Thomas Abraham

4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Thomas Abraham

A group of foreign tourists walk along the walls of the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Thailand’s economy looks set to expand by 1.8% year on year in the fourth quarter. Photographer: Luke Duggleby/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Thai attorneys have dropped royal insult charges against a US academic citing a lack of evidence, almost two months after he was detained and stripped of his job at a local university.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Thomas Abraham

Tourists visit Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok. (Bloomberg) -- Thailand will require foreign visitors to fill up a pre-departure digital form from May 1, a move that will make it easy for authorities to track travelers amid a broadening crackdown against human trafficking into Southeast Asia’s illegal cybercrime centers. Starting Monday, travelers can fill up the Thailand Digital Arrival Card for trips beginning Thursday.

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Thomas Abraham

Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand. (Bloomberg) -- Thailand plans to step up a campaign to attract high-spending European tourists as the Chinese, the dominant group of holidaymakers to the Southeast Asian country before the Covid pandemic, shun it on safety concerns.

2 months ago | energyconnects.com | Thomas Abraham

Thailand aims to hold talks with Trump administration officials next week to secure relief from a planned 36% reciprocal tariff on its goods, with officials finalizing a set of proposals to cut its $46 billion trade surplus with the US. A delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira is preparing to meet with US trade officials in Washington on April 21, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said in a statement Monday.

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Thomas Abraham

Thailand aims to hold talks with Trump administration officials next week to secure relief from a planned 36% reciprocal tariff on its goods, with officials finalizing a set of proposals to cut its $46 billion trade surplus with the US. A delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira is preparing to meet with US trade officials in Washington on April 21, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said in a statement Monday.