The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) at a meeting held today granted investment privileges to projects worth a combined 56.6 billion baht ( US$1.64 billion) that will strengthen the country’s …
Analysis-Some New Faces but Old Divisions to Haunt Thailand’s May Election
Thailand’s general election set for May 14 will bring new faces into the fray but is likely to be over-shadowed by old animosity between the military-royalist establishment and popular opposition parties challenging the status quo.
NUG Demands Thai Energy Giant Switches Off Gas Payments to Myanmar Junta
Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) has sent a formal demand letter to Thailand’s state-owned PTT Exploration and Production Public Company (PTTEP), asking the oil and gas giant to …
Dad takes on pack of aggressive monkeys as they lunge at his son in Thailand
Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, who have amassed 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube with their travel content, were visiting Monkey Beach on Ko Phi Phi Don island with their two young sons.
Delay in forming new govt will hurt Thailand, business sector warns
The private sector wants a new government formed as soon as possible to avoid risks to investor confidence from the political vacuum, the Thai Chamber of Commerce said on Monday (March 20).
Thailand dissolves parliament for election
An election date has yet to be announced. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a decree to dissolve parliament, according to an announcement in the Royal Gazette on Monday, paving the way …
Factbox-Who are the main candidates for Thailand’s next leader?
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures, after Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a decree to dissolve parliament, at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, March 20, 20
‘She panicked’: Woman arraigned after extradition from Thailand for Michigan hit-and-run
Tubtim “Sue” Howson, the 57-year-old woman who fled to Thailand after allegedly killing a university student in a Michigan hit-and-run, has been charged with one count of failure to stop at the scene of a fatal crash.
Bank of Thailand reiterates limited impact of global banking problems
Thailand’s central bank on Monday repeated that it expected only a small impact on the country’s financial system and financial markets from the problems at banks in the United States and Europe, and …
Bitterness over beer fuels a mini revolution in Thailand
Underground brewers hope to ferment wider democratic change with their battle against the giants behind Singha and Chang …