Latest News in Thailand

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 [...]

Abhisit Upbeat on Economy Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told US investors and businessmen in New York that the Thai economy has begun to rebound and that trade between Thailand and the United States will begin to expand significantly next year. Mr Abhisit, as in his role as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian [...]

Avast Ye Mateys, Things to Get rough for Pirates The Thai parliament is drafting new anti-piracy legislation. Under the proposed law, users and sellers of counterfeit items, including computer software, music and movies could be fined 1,000 baht per instance. Owners of commercial buildings associated with product piracy could be fined 30,000 to 300,000 baht. [...]

Burmese Refugee Boy Achieves Origami Fame Mong Thongdee, a young boy whose family are refugees from Burma, has taken 3rd place in an Origami paper airplane flying contest in Japan. He is scheduled to return home to Chiang Rai on Monday. The paper plane he constructed flew for 10.53 seconds. The following day, Mong was [...]

Thai Prime Minister a Prime Mover on U.S. Visit Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will put on a “road show” to try to persuade American financiers of good business prospects in Thailand as well as attending the United Nations general assembly and the G-20 conference in Pittsburgh happening Sept 20 to 27, according to acting [...]

Inflation Under control in Thailand The Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC) reported on Tuesday that Thailand’s inflation rate fell 1.0 per cent in August, 4.4 per cent last month and overall at 1.9 per cent during the first eight months of 2009, indicating that inflation possibly will begin to climb to the positive territory before long. [...]

Thai Bank Issues Loans for Bio-Fuel The Thai Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has arranged to provide 30 billion baht loans to farmers who will grow fuel plants from which biodiesel and alcohol can be made as alternative energy this year, Ennoo Suesuwan, BAAC acting vice president, said on Friday. He spoke at [...]

Thai Electronics Firms Hiring The Thai electronics industry has as many as 5,000 job openings for semi-skilled workers in the industrial center of Ayutthaya province, the Federation of Thai Industries announced Monday. Ayutthaya is home to a group of electronics producers and even worldwide brands, such as US-based Western Digital (WD), Canon, and others. Nearly [...]

Thailand joins the patrol in the Straits of Malacca Thailand is the 4th SE Asian country to join in the patrol in the Straits of Malacca, says the Singapore Defense Ministry. A ceremony was held today for the Terms of Reference for the Malacca Straits Patrols Joint Coordinating Committee in Bangkok today. Present at the [...]