THAI execs fined for excess baggage
BANGKOK, Jan 15 (TNA) - An investigation team from Thai Airways International (THAI) investigation team concluded that around Bt200,000 (US$6,000) should be levied for the excess baggage of former
Thai Customs Department to lose Bt3-4 billion revenue from AFTA tariff cuts
BANGKOK, Jan 15 (TNA) –Thailand’s Customs Department expects revenue from import and export duties will decline by Bt3-4 billon in the wake of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) cuts which becam
Gtech, Loxley cancel plans to sue government for scrapping online lottery project
BANGKOK, Jan 15 (TNA) - Loxley GTech Technology (LGT)--a joint venture between Loxley Plc and US-based GTech Corporation--will cancel their planned suit against the Thai government for scrapping th
PM stresses farm and food sector-based economic development
BANGKOK, Jan 15 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday stressed the government would count more on the agricultural and food processing sectors than the industrial sector for the cou
PM: Order will be maintained on day Thaksin's frozen assets ruling is delivered
BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday expressed confidence that his government will be able to maintain law and order despite anti-government United Front for De
Thai-Lao discussing three-country road link under single visa
DA NANG, Jan 14 (TNA) - Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya and his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith on Thursday held bilateral talks on using Route 9 which links the Mekong
Two killed, two wounded in violence-plagued Pattani
PATTANI, Jan 14 (TNA) – A couple was shot dead, and a man and his daughter were wounded in two separate motorcycle-related shooting attacks Thursday morning in the southern border province of Patta
Policy interest rate set to climb slightly after mid-year
BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – Thailand’s policy interest rate is likely to edge up by 0.50-0.75 per cent or so in the second half of this year given the higher inflation rate and the ongoing economic rec
Thai economy to grow at accelerating rate this year: Kasikornbank
BANGKOK, Jan 14 (TNA) – The Thai economy is expected to grow at an accelerating rate this year if the prolonged political conflicts ease, according to a top banker.
Foreign ministry seeking Thais missing in quake-hit Haiti
BANGKOK, Jan 13 (TNA) - Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday is seeking two Thai nationals reported missing by their families after a powerful earthquake hit the southern part of Hai
