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Future Forward Party lays out reform for booze producers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2020
» The Future Forward Party (FFP) on Tuesday unveiled a plan to push a law touted through parliament that would open up the country's alcoholic beverage industry and ensure fair treatment for new and small liquor and beer producers.
Chinese tourists turning away from Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/10/2018
» Thailand is expected to lose some 50,000 Chinese tourists during China's Golden Week period as a result of incidents that happened over the past three months.
Sin Sae Shogun gets 4,355 years for Wealth Ever fraud
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/09/2018
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Pasist Arinchapis, also known as Sin Sae Shogun, and two other defendants each to 4,355 years in jail for public fraud in the sale of membership of their online food supplement company.
Cops seize huge B1.5bn meth haul
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 23/08/2018
» Police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion baht that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia and beyond, authorities said on Wednesday, in one of their biggest ever drug busts.
Thailand threatens to quit Pisa test
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 22/06/2018
» Thailand may boycott the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) this August if the test organiser refuses to allow the Education Ministry to proofread the translated examination papers in advance.
Photos emerge of Yingluck and Thaksin in Washington
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/05/2018
» Several Thai media outlets have run photos of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother and former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, taken at a major tourist spot in the US capital, Washington, D.C.
Prawit dismisses Thaksin's forecast of Pheu Thai polls win
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/03/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has shrugged off former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's prediction that the Pheu Thai Party will see a landslide victory in the next general election.
Train in vain
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/02/2018
» Thailand wants Japan to invest in the Shinkansen-like high-speed railway from Bangkok to Chiang Mai but Japan insists only on offering loans for the project.
Big daddy
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/02/2018
» A Japanese man who fathered at least a dozen babies using Thai surrogate mothers appeared in court via video conference on Tuesday, testifying in a case in which he is suing for paternal rights.
Yakuza boss arrested in Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 11/01/2018
» A Japanese yakuza boss has been arrested for the murder of a rival criminal gangster in Muang district, Lop Buri, after 14 years on the run.