Latest News in Thailand

RULING TODAY
The Thai Supreme Court will rule today on whether to seize 76 billion baht in assets from former Prime Minister Thaksin. Come back later to see the results.

Tusk Tusk
Thai customs officials apprehended more than two tons of ivory stored at Bangkok’s main international airport on its way from Dubai to Laos, a Thai customs division report said on Thursday.
The Thai officials, acting on a tip, investigated a transit cargo storehouse at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday evening and discovered 239 elephant tusks, the [...]

Japan Still Likes Thailand for Investment
A study from last year by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) demonstrated that Thailand is fourth on the list of nations most favored by Japanese investors – just behind China, India and Vietnam - Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) president Pattareeya Benjapolchai announced on Tuesday.
“Japanese investors considered Thailand [...]

Japanese Investors Deny Plans for Sneak Attack on Thai Environment
Certain Japanese investors have verified that they are still ready to increase speculation in Thailand but have asked the government to come up with a clear timeframe for determining the outcome of the Map Ta Phut impasse.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday requested Japanese investors to come [...]

Exports Head Out and Up
Thailand’s exports grew at their fastest rate for 18 months in January as the financial system of key markets gained force, helping lift orders for commodities from farm products to auto parts.
Exports increased 30.8% from a year earlier to $13.72 billion, while increasing 26% in baht terms to 453.42 billion baht. [...]

Golf Green Rouses Red Shirts Wrath
Red shirted anti-government supporters assembled in front of the Bangkok Bank’s head office on Silom Road area on Friday, causing the bank to close for business about noon out of apprehension for the safety of customers and employees.
the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) claims that Gen Prem [...]

Good News on Tax Revenue for Thailand
Thailand’s tax revenue in January reached 110.09 billion baht and was 17.81 billion higher than the target, or 19.3 per cent, Sathit Rangkasiri, administrator of the Fiscal Policy Office, announced on Tuesday.
Revenue from value-added tax was 7.82 billion baht higher than estimations due to gold imports worth at more [...]

Tight Security at Thai Supreme Court
Security at the Supreme Court was stiffened on Monday after a fruit juice box containing C4 explosive wired for detonation was found at the side of the compound’s railing on Sunday.
Visitors, as well as reporters, were banned from moving about the area, bags were being searched and court staff were [...]

Blatantly Fraudulent Dowsing Rod Device Avoids Exposure
Scientific laboratory tests will not take place on the controversial GT200 “bomb detector” supposedly because of “confidentiality agreements” between the purchasers (suckers) and the makers (con artists) when they were bought, say members of a government panel assessing the device.
Pansak Siriruchatapong, director of the National Electronics and Computer Technology [...]