News Thailand Economy: Ghana, Thailand meet over economic cooperation
Senior officials of the governments of Thailand and Ghana have met in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Thursday, August 8, 2019, meeting held at Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional ...
News Thailand Economy: Thai Airways Q2 loss more than doubles to $223.7 mn on economic slowdown
Thai Airways International’s second-quarter loss more than doubled as the global economic slowdown, fierce competition and a strengthened baht took their toll on revenue. The company reported a 6.88 ...
News Thailand Economy: Thailand’s Former Leader, in Exile and Wanted at Home, Gets Serbian Citizenship
BANGKOK — Beloved by Thailand’s rural poor, ousted from office and in exile ... “I don’t see a problem with that, especially if Serbia has economic benefits or other benefits from granting passports,” ...
News Thailand Economy: New Thai government to pursue economic policies championed by junta
Thailand's new government said it plans to pursue a number of economic policies championed by the previous military administration as officials strive to revive the nation's growth. Initiatives such ...
News Thailand Economy: World-Beating Currency Is a Big, Big Headache for Thailand's Tourism
(Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need.Thailand’s tourism minister has blamed a surge in the baht for sapping tourist arrivals into Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and says he’ll take up the matter with the central bank, highlighting
News Thailand Economy: Analysis: Thai Baht’s Performance Is Out Of Sync
Top Asian currencies such as the ASEAN region’s best performer the Thai baht (THB), the Korean won (KRW), and Indian rupee (INR) are in a tight position following June’s stronger-than-expected US jobs report. The prospects ...The post Analysis: Thai Baht's Performance Is Out Of Sync appeared first
News Thailand Economy: Thailand's advances in UN SDGs seen boosting investment competitiveness
BANGKOK, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Thailand advancing 19 places from last year to rank 40th globally and first in ASEAN in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report will bolster the country's competitiveness as more investors see sustainability performance as relevant to their
News Thailand Economy: Rail line links Thailand and Cambodia for first time since Vietnam War
Tourists, gamblers, traders and residents can travel by train from Bangkok right up to the Thai-Cambodian border, the first time since tracks were cut 45 years ago when U.S. and Cambodian allied forces lost out to the Khmer Rouge forces of Pol Pot, who would go on to unleash the country's notorious "killing fields" regime in the late 1970s.
News Thailand Economy: Thai lawmakers elect junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha as PM
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha was elected late Wednesday as the kingdom's first civilian prime minister since the 2014 coup he led, in a vote by a parliament stacked with appointed allies of the conservative, arch-royalist army.
News Thailand Economy: Thailand's Parliament elects coup leader Prayut Chan-ocha as prime minister
Thailand's junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha was elected late on Wednesday as the kingdom's first civilian prime minister since the 2014 coup he led, in a vote by a parliament stacked with appointed allies of the conservative, arch-royalist army. Prayut swept aside his sole challenger, the charismatic 40-year-old billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit who led the anti-military bloc, garnering 500 votes to his rival's 244.
News Thailand Economy: Thailand's Slump Is First Test for Junta Leader’s New Government
"It’s a government of mixed characters with no shared vision" so passing any legislation quickly is going to be difficult, said Prajak Kongkirati, head of the politics department at Thammasat University in Bangkok. The U.S.-China trade war is hurting export-reliant Thailand. Investors also
News Thailand Economy: Thai c.bank stands pat despite seeing economic growth slow
BANGKOK, May 8 (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank on Wednesday left its benchmark rate where it has been since December, as expected, saying policy is accommodative enough to aid a slowing economy as ...
News Thailand Economy: Thailand on Red Alert in Bid to Stop ‘Pig Ebola’ Crossing Border
The Agriculture Ministry has estimated an outbreak may cost the Thai economy more than $1 billion if over 50% of the country’s hogs are infected. That could reach nearly $2 billion if 80% are infected ...
News Thailand Economy: Thai first-quarter GDP growth year-on-year seen at lowest in nearly four years as exports sag: Reuters poll
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand’s economic growth likely picked up in January-March from the previous three months but the annual pace likely was the weakest for any quarter in almost four years, a ...
