DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Commerce Minister Supajee Suthumpun today (Sep. 11) said allegations by former leader of People’s Alliance for Democracy, aka “Yellow Shirts”, Sondhi Limthongkul of opening the door too wide for foreign entities, likening it to selling off economic sovereignty, sprang from regulatory adjustment undertaken to halt overlap of procedures and help attract high-quality
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Commerce Ministry crackdown leads to big drop in nominee-prone businesses
A NATIONWIDE crackdown by the Commerce Ministry over the past eight months has led to over 65% drop in businesses at risk of using nominees with more tough measures being launched on Aug. 1, TV Channel 7 said today (June 22). Investigation of accounting firms in eight tourist provinces, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong
Read moreSupajee shrugs off ridicule over US streetside campus
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Commerce Minister Supajee Suthumpun today (April 1) shrugged off what she called a “nonsensical” ridicule over her having graduated a master’s degree from a little-known, private university in the United States, saying many other famous Thais did so as well. Supajee told reporters that she graduated with a
Read moreEx-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his
Read moreCommerce Ministry launches new site
The Commerce Ministry has launched the MOC Online One-Stop Service to simplify business processes and to spare clients the hassle of visiting a ministry office or provincial commercial office. Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the new website gathers 85 services covering new business registration, intellectual property, international and internal trade, earlier provided by nine agencies
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