PM: no need to raise VAT to support welfare state
BANGKOK, Aug 27 – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday reiterated his view that the government need not increase the value-added tax to bring money to finance the emergence of the welfare
Commerce Ministry to accelerate increasing border trade with Malaysia
BANGKOK, Aug 27 – Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot on Thursday revealed the ministry will step up its efforts to increase the value of border trade with Thailand's neighboring countries
59 Yellow Shirt leaders, allies report to police, deny all charges
BANGKOK, Aug 26 -- Fifty-nine key leaders and allies of of Thailand's Yellow Shirt movement, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), turned themselves in at the police department's Crime Suppres
Five Iranians jailed for ‘ice’ smuggling $1.3 million in 'ice'
BANGKOK, Aug 26 - Five Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in three separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 12.3 kilogrammes of the drug, valued a
Thailand succeeds in developing nano-tech mosquito-killing net
PATHUM THANI, Aug 26 – Thai scientists have successfully developed a mosquito-killing net using applied nanotechnology, believed to be the first in Asia, designed to prevent mosquito-borne diseases
PM Abhisit welcomes proposed lifting of Emergency Decree in restive South
BANGKOK, Aug 26 - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday that he agrees with the proposed lifting of the state of emergency in Thailand's insurgency-torn southern border provinces and
Policy interest rate likely to rise to 2% by year-end: KRC
BANGKOK, Aug 26 – The policy interest rate is projected to increase further by a quarter point to 2 per cent by the end of this year amid economic risk factors, according to Kasikorn Research Cente
BoT likely to increase inflation-targeting framework next year
BANGKOK, Aug 26 – Bank of Thailand (BoT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase on Wednesday conceded the central bank might consider increasing the inflation-targeting framework next year as it believed that
Thai PM: US cannot pressure Thailand to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer
BANGKOK, Aug 25 -- Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday said the United States could not pressure Thailand to extradite the alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United
Bank of Thailand raises interest rates for 2nd consecutive month
BANGKOK, Aug 25 – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) on Wednesday raised its policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 per cent after a quarter percentage point increase last month.
