US AID FLIGHT TO MYANMAR GROUNDED: US AMBASSADOR
BANGKOK, May 9 Asia Pulse - The US ambassador to Thailand
announced Thursday that the American military C-130 aircraft
assigned to deliver the first installment of President George
Bush's earlier...
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Friday May 9, 2008, 12:46 pm
THAILAND TO SELL 500,000 TONNES OF RICE TO MALAYSIA
BANGKOK, May 9 Asia Pulse - Thailand will export 500,000
tonnes of rice to its neighbour Malaysia as it is facing a
severe shortage for domestic consumption, a Thai government
spokesman said on...
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Friday May 9, 2008, 12:15 pm
THAI FOOD EXPORTS LIKELY TO GROW AT LEAST 10% THIS YR: OFFICIAL
BANGKOK, May 8 Asia Pulse - Food exports are expected to
expand at least 10 per cent this year due in particular to an
increased international demand for the agricultural
commodities, especially rice...
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Thursday May 8, 2008, 1:18 pm
HONDA INVESTS IN VEHICLE R&D CENTRE IN THAILAND
BANGKOK, May 8 Asia Pulse - Giant Japanese automaker Honda
is to build a vehicle research and development centre for Asia
and Oceania in Thailand, according to Deputy Prime Minister and
Industry...
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Thursday May 8, 2008, 12:15 pm
THAILAND BIDS TO HOST MEETING OF RICE EXPORTING COUNTRIES
BANGKOK, May 7 - Thailand, the world's largest rice
exporter, said Tuesday it is ready to host a meeting of rice
exporting countries as worries on global food crisis have
intensified. Envoys from...
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Wednesday May 7, 2008, 12:14 pm
THAILAND TO GIVE US$100,000 AID TO MYANMAR CYCLONE VICTIMS
BANGKOK, May 7 Asia Pulse - The Thai government has approved
a US$100,000 grant to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis which
devastated Myanmar over the weekend, and Thailand will consider
further...
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Wednesday May 7, 2008, 12:14 pm
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES OPENS OFFICE IN THAILAND
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Thailand BANGKOK, May 6 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Expansion targets
demand for...
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Wednesday May 7, 2008, 11:12 am
PHILIPPINES CALLS OFF RICE AUCTION AFTER VIETNAM WITHDRAWS
BANGKOK, May 6 Asia Pulse - The Philippine government has
cancelled the current round of bidding to import 500,000 tonnes
of rice following Vietnam's withdrawal. The Thai Rice Exporters' Association...
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Tuesday May 6, 2008, 12:12 pm
RICE MILLERS CHIDE GOVERNMENT FOR MISSING PHILIPPINE OPPORTUNITY
BANGKOK, May 6 Asia Pulse - Thailand missed a strong
opportunity to influence global rice prices in bypassing the
bid to sell rice to the Philippine government. Without participation by the world's...
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Tuesday May 6, 2008, 12:12 pm
THAILAND DONATES CASH, NECESSITIES TO CYCLONE-HIT MYANMAR
BANGKOK, May 6 Asia Pulse - The Thai Foreign Ministry has
donated US$50,000 while the military has offered dried food and
medicines to Burma which was hit by cyclone Nargis last week,
Foreign...
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Tuesday May 6, 2008, 12:12 pm
CYCLONE NARGIS WEAKENED, HEAVY RAINS STILL CONTINUE IN THAILAND
BANGKOK, May 6 Asia Pulse - Cyclone Nargis killed over 350
persons in Myanmar and left a train of devastation on the
weekend but was downgraded Sunday and has weakened to a low
pressure storm,...
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Tuesday May 6, 2008, 12:12 pm
RICE CARTEL AIMS FOR COMMON PRICE: CAMBODIAN MINISTER
PHNOM PENH, May 5 Asia Pulse - An organization of rice
exporting countries (OREC) including Thailand, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar will aim to set common price for
their rice exports for more...
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Monday May 5, 2008, 4:42 pm
CAMBODIA TO JOIN OPEC-TYPE RICE CARTEL TO STABILIZE WORLD PRICES
PHNOM PENH, May 2 Asia Pulse - Cambodia has an international
obligation to participate in stabilizing global food prices, a
senior official has declared, as the kingdom moves to join an
OPEC-style...
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Friday May 2, 2008, 3:10 pm
THAILAND TO ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL OFFICE IN ISLAMABAD
KARACHI, May 2 Asia Pulse - Consul General of Thailand for
Sindh and Balochistan, Joompol Manaschuang has said that by
January next year, Thailand would open a commercial office in
Islamabad to...
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Friday May 2, 2008, 12:06 pm
THAI FINANCE MINISTRY TO RENT MILLION RAI OF LAND TO FARMERS
BANGKOK, May 2 Asia Pulse - In a creative bid to reassign
state assets in both the national and international interest,
by boosting Thailand's rice production and coping with the
growing possibility...
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Friday May 2, 2008, 11:05 am