Posted by: ronakorn on: May 2, 2009
Anti-global warming manuals will be given away to people in Bangkok in a hope to cope with the global warming. The so-called “Love Bangkok, Love environment” manual will be published to approach three target groups: family, youths and offices.
Posted by: ronakorn on: March 11, 2009
Mrs. Jamsri Sukchotirat, president of the THAI Labor Union, this morning went to the Government House to explain the impact of the single airport policy to the economic minister meeting. More than 30 staff members of Thai Airways International came to show their support to Jamsri. It was yesterday reported that a group led by [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: March 7, 2009
Thai stock index went up 5.50 points during the market closing this morning. Index hike was supported by positive regional markets. The index closed at 423.50. Trading volumes valued more than 5.5 billion baht. Index rise was supported by supportive factors from the United States and other Asian markets, according to Mr. Apisak Limthamrongkul, director [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 22, 2009
Thai rice exports fell 38 percent in January after a booming year, an industry group said Wednesday, as the world’s top seller of the grain suffered from the global financial crisis. Slow demand and high rice prices — which reached a record of nearly 1,000 dollars per tonne last year — also hurt the industry, [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 11, 2009
Flag carrier Thai Airways will move all its remaining domestic flights from Bangkok’s decades-old Don Mueang airport to its ultra-modern replacement, airline and ministry officials said Thursday. Suvarnabhumi International Airport opened to much fanfare in September 2006, but reports of cracks in one of the runways forced some carriers to move their domestic flights back [...]
Posted by: ronakorn on: February 11, 2009
The Thai distributor of the Economist said Monday it had banned the latest edition of the news magazine, which carried a story about an Australian writer jailed for insulting the monarchy. In the second ban on the British publication in two months, an Asia Books staff member said the most recent issue was barred from [...]
