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Bangkok's big prisons may be moved
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/02/2013
» The land along Ngam Wong Wan Road may be too valuable to continue housing three of Bangkok's major prisons.
Bring out the pumps (Sunday update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/11/2011
» Fed-up residents of Muang Ake housing estate and other heavily inundated Bangkok communities have renewed hope as a government pumping operation begins today.
Floods block roads out of Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2011
» Floodwaters make it impossible to move goods to stores quickly. The Navy and Thai Airways being asked to help.
Accused
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/02/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has accused four Democrat MPs, Thepthai Senpong, Sirichok Sopha, Chavanond Intarakomalyasut and Mallika Boonmeetrakul, of defaming her in connection with her private meeting at a Bangkok hotel.
Yingluck starts drive to shore up rice prices
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/11/2016
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has launched a new campaign to promote the consumption of a variety of rice products as a way to drive up paddy prices.
Govt tries to sway rubber farmers to end protests
Online Reporters, Published on 03/09/2013
» A senior government representative was sent to the South on Tuesday in a bid to defuse the conflict with rubber farmers, as the protest spread to Phunphin district in Surat Thani, where protesters parked buses across Highway 41, a main road to the southern region.
Capital inflow: Stock & real estate bubble?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/02/2013
» As foreign investment money flows into Thailand, fears of speculation, high stock & real estate prices & burst bubbles worry experts.
Economic bubble to burst by year's end?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/03/2013
» Hot money inflows from foreign investors have created bubbles in stock & bond markets. Bubble burst by end of the year a real risk, says Virabongsa Ramangkura.
Govt rice losses: 130 billion baht, not 34 bil
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/06/2013
» Low estimate didn't include market value of unsold rice in storage. Rice is perishable & falls in value so market value is real value (mark-to-market).
SET index dives 50.55 points
Published on 22/03/2013
» Thai stocks plunged 3.3% on Friday, their biggest one-day decline since October 2011, on investor concern that regulators may increase margin requirements for trading to curb speculation.