Bangkok Informer

Land prices have continued to rise, by over 20 per cent in locations close to existing and planned mass-transit routes and more than doubling in some areas, according to property experts. The Nation Prices have consistently risen since the Treasury Department’s implementation of revised appraisal values in July last year as demand to buy land [...]

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More than three in four people in 17 provinces surveyed in the past week could not correctly name the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Politics

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The investment world is full of pitfalls. Even experienced investors and large financial institutions can make disastrous errors of judgment so what hope is there for the small investor? There is some hope if people can learn from the mistakes of others. Here are a few examples: Failure to maintain healthy cash reserves It is [...]

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The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a list of the world’s most likely targets for terrorist attacks, a list on which Thailand ranks unnervingly high. In addition to being the number-one target for terrorist attacks in Asia, Thailand is also the number-five target for terrorist attacks in the world. The FBI [...]

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Songkran alcohol ban mulled in a move to reduce deaths during holiday Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Eight passengers were killed in Feb. 2012, five others injured when their passenger van slammed into the back of a parked 18-wheel truck .   BANGKOK – The Thai government’s Road Safety Centre — the centre which every year in this season swings into action to prevent and reduce the number of the road accidents, [...]

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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is voted the most creative politician in 2012 in a poll by Bangkok University. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Politics

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By Kaewmala That’s what Durex, the world’s No. 1 condom maker, would have you believe. True or not, statistics has been thrown at the media like a juicy piece of bone. As if on cue the media jumped with all four, grabbed it midair and ran with it. Here’s that piece of bone. The Bangkok [...]

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Crime Suppression police and the Belgian Embassy on Tuesday announced the arrest of Belgian criminal gang leader suspect Marc De Schutter in Phuket’s Muang district. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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