By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on
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Thai business group urges action from government amid ‘panic’ over US trade policy
By Reuters and published by CNA THE Thai Chamber of Commerce on Thursday (March 6) urged action from the government over US trade policy uncertainty and proposed it creates a “war room” to head off any threat of tariffs by the Trump administration. The chamber said its panic over US trade policy was justified
Read moreVictims from several countries file complaints against The iCon Group
MANY of over 20 victims of The iCon Group living in several countries have filed complaints against the company with the Consumer Protection Police Division after losing large sums of money in its direct sales business, Naewna newspaper said today (Oct. 27). Mr. Itthidet Thanesawatana, a representative of this company’s victims, said this overseas
Read moreiCon Group CEO Boss Paul shows up to testify
AMID mounting pressure from investors who complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht after investing in The iCon Group, the company’s CEO Mr. Woratphon Waratvorakul, or Boss Paul, today (Oct. 12) showed up at Consumer Protection Police headquarters to testify, Naewna and Thai Rath newspapers
Read moreKorean couple commit suicide in Phuket after business failure
A KOREAN couple who ran a cosmetics and beauty products store in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict were today (July 12) found hanged at their shophouse in what police believe was a suicide after their business collapsed, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Ekasak Kwanwan, an inspector at Karon police station, rushed to the three-story shophouse
Read moreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreUN report exposes dark underbelly of the seafood business
PRAWN cocktails and pan-fried salmon with warm tartar sauce are popular items on restaurant menus. But a damning report published by the United Nations this week has exposed the dark reality behind those mouth-watering delicacies. The environmental damage caused by overfishing, poor working conditions of the fishermen/women, the distortions of world trade are among
Read moreRevealing senators’ businesses just the starting point: Rung
HITTING out at senators today (July 14) was Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, a member of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, who said a top Twitter trend for Thailand revealing senators’ businesses is just the starting point, Matichon newspaper said. In yesterday’s vote for Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister
Read moreArrest warrants out for 3 DSI officers who raided former consul’s house
THE court has issued warrants for the arrest of three Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers who searched the residence of the former consul of Republic of Nauru, an island country and microstate in Oceania, and a short while later a Chinese grey business suspect’s condominium in Huai Kwang area, TV Channel 7 and
Read moreQuestioning of Prayut’s nephew urged over Chinese grey business links
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL and police were today (Jan.26) pressed to bring a businessperson known as a nephew of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for questioning over alleged connection with Chinese grey businesses in Thailand. Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome urged the Office of Attorney-General and police to quickly bring Pathompol
Read moreProbe into Prayut’s nephew’s connection with grey business suspect hits snag
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO an alleged connection between a Chinese-born grey business suspect and a tour bus operator has apparently hit a snag up to now since the latter has been known as a nephew of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s, said an opposition legislator today (Jan.12). Move Forward MP Padipat Santipada
Read moreThai man files complaint after losing over 3m baht in Chinese business fraud
A THAI BUSINESSMAN who was defrauded of 3.6 million baht by a Chinese company after a product he ordered was not delivered petitioned the Chinese embassy for help before reporting the swindle to Technology Crime Suppression Division police, Siam Rath newspaper said today (Oct. 15). Mr. Somchai Saengwichaipat, 55, director of Amadeus Piano
Read moreNew business registration tops highest since January 2019
NEW business registration topped 7,283 in January, the highest since January 2019, driven by the promise of Covid-19 inoculations and upbeat sentiment on the country’s economic outlook, NNT said today (Feb. 27). Business Development Department Director-General Thosapone Dansuputra said the new business registration trend in 2021 is expected to come in line with the
Read moreBusiness Advice: 3 concepts essential to success
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Read moreCustoms Department denies any link to bribe case
THE Customs Department denied any link to a hot issue where its name was wrongfully used to get a large sum of money to pay under the table and clear a consignment of temperature scanners, PostToday reported this afternoon (May 30, 2020). This followed a complaint filed at Pak Klong San police station against a
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