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Hun Sen Arrives in Hua Hin Thai Prime minister Abhisit’s nemesis, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Hua Hin on Sunday morning to partake in the first Mekong River Commission summit. The affair is being held at the Hyatt Regency hotel, from April 2 through the 5th. Seven squads of police and soldiers have [...]

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 [...]

Greenpeace Bugs Bigshots in Hua Hin Greenpeace, the environmental group, assembled at the 15th Asean Summit on Saturday, insisting Asian principals to take a important action to stop climate change. The activist group hopes that positive steps will be taken by ASEAN member states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group grabbed attention by rolling [...]

Typhoon Approaches Thailand The Thai government has created a 50 million baht emergency fund for all provinces soon to be hit by typhoon Ketsana, currently on course towards Thailand, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul told reporters on Tuesday. The number of deaths from Ketsana in the Philippines has increased to more than 240 people. more than [...]

Rare Irrawaddy Dolphins Facing Extinction in Mekong River The environmental organization, The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has announced a study finding that only 64 to possibly 76 Irrawaddy Dolphins remain in the Mekong river. The explanation given for the declining numbers is that toxic pesticides as well as industrial waste are so polluting [...]

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Everyone’s Still Talking about Rice Vietnamese leaders have rejected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s assertion that a Southeast Asian rice price-fixing cartel was soon to be in business. According to the Vietnamese government, the Thai negotiators who were scheduled to visit them in Vietnam to thrash out the issue last month had never even shown up. [...]

McCain, U.S. Candidate, ‘I hate the gooks! I will hate them as long as I live’ On February 17, 2000, John McCain the current expected Republican nominee for the office of President of the U.S.A. is quoted as saying, “I hate the gooks, I will hate them as long as I live.” “Gook” is a [...]

1com Thai News Vietnam Competes for Food Exports Thai food exporters are facing stiff and growing competition for food exports to Europe from Vietnam. Thailand’s National Food Institute reports that the value of produce exported to Europe last year was 20.2 billion baht, down from 20.6 billion a year before. The association estimates that Vietnam [...]