Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha said the nation has to think about expenditure in dollars to help weaken its currency. “We have to think how we will spend in dollars in many ways to help weaken the baht,” Prayuth said in a speech Monday, adding the private sector needs to …
CHONBURI, Thailand (Reuters) – Visitors to a zoo in Thailand are being offered a tasty choice over the name of its newest resident – a baby pygmy hippopotamus that is drawing crowds. The male was born at the end of October at the state-run Khao Kheaw Zoo in Chonburi province, …
BANGKOK/KANCHANABURI, Thailand (Reuters) – The Thai children walking on the zebra crossing look as if they are stepping from one white board, floating well above the road, to the next – but it is just an optical illusion, created by a volunteer group aimed at making roads safer for pedestrians. …
Thailand backed down on a plan to prohibit three pesticides from Dec. 1 after coming under pressure from farmers, the U.S. government and lobbyists for chemicals companies. The ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos will be delayed until June 1 next year, Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said in a briefing. Glyphosate — …
The animal had 7kg of rubbish in its stomach including coffee grounds, noodle packaging and towels A deer has been found dead in Thailand after swallowing 7kg (15lb) of plastic bags and other rubbish, raising the alarm on littering in the country’s waters and forests. The south-east Asian country is one of …
A project employing women from poor hill tribes is transforming lives in northern Thailand. It started in 1988 with the Royal Villa, a residence built by the Princess Mother, who was ready to leave Switzerland, where she had lived off and on, for the northern mountains of her native Thailand. Her condition for spending …
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai LGBT+ activists submitted a legal challenge to the Constitutional Court on Friday in a bid to change laws that limit marriage to between a man and a woman, the latest in a series of attempts to achieve marriage equality in Asia. The definition of …
Negative rates would be bad for Thai economy, Veerathai says Governor says baht may have strengthened beyond fundamentals Thailand has limited space to deliver a “strong dose” of monetary policy, central bank Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said as he cautioned against negative interest rates. “The key rate shouldn’t be negative, as …
The courts detect a grave lapse in some paperwork regarding a defunct publisher of inflight magazines Even after the verdict of Thailand’s constitutional court on November 20th, supporters of the Future Forward party, gathered outside, kept signing a portrait. It showed a beaming Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the party. His actual …
BANGKOK (AP) — She made him wait for her while she chatted with Thailand’s king and queen. She chided him for only visiting Bangkok and not the “real Thailand.” And she got a chuckle out of “Jorge” when she took her time translating his off-the-cuff Spanish for local priests and …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pope Francis warned on Friday that technology and globalization were homogenizing young people around the world to the point where their uniqueness and cultural individuality were becoming endangered species. Pope Francis attends a meeting with cardinals and bishops at the Blessed Nicholas Boonkerd Kitbamrung Shrine in Bankgok, …
The earthquake could be felt hundreds of miles away, and shook high-rises in Bangkok, the Thai capital. A strong earthquake shook a border area between northern Thailand and Laos on Thursday morning, swaying Bangkok high-rises. Residents in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai felt a long period of shaking …
