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Lese majeste charges dropped for burning royal portraits
Reuters, Published on 20/09/2018
» An appeal court has dropped royal insult charges against six people jailed for setting fire to portraits of kings, it said, but they will still have to serve lengthy jail terms for damaging public property.
Shan boys get glamorous makeover for monkhood rite
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2018
» MAE HONG SON: Golden umbrellas draped in beads and flowers provide shade for boys as young as seven riding on their fathers' shoulders in a procession through the mountain town of Mae Hong Son on Thailand's northern border.
Thai coral reefs literally 'sick of plastic'
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2018
» OSLO: Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Thursday.
PM says no trade with N. Korea, ahead of US envoy's visit
Reuters, Published on 12/12/2017
» No trade takes place between Thailand and North Korea, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday, ahead of an expected visit by a US envoy seeking to step up pressure on North Korea over its weapons programmes.
Myanmar's opium crop plummets while meth stalks SE Asia
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2017
» A "dramatic" drop in opium cultivation in Myanmar underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are struggling to combat, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.
Experts: Central bank likely to keep rates steady
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2017
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to leave its benchmark interest rate near record lows again on Wednesday, with the current level seen supporting the country's economic recovery while inflation stays benign.
Hybrid-electric plane to hit market in 2022
Business, Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» NEW YORK: A Seattle-area startup, backed by the venture capital arms of Boeing Co and JetBlue Airways Corp announced plans last week to bring a small hybrid-electric commuter aircraft to market by 2022.
Bangladesh to buy rice from Thailand, India
Reuters, Published on 09/10/2017
» DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to import a total of 250,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand and India in intergovernmental deals to shore up depleted stocks of the staple, head of the state grain buyer said on Monday.
Trade, security on agenda at PM's White House visit
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2017
» The prime minister will visit the White House in October, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding trade and security would be on the agenda, the latest sign of warming ties between Bangkok and Washington.
Tillerson in Thailand as US ties improve
Reuters, Published on 08/08/2017
» Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Thailand on Tuesday in the highest level visit by a US official since a military coup in 2014 soured relations with the United States and brought the ruling junta closer to China.