Thaksin Shinawatra appears upbeat he could play a vital role in putting politics back on course, shrugging off legal woes and pinning hope on the shifting political wind to fix his predicament as the fugitive ex-premier. “I think there is a good chance for the resumption of political normalcy even though it is not happening at this time due to [...]

BANGKOK, 3 September 2010 (NNT) – The Thai baht currency has continued to strengthen on massive foreign capital inflow, standing at 31.13 THB/USD, according to latest reports. A financial expert of Ayudhya Bank Plc, stated today that the Thai Baht has opened at 31.14/15 THB/USD, appreciating slightly from yesterday’s closing of 31.15/16 THB/USD. The currency is likely to grow continuously [...]

Tesco has joined a bidding war for a raft of stores being put up for sale by Carrefour of France. The world third-largest retail group by sales, Tesco is one of around a dozen companies in the auction, sources said. The grocery giant already has a sizeable operation in Asia. Its biggest single business is in South Korea, which last [...]

Around the world, malaria, transmitted by mosquitoes, is the most significant parasitic disease of humans and claims the lives of more children worldwide than any other infectious disease. Most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, 98% of malaria infections, approximately 243 million cases every year, occur in Africa. An estimated 863,000 malaria deaths are among children in Africa under five years of [...]

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has told a Thai newspaper that he is not sick and has been doing business in Africa. Thaksin gave a phone-interview to a Thai Rath Online reporter after his lawyer Noppadon Pattama distributed media pictures of Thaksin to disprove rumours he is sick or in critical condition, as some rumours said. He did not elaborate [...]

HONOLULU — A newly unsealed federal indictment accuses six people of exploiting the labor of about 400 workers from Thailand, forcing them to work on farms in Hawaii and Washington state. The indictment unsealed Thursday charges six people in the human trafficking conspiracy involving Los Angeles-based recruiting company Global Horizons Manpower Inc. They’re charged with five counts that come with [...]

Young Tooting man paralysed and stranded in Thailand A salesman from Tooting is stranded in a Thai hospital after he was paralysed in a crash and did not have insurance. Tom Moss, 27, was left blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped was hit by two cars and a lorry in Thailand. Now his family [...]

Thailand will hold its most competitive, and probably most secretive, auction ever later this month when the country’s telecom giants vie for highly prized licences to provide third-generation (3G) services. Two of the first three 3G-2.1GHz-spectrum licences will be up for grabs at a starting price of Bt12.8 billion apiece when the bidding takes place from September 20 to September [...]

BANGKOK, 2 September 2010 (NNT) – Defense Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has voiced his readiness to consider lifting the state of emergency should the situation eases off, stressing that the military has no initiative to orchestrate a coup d’état. General Prawit ensured the best effort of all security officers to maintain peace and order in the country while the situation [...]

THAILAND – Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still healthy but he keeps quiet as does not want to be linked with political issues, people close to him said yesterday. Thaksin’s brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat – also a former prime minister – said Thaksin had greeted him by telephone on Sunday. Thaksin was not somewhere near Thailand and he was healthy. [...]