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Japanese stocks plunge, SET slips after Wall Street losses
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2018
» BEIJING: Japanese stocks plunged Tuesday and other Asian markets, including Thailand, declined following heavy Wall Street losses triggered by President Donald Trump's attack on the US central bank.
New Bitcoin-based security bounces in trading debut on CME
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» NEW YORK: A new security based on the price of the digital currency bitcoin is trading lower after its debut on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a week after another such security launched on a rival exchange.
20 years on, scars from Asian financial meltdown linger
Associated Press, Published on 29/06/2017
» It's been 20 years since a financial meltdown spread through much of Asia, wrecking economies and bringing down governments.
20 years on, 'Ghost Tower' haunts city
Business, Associated Press, Published on 03/03/2017
» The 49-storey Bangkok high-rise was supposed to feature luxury condos for hundreds of newly affluent Thai families, but it was abandoned unfinished when the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997.
Djokovic, Nadal mix tennis with politics on Thailand trip
Associated Press, Published on 03/10/2015
» Two of the world's top tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, came to Bangkok to earn a few million dollars for an exhibition match. But there were a few strings attached.
THAI to end US, Rome flights
Associated Press, Published on 27/07/2015
» Thai Airways International will suspend flights to the US as part of efforts to end years of losses.
Forbes Travel Guide names first Thai properties to Five-Star list
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2015
» Forbes Travel Guide for the first time has named a Thailand hotel and spa to its coveted Five-Star list.
Cambodian workers die in road crash
Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2014
» Seven Cambodian migrant workers were killed when the pickup truck they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Chon Buri province early Friday, police said.
Teething troubles for Chinese tourists
Associated Press, Published on 15/04/2014
» CHIANG MAI — The bucolic, once laid-back campus of one of Thailand's top universities is under a security clampdown. Not against a terrorist threat, but against Chinese tourists.
Asia stocks sink on growth worries
Associated Press, Published on 16/04/2013
» Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday as weak economic data, falling commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street shook investors. A deadly bombing in the US also rattled confidence.