FOLLOWING a fire at Chatuchak market last night which reignited this morning (Feb. 10) the district chief ordered a review of safety measures as multiple blazes have already occurred there while compensation and rent reduction is being considered for affected vendors, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said. Mr. Prasat Phosrimat, Chatuchak’s district chief, who
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Domestic sales of pickup trucks seen plunging to lowest level in over two decades
Research by ttb analytics and published by PPTVHD36 AUTOMAKERS are facing a sharp slide in domestic sales of pickup trucks this year with the expected total of 171,000 units being a 24-year low and a contraction of 7% year-on-year, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 22). ttb analytics, an economic analysis centre, said the drop in
Read moreLuxury home market attracting more developers but demand limited
THAILAND’S luxury home market, with prices ranging from 25 to 100 million baht, is now attracting more mid-sized and new entrants as the mass market is saturated amid declining purchase power but this segment could be more challenging than they had anticipated, PPTVHD 36 quoted an analysis by Kiatnakin Phatra Bank (KKP) as saying
Read moreBig event to draw Chinese tourists in H2 taking place soon
IN celebrating 50 years of Thai-Chinese relations the government is launching a big event, “Sawadee Ni Hao”, to attract more Chinese tourists to Thailand in the second half of this year, TV Channel 7 said this morning (May 22). Ms. Sasikarn Wattanachan, deputy government spokesperson, said over 13 million foreign tourists visited the country
Read moreCustomers heartbroken as The One Ratchada market announces closure
WIDELY discussed on Thai social media today (May 2) is an announcement by the operators of The One Ratchada market, right behind Esplanade Ratchada, that it is closing down on Monday May 5, Thai Rath newspaper said. After the operators posted a photo of the market announcing its closure many people commented with one
Read moreAt least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Magdeburg, Germany – A car ploughed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday (Dec. 20), killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack. The driver was arrested at the scene
Read moreChinese fruits and vegetables flood Korat market
A FRESH market in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) is overflowing with Chinese fruits and vegetables with vendors saying the quality is good, the colours beautiful, and they are cheaper than what Thailand produces, Amarin TV said yesterday (Aug. 14). A reporter of this TV channel went to investigate the fruits and vegetables being sold at
Read more‘Chatuchak mother’ wins the hearts of netizens
By Naewna and Agencies – published by CNA THE BIG fire that ripped through over a hundred shops at Chatuchak weekend market on Tuesday morning (June 11) killing more than 1,000 pets and exotic animals also left scores injured with one of them, a cat nicknamed “Chatuchak mother”, helping attract attention to their plight,
Read more‘Debt Settlement Market’ kicks off in all provinces
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE GOVERNMENT-RUN “Debt Settlement Market” kicked off today (Jan.14) for people illicitly indebted to loan sharks in all provinces nationwide. The “Debt Settlement Market” is a venue set up in each of the country’s 77 provinces for the people to find ways and means to settle their informal debt owed
Read moreVietnam grabs a big share of Thai durian market in China
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN EXPORT MARKET SHARE for Thai durian in China has sharply plummeted in the face of fierce competition with Vietnamese durian, an official said over the weekend. The Thai durian has secured a 70% market share in China where the Vietnamese durian has grabbed a 30% market share during the
Read moreProperty developer warns political deadlock affecting market
A THAI property developer warned that the political situation now appears to have reached a deadlock with this affecting the market particularly the budget condo segment where a large number of buyers are unable to get loans, Matichon newspaper said today (Aug. 10). Mr. Chanin Vanijwongse, CEO of the Habitat Group Co., Ltd., said
Read moreChalermchai vows to promote ‘Sex toys Made in Thailand’ campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has pledged to promote a novel rubber industry campaign called “Sex toys Made in Thailand.” Chalermchai today (Feb.23) posted on his Facebook page to pledge solid support for the “Sex toys Made in Thailand” campaign under which sex toys will be made of natural
Read moreChadchart moves to check transformers after two big fires
FOLLOWING two big fires with one being at Bonkai slum community, Rama 4 road, and the other at Sampeng market yesterday where two persons died Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittiphan today (June 27) moved to get Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to check transformers across the capital while also speeding up burying cables underground, Sanook.com said.
Read moreOne dead in Sampeng market fire with shoppers fleeing in panic
ONE person died and some rescue volunteers were rushed to hospital for smoke inhalation after a big fire broke out at Sampeng market in Bangkok’s Chinatown today (June 26) with throngs of weekend shoppers fleeing in panic, Sanook.com and JS 100 Radio said. Sampheng is an historic market of Chinatown in Samphanthawong district. It
Read morePratunam market lively again as tourists flock in
AFTER suffering during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic Pratunam market has now bounced back as crowds of both Thai and foreign tourists swarm in, INN News said today (May 3). With the relaxation of Covid control measures since the beginning of May, sales at both Pratunam’s department stores such as Krung Thong Plaza
Read more20m baht damage at flooded Korat pottery market
HEAVY rain last evening led to forest runoffs gushing into well-known Baan Dan Kwian pottery market in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province causing minimum 20 million baht damage, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 17). The floodwater flowing swiftly at this village, famed for producing ceramics and pottery decorative ware and ornamental vessels, reached a
Read moreThailand’s retail market in 2021 is expected to contract by 12%
THE Thai Retailers Association (TRA) has expected Thailand’s retail market to contract by 12% this year if the government does not accelerate the provision of financial aid measures to operators as well as offer domestic consumption stimulus, NNT said today (August 8). Association vice-president Chatrchai Toungratanaphan said up to 270 billion baht in retail sales
Read moreDaily Covid tally tops 3,000 while market defends its field hospital
THE Public Health Ministry said early this morning (May 19) that there were 3,394 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while 29 more patients died taking the death toll to 678, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile Pathum Thani province’s See Mum Muang market management explained on its Facebook page last evening that the purpose
Read moreNetizens slam setting up field hospital at a market
AS photos of a new field hospital that has been set up at a Pathum Thani market circulated today (May 18) Thai netizens immediately criticised choosing this location for a medical facility and questioned whether a better place could not be found, Sanook.com said. However the current coronavirus wave that started last month is worrisome
Read moreThailand denies coronavirus pandemic started at Chatuchak market
SENIOR Thai officials came out to deny a foreign media report that the global coronavirus pandemic may have spread from Chatuchak market before doing so from China’s Wuhan city pointing out that Thailand had for two decades now been regularly researching diseases transmitted by bats and cross species transmission, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon
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