Political protests in Thailand are hurting its economy badly, warns World Bank Growth in East Asia & Pacific region cut to 7.1% Thai growth slashed from 4.5% to 3% - here's why Eurozone deflation fears grow Co-op Bank postpones results again 12.43pm BST The flurry of M&A activity continues , with a £3.4bn pharmaceutical deal being announced. Drugmaker Mallinckrodt is paying $5.6bn in...
Ali Rehmat Assadi, an Iranian, arrested in Thailand and deported to UAE over abduction of Abbas Yazdi, who went missing last June An Iranian man suspected of helping to kidnap a British-Iranian businessman in Dubai has been arrested in Thailand and deported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to an official source. Ali Rehmat Assadi will stand trial in the UAE on charges of abducting Abbas...
Civil service global roundup: Thailand toasts its civil servants and New Zealand commission vows to fight gender inequality About 1,050 civil servants who were working in the service illegally will be retired in the next three weeks, the Daily Times of Nigeria reported . Continue reading... ...
Footage shows the aftermath of an explosion at a warehouse in Bangkok caused by a bomb left over from the second world war. Seven construction workers were killed in the blast as they attempted to open the bomb using a gas torch. A community leader claims the men were hoping to collect money from the materials...
Scrap-shop workers unintentionally detonate bomb found on building site, killing at least seven and injuring 19 others Workers at a scrap shop in Thailand's capital on Wednesday accidentally detonated a large bomb believed to have been dropped during the second world war, killing at least seven people and injuring 19 others, police said. Police bomb squad chief Kamthorn Auicharoen said construction...
WHO certifies 11 countries polio free after three years without reporting single new case India and 10 other Asian countries have been declared free of polio, meaning the disease has been eradicated in 80% of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) certified the south-east Asian region which includes India but excludes Afghanistan and Pakistan polio free after the countries went three years...
Villagers from Wang Nuea in northern Thailand look for gold in the river every year during the dry season. They can make about $15 a day, though two years ago they reached $200 in a single day when the river level dropped more than usual. The workers begin to search at 10am and work until sunset, often doing second jobs in order to survive ...
Rural minority support the return of the exiled former prime minister, who improved their standard of living Chaineuk Phokachang, 74, says: "In Bangkok they think people from north-east Thailand are fools. But though we're poor and not as well off as the people in the capital and the central plains, we nevertheless represent a force. After all, the army no longer dares attempt a putsch because they...
Neither the government nor protesters are entirely right. Compromise is required to confront existential challenges "Usually, in the past, we would have had a coup by now," said one retired senior Thai official this week about his country's travails . He didn't mean the absence of a coup marked progress; he was reflecting a widespread resignation that without action by some external force – such as...
Judges declare general election unconstitutional after protesters disrupted voting, further deepening country's political crisis Thailand's constitutional court has ruled that a general election held in February was invalid, setting the stage for a new vote and further deepening the country's political crisis. The judges voted by six to three to declare the 2 February election unconstitutional because...
Follow live updates on the search missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 more than 12 days after it disappeared with 239 people on board Matthew Weaver ...
Government preparing to ease restrictions on demonstrations, saying number taking part in protests has dwindled ...
Malaysian PM says search will be extended across vast area from central Asia to southern ocean after new satellite data became available Kate Hodal ...
Follow the latest developments on the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which is still missing after it vanishing from radar last Saturday with 239 people on board Helen Davidson Michael Safi ...
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Follow live coverage as Chinese government agency releases satellite pictures it says may show debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Helen Davidson ...
Follow live updates as the search goes on for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared early last Saturday morning with 239 passengers on board. Matthew Weaver ...
Have you ever lost your passport on holiday? The illegal trade in forged and doctored travel documents props up criminal activity all around the world: from human trafficking to terrorism • Italian's passport used to board flight MH370 was stolen in Phuket On 30 November 2010, a 39-year-old Pakistani national named Muhammed Ather "Tony" Butt was detained with his Thai girlfriend, Sirikalya Kitbamrung,...
Alan Morison and Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian face defamation charges for reporting alleged abuse and human trafficking Kate Hodal ...
s tourist centre, only to discover when he later went to collect it that the shop owner had handed it over to a man who "looked similar". Passports are often asked in exchange for car and motorbike rentals in Phuket – visited by 12 million tourists every year – but the island is a hotbed of identity theft, and complaints of stolen and lost passports are rife. According to Italian honorary consul Francesco...
Nathan Hansford, who disappeared from his home in Bangkok a month ago, suffered memory loss after a car accident ...