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Closer trade ties sought through talks with Tajikistan
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/02/2024
» Thailand is revving up trade talks with Tajikistan to increase trade and investment between the two countries, focusing on paper, sugar and rice.
SEC files complaint for MORE share scam
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 29/06/2023
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint with the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) and the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) against 32 individuals for their involvement in the 800-million-baht share manipulation of More Return Plc (MORE).
Rice scheme hangs heavy on budget
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2021
» About 220,000 tonnes of low-quality rice under the former Yingluck Shinawatra government's loss-ridden rice-pledging programme remain in government stocks, with losses initially estimated at about 500 billion baht.
Gloves come off in corruption case
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/10/2021
» The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) has fired three senior officials for alleged corruption in the purchase of 112.5-billion-baht worth of rubber gloves and ordered them to pay 2 billion baht compensation in damages.
Kriangsak plans to testify over gloves saga
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 31/10/2020
» Kriangsak Prateepvisut, director of the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO), has revealed that a network of people -- inside and outside of the PWO -- took part in a corruption scheme in the procurement of rubber gloves worth 112.5 billion baht.
Labour strikes against the algorithm
Business, William Hicks, Published on 07/09/2020
» Not long ago the streets of Bangkok were near empty -- save for a bustling network of green-, pink- or yellow-vested delivery drivers shepherding food across a shuttered city to the millions trapped indoors fearing an accelerating viral outbreak.
South pushes train link to Kuala Lumpur
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/10/2019
» Representatives of the business community in the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani have agreed to push for a new train service linking Pattani to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to bolster the local tourism industry.
Hat Yai seeks shot in medical tourism arm
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/08/2019
» If you mention medical tourism in Thailand, attention immediately shifts to Bangkok. However, calls are being echoed for the development of a medical tourism hub to be based in the commercial district of Hat Yai in Songkhla province in order to tap into the growing demand for services.
Hom mali rice production set to drop 10% on drought
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/10/2018
» Hom mali fragrant rice production for the 2018-19 main crop is expected to drop 10% from the previous season because of drought in the North and Northeast.
Finance Ministry postpones new hiring rules
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/05/2018
» The Finance Ministry has postponed new rules involving the hiring of off-budget staff in the wake of an outcry of public health personnel across the country.