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Thai UK mints seek coin blank agreement
The Treasury Department is negotiating with Britain's Royal Mint for a joint venture to build a mint in Thailand to produce coin blanks. Director-general Naris Chaiyasoot said his department is in talks with Britain's mint about a shareholding structure and is studying potential legal barriers to such a joint venture. He believes construction of the country's first coin blank ...
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True Corporation chosen to build Myanmars internet gateway
True Corporation is expanding its international internet footprint to Myanmar to serve rising online data use and the influx of foreign investors there. Supoj Mahapan, the general manager for international services, said True is spending 20 million baht to build international internet gateway (IIG) infrastructure in Myanmar. It also recently entered into a bilateral mobile roaming agreement ...
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The Worms Are Turning
It's hard to imagine how many benefits can be realised from using worms to recycle organic material into vermicompost, which can be used as organic fertiliser. Due to worms' high reproduction rate, companies such as SCG Chemicals, a unit of Thailand's top industrial conglomerate the Siam Cement Group, are studying ways to make worms a source of income. Each year, about 14,000 ...
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Pongsak to hear Krabi plant fears
Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal is planning a visit to the proposed location of a new coal-fired power plant in Krabi to listen to the concerns of communities. "I will go to see what they are worried about before deciding whether to move forward with that location," he said. Under an Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) plan, the plant will have a capacity of ...
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Infrastructure influx by 2014
The government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure investment is expected to start priming the country's economic growth from the middle of next year, says Somchai Sujjapongse, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO). A draft that allows the government to borrow to finance the hefty investment in infrastructure projects is pending parliamentary deliberation, with proceeds for ...
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Medical tourism needs a shot in the arm say travel agents
Travel agents are calling for Thailand to improve its medical tourism by adding new services and maintaining its high treatment standards. The information was gathered from a recent Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) survey of 22 medical travel agents from the US, Australia, the Middle East and Europe. The agents said foreigners are still looking for experienced doctors, advanced technologies ...
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Attack mars Visakha Bucha
Five paramilitary rangers killed in Pattani despite heightened security A roadside explosion killed five paramilitary rangers and severely injured another in Pattani yesterday in what was described as a revenge attack by insurgents. The late-morning attack took place in the Muslim-majority southern province on Visakha Bucha Day and prompted local authorities to heighten security for Buddhists ...
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Buddhists mark Vishaka Bucha nationwide
Buddhists in Bangkok joined the prayer ceremony at Sanam Luang to mark Visakha Bucha Day yesterday, while others in the rest of the country participated in similar rituals at their neighbourhood temples. People living in the three southern border provinces began their candle-lit walk around the temple in the middle of the afternoon for fear of attacks despite stepped-up security. Visakha Bucha ...
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Social medias role in natural disasters
I almost wrote that Thailand's hero of the week is social media, after the news last week of a 17-year-old girl rescued from prostitution in South Korea after she used Facebook to alert authorities. Social media was again in the news on Tuesday, for its role in disseminating news during a blackout in 14 provinces of southern Thailand. The advantages of social media in connecting people is ...
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Lod Canal off limits to vendors during the day
Street stalls no longer stretch along the Lod Canal in Bangkok during daytime following new regulations, which now ban them before 7pm. No vendors want to defy the new rules and risk possible legal prosecution, even if it means their livelihood is at stake. "Perhaps, I'll have to seek loans for my grandchildren's schooling," a beverage vendor said sadly. Identifying ...
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Dazed Beermen try to get back at Thais today
SAN MIGUEL Beer tries to recover from a "most embarrassing" loss to Sports Rev Thailand when they collide again today in Game 2 of their Asean Basketball League (ABL) semifinal series at Philsports Arena in Pasig City. The Thais upset the favored Beermen, 62-60, Thursday night at Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo City with Darongpang Apiromvilaichai burying the game-winning jumper in ...
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Chinese vice premier meets Thai Ethiopian deputies
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong on Friday met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana and Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Demeke Mekonnen, respectively.During the meeting with Thepkanjana, Liu spoke highly of the comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership between China and Thailand.She said China is willing to work with ...
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Thai FM to visit U.S.
Thai foreign minister is scheduled to visit the United Sates of America from Saturday to Wednesday, according to the Thai Foreign Ministry. Surapong Tovichakchaikul, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, will leave Bangkok for the States on Saturday and will be back on Wednesday. He will meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC, said Thai Foreign ...
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Pattani bomb kills five rangers
The rangers' vehicle lies overturned on the road after the bomb explosion in Sai Buri district of Pattani on Friday. The attacks came amid heightened security in place to protect Buddhists observing Visakha Bhucha Day, one of the holiest days on the Buddhist calendar. The explosion took place at about 11.20 am when a six-man unit from the 4202 Ranger Company was travelling on a patrol ...
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Bangkok university honours Moily for making Bangalore an IT hub
Union Minister Veerapa Moily was presented with a "Global Citizen Award" by an university here for his role in transforming Bangalore as a global IT hub during his tenure as Karnataka Chief Minister.The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), presented the award to the Minister who was chief guest at the university's graduation ceremony yesterday. The award was presented to him by ...
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Japan stocks inch up a day after rout
Tokyo - Japanese stocks inched up Friday, recouping some of the 7 per cent lost the previous day after an unexpected drop in a Chinese business confidence index. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed up 128.47 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 14,612.45, while the broader-based Topix index rose 5.74 points, or 0.48 per cent, to end the day at 1,194.08. Stocks jumped in intra-day trading, ...
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A day at the museums
Museums usually conjure up images of boring rooms filled with old stuff on display collecting dust and noisy groups of bored school kids. But some museums in Thailand, both official and unofficial, are dedicated to esoteric subjects filled with exhibits you probably wouldn't imagine meriting their own safe keeping. We hope you'll have some fun while learning something new at these ...
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Urgent Four rangers killed in bomb attack in Pattani
Pattani - Muslim insurgents detonated a road-side bomb to ambush a unit of rangers, killing four of them on the visakha Bhucha Day. The blast occurred in Moo 4 village inTambon Buarae in Sai Buri district at 10:50 am. The rangers were travelling in their pick-up truck on their way to keep security at a Buddhist temple. The ...
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Bangkok’s reputation under threat
Bangkok has long-been the site of political instability for the country, but this has rarely escalated into full-scale violence, now as talks between government and protests breakdown, and acts of violence increase, the city faces a difficult situation.
There is currently a days-long standoff between the government and anti-government protestors who claim the present government headed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva was supported by the military when they came to power fifteen months ago. Read more
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