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SET up 0.54% at opening
Bangkok Post 1 hour ago

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) main index opened at 1,136.07 points, up 0.54 per cent from Friday's close. The trade value was 2.45 billion baht. The SET50 index gained 5.05 points, or 0.64 per cent, to stay at 799.91 points, with a total...
Crossing the Border
Travel Blog 1 hour ago

By filling out the papers for us they demanded 4x times as much as at the 'official' immigration. With a thankful Brandon we walked for another km and applied for our entry visa. It took us about 45 minutes to get out of Thailand walked through a sort...
Getty Images 9 hours ago

CHON BURI, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 19: Yani Tseng (R) of Taiwan is embraced by a friend after her victory at the LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club on February 19, 2012 in Chon Buri, Thailand. View Photo »
Historically, Hezbollah hasn't had an active presence in Thailand
SOURCE: International Business Times 1 month ago
Asia stocks rise after China central bank move
San Francisco Chronicle 1 hour ago

18:45 PST BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Asian stock markets climbed Monday after China moved to boost bank lending to shore up slowing economic growth. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 9,512.28. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.1 percent to...
Thai Economy Shrinks First Time in Two Years After Floods
BusinessWeek 2 hours ago

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has pledged to spend 350 billion baht ($11 billion) on infrastructure and the Bank of Thailand cut the benchmark interest rate for a second straight meeting in January. “Thailand’s economy is on the road to recovery...
Thai agency ups 2012 GDP growth f'cast to 5.56.5
The Star Malaysia 2 hours ago

Thailand's economy is expected to expand 5.56.5 percent this year rather than the 4.55.5 percent forecast in November, after growing just 0.1 percent last year due to severe flooding, the state planning agency said on Monday. The National Economic and...
Getty Images 9 hours ago

CHON BURI, THAILAND - FEBRUARY 19: Yani Tseng of Taiwan plays a shot on the 11th hole during day four of the LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club on February 19, 2012 in Chon Buri, Thailand. View Photo »
The European Union as such does not wish to interfere in any way with an internal conflict problem in Thailand, but we would like to interact and we would like to share experiences. We have experiences in Northern Ireland, in the Basque country [of Spain]. There are many experiences that we can share
SOURCE: Scoop - New Zealand News 1 month ago
Iranian bombs explode in Bangkok, Thailand
YouTube Videos 5 days ago
Thai GDP Shrinks 9% Amid Floods in Fourth Quarter, Almost Twice Estimates
Bloomberg.com 2 hours ago

Gross domestic product declined 9 percent in the three months through December from a year earlier, after climbing a revised 3.7 percent the previous quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Board said in Bangkok today. The median of 14...
Additional Support Expected For Thai Stock Market
RTTNews 2 hours ago

9:41 PM ET (RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last six trading days since the end of the three-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 20 points or 2 percent. The Stock...

About Thailand

Wikipedia

The Kingdom of Thailand lies in Southeast Asia, with Laos and Cambodia to its east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to its south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to its west. The country's official name was Siam (Thai: สยาม; IPA: [saˈjaːm], RTGS: Sayam), until 24 June 1939. The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language and is also... Full Article

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