Thailand

  • Feb 18, 2014
  • 2 min read

Bangkok clashes add to Yingluck's judicial woes

At least three people were killed and dozens injured in violent clashes between the police and...

Thailand
  • Feb 17, 2014
  • 2 min read

Thailand's 3-4% growth forecast may prove optimistic

GDP grew 0.6% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with 2.7% in the previous...

Thailand
  • Feb 14, 2014
  • 2 min read

Rice scheme adds to Thai caretaker's mounting woes

The caretaker administration, according to reports today, will sell 500,000 tonnes of rice next...

Thailand
  • Feb 3, 2014
  • 6 min read

Election will fail to end Thailand political crisis

General elections proceeded as scheduled yesterday, despite pre-election violence that included...

Thailand
  • Jan 31, 2014
  • 6 min read

Thailand protests portend troubled election

Labour Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung, head of the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order, has...

Thailand
  • Jan 29, 2014
  • 7 min read

Myanmar reforms create risks for Thai labour market

A December 2013 survey of 5,000 Myanmar nationals working in seven Thai provinces by the...

Myanmar
  • Jan 24, 2014
  • 2 min read

'Judicial coup' could topple Yingluck in Thailand

The Constitutional Court today ruled in favour of a plea by the Election Commission to approve...

Thailand
  • Jan 22, 2014
  • 2 min read

Emergency powers worsen political crisis in Bangkok

The government last night declared a state of emergency.

Thailand