PM confident Preah Vihear dispute will ease after Cambodian election [
24 July 2008
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Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Wednesday expressed confidence that the dispute over the Preah Vihear temple areas between Thailand and Cambodia would ease after the general election in Cambodia scheduled to take place on July 27.
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Thai business people in Cambodia returning home [
24 July 2008
] [ 3]
Thai business people in Cambodia are returning to Thailand due to the uncertain situation over the continuing Preah Vihear temple dispute....
Toyota still optimistic about diesel-engine vehicle sales [
24 July 2008
] [ 3]
Giant Japanese carmaker Toyota remains optimistic total sales of diesel-engine vehicles will improve this year despite a decline in the first half of the year upon concerns over substantially higher diesel fuel prices.
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Govt injects village funds to boost economy, create jobs [
24 July 2008
] [ 3]
Thailand’s populist economics-oriented government on Wednesday injected a second round of so-called village funds totalling Bt900 million, for 900 villages throughout the kingdom in an attempt to create jobs and to jump-start the stagnant economies o...
Asian stock markets rise as investors encouraged by falling oil prices, Wall Street’s strength [
24 July 2008
] [ 3]
Asian stock markets resumed their upswing Wednesday, as another fall in oil prices and a strong performance on Wall Street boosted investor confidence throughout the region. ...
Bat meat a favourite dish with Kalasin villagers [
23 July 2008
] [ 6]
The latest Batman film has been thrilling movie fans across the world, yet the only stir bats are causing in a remote village in Thailand’s northeastern province of Kalasin is in a cooking pot.
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Central bank to revise Thailand’s economic growth estimate [
23 July 2008
] [ 5]
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) plans to revise the country’s economic growth estimate for this year on July 28 by taking new changing factors into account.
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Most Asia markets little changed amid higher oil prices, mixed US results; Nikkei up 3 percent [
23 July 2008
] [ 6]
Most Asian markets closed little changed Tuesday, as a gain in oil prices and mixed results from U.S. companies led many investors to hold back after a two-day rally and wait for direction from Wall Street.
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