Thai authorities nab 113 Myanmar nationals

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BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Thai immigration police on Tuesday apprehended 113 Myanmar nationals and charged them with entering and working in the country illegally, apparently in a variety of ‘pyram

Thailand's January unemployment soars to 880,000

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BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Thailand’s economic slowdown, impacted by the global financial crisis, has impacted unemployment as the number of jobless people in January soared 63 per cent to 880,000 f

Govt to face censure debate Thursday

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BANGKOK, March 16 (TNA) - The Abhisit Vejjajiva government agreed to attend a censure debate on Thursday and Friday with a subsequent vote of confidence scheduled for Saturday, chief government whi

Govt to allocate 6.9 billion baht for job training

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BANGKOK, March 16 TNA) - In an attempt to cushion the impact from the global economic meltdown now impacting the Thai economy, the government is to allocate Bt6.9 billion to provide short-term occu

Thailand ready to welcome British investors: PM

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LONDON, March 14 (TNA) -- Visiting Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand was ready to welcome more British investors as the kingdom's political life has returned to normal and the gov

Thai consumer confidence index plunges to 7 year low

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BANGKOK, March 12 (TNA) - Anxieties over the decline in the economy and the spiralling cost of living pushed Thai consumer confidence index in February to fall for the first time since the coalitio

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