Khao Sod reports (Source) Thailand’s telecom and media regulator, made a statement yesterday, saying that the International Telecom Union had significantly, up Thailand’s ranking, on internet access, from 105 in 2013 to 71 in 2014, that is a 34 place jump, based on the availability of 3G mobile phone. The regulator also said, Thailand has…

Khao Sod, a news group, reports Thailand’s Dictator junta, is following up on Thaksin’s “Village Fund” by planning to pump about US$30,000 into each Village Grouping (Source). Khao Sod reports, the Thaksin’s “Village Fund” scheme, which pumped about US$5 billion into village, to stimulate the economy, then recovering from the Thai Financial Crisis, over the…

Prachachart Turakij, a business newspaper, reports (Source) Thailand’s leading home improvement and construction materials mega stores have “Lifted the Foot from the Speed Pedal” for 2015, expecting slow economy. The newspaper reported, Thai Watsadu a Central Retail Company, Home Pro, and Global House, all have stopped their aggressive branch/center extension plans and to re-focus instead,…

A great deal of talk is going on in Thailand, under the Dictator, Prayuth, about the “Thai Way” as being the way for Thailand to move forward. So what exactly, is the “Thai Way?” Well, the latest, is that tourist at Phuket beach, a much known island tourist spot, on the global map, has banned…

Thailand’s Matichon newspaper reports (Source), that with Thailand’s Dictator, Prayuth, wanting to hear out-side opinion (from his various advisers) and have these out-side people do work analysis, Somkid Jatusripitak, has rose in ranks. Matichon Weekly, has a font cover page on Somkid, with the wording, “Karma Bright in the Sky.” There have been speculation that…

One of Thailand’s largest sellers of consumer goods, ICC, say for 2015, the firm plans to lower its sales growth, from the normal 10-15% growth, to 5% growth. For this year, the firm originally planned for a 5% sales expansion to about US$500 million, but actual sales will likely fall by about 10%, reported Matichon…

Matichon reports Thailand’s junta, statement by Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, is looking to borrow, about US$15 billion to US$ 18 billion from “Local Banks” to fund 5 Bangkok areas, mass transit system. So who are the “Local banks?” Of note, of course, Bangkok’s traditional elite has their Dictator, Prayuth, in place,…

Thailand’s Chamber of Commerce University, just took a survey of 700 people, who joined its recent seminar, and painted a rosy picture, saying the private sector, expect, Thailand’s economy to recover, from 2014, about 0.5-1% GDP growth, in the second quarter of next year, with 2015 GDP expectation at 3-5%, based on recovered tourism &…

The Harvard Crimson, the USA’s oldest continuously published daily college newspaper, founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1967, had pulled a report critical of the Thai junta.The report is about the Thai junta raising funds for a Thai Study Center at Harvard University, called by the junta, a beach-head. (Up-Dated) Harvard Crimson re-posted the report after…