes of rice to aid victims following estimations that two million people vitally need food aid.
Thailand’s ambassador to Mexico has made a presentation of the donation from Thailand [...]

Hopeful Signs in Thai Economy
According to Thailand’s Finance Ministry’s forecast issued on Tuesday, The Thai economy will definitely get better and the gross domestic product could turn upward into positive territory in the final quarter of 2009.
Government Finance Ministry spokesperson Akeniti Nititanprapas told reporters that the GDP in the third quarter was expected to contract [...]

Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Asean leaders must focus their efforts to make the proposed Southeast Asia economic area a reality by 2015,
In addressing the opening formal procedure of the Asean summit yesterday, Mr Abhisit robustly upheld the role of the Asean secretary-general in conveying pressing issues to the notice of [...]

Flood Waters Threaten Bangkok
The Thai government is closely watching the flood conditions throughout the country while vitally helping people in the afffested areas, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stated in his weekly television address on Sunday morning.
He told the nation that the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation as well as other relevant agencies had organized [...]

Trekking in Chiang Mai, Trekking in Northern Thailand
In the cooler climate of Northern Thailand there are many hills and mountains spread throughout the region of the North, all these hills and mountains make trekking a tropical experience of a lifetime in Northern Thailand.
Many tourists from all over the globe come to Chiang Mai and Chiang [...]

A-Power Energy Generation Systems to Build New Power Plant in Thailand
China: Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. today said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to build and invest $300 million to build a power generation plant in Thailand.
The Chinese company, Power Energy Generation Systems ltd. rose $1.98, or 8.3% to $25.93 in morning on [...]