BANGKOK – Thailand produces about 20-21 million tonnes (mt) of milled rice and India processes 23-24 mt of sugar annually. The largest single denominator between...
SATTAHIP– The Royal Thai Army has taken delivery the first five Ukraine Oplot-M battle tanks to Thailand of a 2011 order worth over $200 million,...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank is expected to cut interest rates at its meeting Wednesday as political unrest continues to engulf the exporter of automobiles...
BANGKOK – The risk of Thailand defaulting on its debt rose to the highest since June 2012 as anti-government protests prompt money managers to sell...
THAILAND – Every time you come to Thailand, you are struck by the vibrancy of the economy: bustling street markets, lots of shiny new luxury SUVs...
BANGKOK – Thai markets barely avoided a 12th consecutive day of losses Monday as the country’s worsening political crisis provokes what has become a record-setting...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s stocks plunged more than 5% and the currency sank to its lowest in almost four years as investors braced for a potential full-blown...
BANGKOK – Thailand is part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about in recent years, along with Indonesia, Malaysia and...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s finance minister has mounted a strong defence of a much-criticised official rice subsidy scheme, saying it can continue indefinitely even though its...
BANGKOK – Thailand may need to raise new funds for a rice buying scheme in the crop year from October as it has fallen behind...
THAILAND – Driven to despair by a plague that has laid to waste young shrimps across east Asia, Suraphol Pratuangtham, a seafood farmer in southern Thailand,...
BANGKOK – An incentive program for first-time car buyers in Thailand has backfired with more than 100,000 indebted consumers defaulting, leaving the big global manufacturers...
BANGKOK – A Division of Special Investigation has announced an inquiry into a Bangkok-based fraudulent investment fund. The investigation followed a complaint by the Security...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s economy may not easily pull out of recession, data on factory output suggests, even as a retreat by foreign investors puts further...
BANGKOK – Thai rice traders have offered Bt20 million in compensation for any consumer killed by methyl bromide in packaged rice – an attempt to...
BANGKOK– The Bank of Thailand joined the Finance Ministry and International Monetary Fund in cutting the country’s economic growth forecasts for this year, a reflection...
BANGKOK – Asia is fighting a new disease that has reduced shrimp output in Thailand as much as 40%, driving prices higher for Western restaurants...
BEIJING – Asian powers are outpacing the United States to become the biggest spenders on defense by 2021 and are fuelling an “explosion” in the...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s baht fell to a five-month low after foreign funds pulled money from local assets amid speculation the government will take steps to...
BANGKOK — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations’...