Thailand's GDP to contract 1% in 2009

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BANGKOK, March 5 (TNA) - Although the Thai economy is projected to recover in the fourth quarter this year, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) for Calendar 2009 is expected to contract by o

ASEAN+3 to convene in Phuket in April

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BANGKOK, March 3 (TNA) - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday that the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and three other Asian countries -- China,

Thai PM: ASEAN to be more people-centred

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PHETCHABURI, Feb 28 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday pledged that the10-nation Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) would put people first in its vision, policie

Ex-PM Thaksin cancels planned speech in Hong Kong

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BANGKOK, Feb 28 (TNA) - Convicted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday was reported to have cancelled a planned speech in China's Hong Kong special administrative region to ref

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