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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES OPENS OFFICE IN THAILAND
(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR30124 Heidrick & Struggles Opens Office in Thailand BANGKOK, May 6 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Expansion targets demand for...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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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