Thai exports, imports down in first two months of 2009

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BANGKOK, March 18 (TNA) - Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP), heavily dependent on exports, looks set to be impacted sharply this year as both exports and imports declined dramastically during

Thailand plans second economic stimulus package

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BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Fuelled by anxieties over the US economic meltdown coupled with declines in foreign investment and exports, Thailand’s economic ministers Tuesday agreed to launch a second

Thai authorities nab 113 Myanmar nationals

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BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Thai immigration police on Tuesday apprehended 113 Myanmar nationals and charged them with entering and working in the country illegally, apparently in a variety of ‘pyram

Thailand's January unemployment soars to 880,000

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BANGKOK, March 17 (TNA) - Thailand’s economic slowdown, impacted by the global financial crisis, has impacted unemployment as the number of jobless people in January soared 63 per cent to 880,000 f

Govt to face censure debate Thursday

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BANGKOK, March 16 (TNA) - The Abhisit Vejjajiva government agreed to attend a censure debate on Thursday and Friday with a subsequent vote of confidence scheduled for Saturday, chief government whi

Govt to allocate 6.9 billion baht for job training

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BANGKOK, March 16 TNA) - In an attempt to cushion the impact from the global economic meltdown now impacting the Thai economy, the government is to allocate Bt6.9 billion to provide short-term occu

Thailand ready to welcome British investors: PM

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LONDON, March 14 (TNA) -- Visiting Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thailand was ready to welcome more British investors as the kingdom's political life has returned to normal and the gov

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