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Mysterious signs urging unity appear on eve of Yingluck ruling
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2017
» Dozens of big signs with the message "no disunity, no fracture" appeared in Bangkok on Thursday, a day before a much-anticipated court ruling in a case against ousted, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Govt sets 'impossible' 2-month target to sell off pledged rice
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2016
» The government plans to sell the remaining 11.4 million tonnes of rice in state stockpiles within two months, the rice management board said on Monday.
Moving rice mountain by 2017 seen as struggle
Reuters, Published on 25/12/2015
» The government will struggle to offload by a 2017 deadline some 14 million tonnes of rice in state warehouses left over from the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme, traders and exporters say.
2 local firms win bid to buy 37,000 tonnes of rotten rice
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2015
» Two private Thai firms won a bid on Tuesday to buy 37,413 tonnes of rotten rice, the Commerce Ministry said after the first auction of spoilt grain by the government.
Auctions of rotten rice to begin this month
Reuters, Published on 16/11/2015
» The government will begin auctioning 2 million tonnes of rotten rice by the end of November, looking to offload stockpiles of the staple grain built up under the rice-pledging programme.
B50bn borrowing plan accelerated
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2014
» The Finance Ministry said on Friday it would invite banks to offer terms for 50 billion baht in loans on June 3, earlier than planned, so it can pay rice farmers who have waited months for money owed under a state buying scheme.
Grenade attack on NACC
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2014
» Grenades were thrown at the offices of th NationalAnti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which has summoned the prime minister to answer charges of dereliction of duty next week, as protesters trying to oust her prepared for a big weekend rally.
Rice exporter turns to Cambodia
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2013
» Capital Rice Ltd, Thailand's third-largest rice exporter, is shifting some of its business to Cambodia as the Thai market shrinks because of government intervention that has diverted grain into state stockpiles or made it too expensive to ship.