Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s “general condition is good,” the royal household said, dousing speculation that the 81-year-old monarch’s health had worsened during a 26-day stay in a hospital. “A further period of recovery of lung pneumonia is necessary, as in case of the elderly,” a faxed statement from the Royal Household […]
BANGKOK (Dow Jones)–General Motors Thailand said Wednesday that union workers have ended a strike at its manufacturing plant in the country’s east that has left production idling since early last week. The auto maker said in a statement that normal operations at the Rayong plant will resume Thursday after the company and the Workers Union […]
International education in Thailand is set to grow 10 per cent yearly and the government expects to have up to 100,000 foreign students enrolled here within five years, up from about 30,000 at present, a senior Commerce Ministry official said. “The quality of international academic institutions in Thailand is acknowledged worldwide. Much lower costs than […]
Frédéric Mitterrand, France’s culture minister, was under pressure to resign after it emerged that he had admitted to paying “young boys” for sexual acts while on holiday in Thailand. The revelations in his 2005 autobiography “The Bad Life” have come back to haunt Mr Mitterrand after he emerged as one of the most vociferous defenders […]
The UK is leading the pack at this year’s International Emmy awards with nine nominations, including best drama for Spooks. Julie Walters is up for best actress for A Short Stay In Switzerland, as a terminally ill woman who ends her own life in a Zurich clinic. The script for the one-off BBC drama was […]
Rumored having a fling after their joint performance at MTV Video Music Awards last month, they are said having a getaway to Thailand and have been photographed together in London. Speculation that Katy Perry and Russell Brand are dating is escalating yet again after both of them tweeted about holidaying in Thailand. The story, which […]
(Hong Kong) — U.S. health experts are praising the government of Thailand for helping conduct controversial trials for the only vaccine so far to show progress in stopping the virus that causes AIDS. The trials conducted by Thai health authorities, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research involved […]
Thailand will wait to see whether Indonesia would issue tsunami warning before deciding whether to issue the warning. Indonesia’s Sumatra island was hit by powerful 7.9-Ritcher-scale quake on Wednesday, destroying large buildings and starting fires in Padang city. Thai director of geological and environmental division, Apichart Surinkham said that in case tsunami happens following the […]
