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Thai industrial sentiment falls in April on weak demand, wage hike plan

  By Reuters – published by CNA and US News & World Report THE Thai industrial sentiment index dropped in April, dented by slowing domestic demand, a government wage hike plan and drought, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said today (May 15). The FTI said its industrial sentiment index fell to 90.3 in April

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Yingluck being named UN special envoy for Myanmar could be April Fools’ Day prank

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said today (Apr. 2) unconfirmed hearsay of deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra being named a special envoy for Myanmar attached to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Office might only be an April Fools’ Day prank. Parnpree was responding to a news report published yesterday

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