BANGKOK, March 25 (TNA) - Thailand’s economy is now expected to contract 2.5 per cent in 2009 compared to 2.6 per cent in growth last year, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.

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BANGKOK, March 25 (TNA) - Bank of Thailand (BoT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase on Wednesday conceded the Thai economy would definitely contract this year, but whether it shrink by up to 3 per cent or

BANGKOK, March 24 (TNA) - The Thailand and Cambodia Joint Border Commission (JBC) will hold a fresh round of negotiations on overlapping maritime areas of the two countries when the body meets in C

BANGKOK, March 23 (TNA) - Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Monday that he had pledged to Myanmar government leaders that Thailand would help in negotiations for the Karen National Union

BANGKOK, March 23 (TNA) - Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has issued five ‘urgent measures’ designed to boost exports in the hope that they will move into the black in the third quarter of 2009, af

BANGKOK, March 23 (TNA) - As the global economy continues to contract, Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has further revised its national economic projections even lower, to shrink three per cent thi

BANGKOK, March 21 (TNA) - The Democrat Party-led government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva sailed through several day of stormy debate and contention easily won Saturday morning's no-confidenc

BANGKOK, March 19 (TNA) -Thailand’s Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai will pay a two-day official visit to Cambodia, starting March 22, aimed at boosting trade between the two countries, a minist

BANGKOK, March 19 (TNA) - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday denied Opposition charges his ruling Democrat Party had accepted Bt258 million in donations from a listed Bangkok c