thailandherald.com latest rss headlines Provides the latest rss feeds for thailandherald.com. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page thailandherald.com http://www.thailandherald.com en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:28:29 +1100 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:28:29 +1100 3600 <![CDATA[Economic Watch: Visa-free policy ignites China-Thailand travel boom]]> TAIYUAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Just after bidding farewell to a group of Thai teachers visiting universities in Beijing, tour guide Yang Yaoyu rushed to Shanxi Province in north China to greet another group of Thai visitors.

The seasoned Thai-speaking tour guide can attest to a recent surge in enthusiasm among Thai tourists towards China, after a mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries took effe]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274178357/economic-watch-visa-free-policy-ignites-china-thailand-travel-boom 274178357 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:18:18 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274178357/economic-watch-visa-free-policy-ignites-china-thailand-travel-boom <![CDATA[Thailand: 4 million devotees pay obeisance to Buddha's relics]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274178096/thailand-4-million-devotees-pay-obeisance-to-buddha-relics 274178096 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:18:50 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274178096/thailand-4-million-devotees-pay-obeisance-to-buddha-relics <![CDATA[Thailand: Thousands of devotees pay respect to Buddha's relics in Krabi]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274177340/thailand-thousands-of-devotees-pay-respect-to-buddha-relics-in-krabi 274177340 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:18:47 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274177340/thailand-thousands-of-devotees-pay-respect-to-buddha-relics-in-krabi <![CDATA[Laos records 188 mln USD in trade deficit in January]]> VIENTIANE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 188 million U.S. dollars in January, according to the latest figures from the Lao Trade Portal website.

The total value of trade in January amounted to over 1.3 billion dollars, of which 561 million U.S. dollars were for exports and 749 million dollars for imports, said a report issued on Monday on the website.

Laos' main export products inc]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274176742/laos-records-188-mln-usd-in-trade-deficit-in-january 274176742 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:05:01 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274176742/laos-records-188-mln-usd-in-trade-deficit-in-january <![CDATA[Market exchange rates in China -- March 18]]> BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Monday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 709.43

Euro 100 775.59

Japanese yen 100 4.7895

Hong Kong dollar 100 90.696

British pound 100 907.25

Aus]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274175113/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-18 274175113 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 02:30:02 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274175113/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-18 <![CDATA[Blinken Arrives in South Korea to Attend Democracy Summit]]> Seoul, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in South Korea on the first stop of a brief Asia tour also including the Philippines, as Washington moves to reinforce ties with two key regional allies.

Blinken landed Sunday afternoon ahead of the third Summit for Democracy on Monday, an initiative of U.S. President Joe Biden, which Seoul is hosting this week.

Before arriving in Se]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274174858/blinken-arrives-in-south-korea-to-attend-democracy-summit 274174858 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:05:15 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274174858/blinken-arrives-in-south-korea-to-attend-democracy-summit <![CDATA[Russian-Belarusian Band Returns to Stage After Detention in Thailand]]> Warsaw, Poland - A Russian-Belarusian rock band that denounces Moscow's Ukraine invasion returned to the stage this week, voicing defiance after being detained in Thailand in January and threatened with deportation to Russia.

The band, Bi-2, formed in the 1980s in Belarus when it was part of the Soviet Union, left Russia in protest over the invasion and has been touring ever since in countries with large Russian-]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274173058/russian-belarusian-band-returns-to-stage-after-detention-in-thailand 274173058 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:05:32 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274173058/russian-belarusian-band-returns-to-stage-after-detention-in-thailand <![CDATA[Ask The Old Guy: What kind of week has it been]]> Darin Gantt

CHARLOTTE - Been quite a five days around the office. And it's early yet.

People going. People coming. More people coming than going.

And it's a lot to process. Some favorites left, and that's hard. You get used to familiar faces, and change is not something people always welcome (says the man in the sunglasses from 1989). On the other hand, the Panthers went 2-15 last year, so change was]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274170277/ask-the-old-guy-what-kind-of-week-has-it-been 274170277 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:44:06 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274170277/ask-the-old-guy-what-kind-of-week-has-it-been <![CDATA[Market exchange rates in China -- March 15]]> BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Friday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 709.75

Euro 100 775.69

Japanese yen 100 4.8134

Hong Kong dollar 100 90.735

British pound 100 908.83

Aus]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164852/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-15 274164852 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:33:00 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164852/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-15 <![CDATA[FIFA increases investment in football development to 2.25 billion USD]]> GENEVA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The FIFA Council unanimously approved the Annual Report 2023 and the increase of investment in football development to 2.25 billion U.S. dollars, the world football governing body announced on Thursday.

FIFA confirmed that the budget for the 2023-2026 cycle is almost seven times as much as the investment in the development programs prior to 2016.

The Annual Report will be subm]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164851/fifa-increases-investment-in-football-development-to-225-billion-usd 274164851 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:32:53 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164851/fifa-increases-investment-in-football-development-to-225-billion-usd <![CDATA[Despite Sanctions, North Korea Runs More Than 50 Restaurants in China]]> washington - North Korea is operating more than 50 restaurants staffed by its citizens in more than 10 Chinese cities in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a diplomatic source.

The North Korean regime takes most of the wages its workers earn abroad to fund its nuclear and missile programs.

The source, who asked not to be named because the person was not authorized to speak to the press, provided the ]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164732/despite-sanctions-north-korea-runs-more-than-50-restaurants-in-china 274164732 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:35:55 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274164732/despite-sanctions-north-korea-runs-more-than-50-restaurants-in-china <![CDATA[Former Thai PM Thaksin makes public appearance after release on parole]]> BANGKOK, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made his first public appearance on Thursday since leaving detention on parole last month.

Thaksin visited the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine in the capital early Thursday morning before flying to his hometown in the country's northern Chiang Mai province for a three-day trip, local media reported.

Making his first journey back ]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274157445/former-thai-pm-thaksin-makes-public-appearance-after-release-on-parole 274157445 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:31:16 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274157445/former-thai-pm-thaksin-makes-public-appearance-after-release-on-parole <![CDATA[Thai Ex-PM Thaksin Visits Hometown for 1st Time Since Ouster]]> Bangkok - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived by private jet on Thursday to visit his northern hometown of Chiang Mai for the first time since fleeing the country after a military coup in 2006.

The influential billionaire has loomed large over Thai politics for two decades, during which his family backed Pheu Thai party has won nearly every general election and is now in power.

In Au]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274156637/thai-ex-pm-thaksin-visits-hometown-for-1st-time-since-ouster 274156637 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:35:44 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274156637/thai-ex-pm-thaksin-visits-hometown-for-1st-time-since-ouster <![CDATA[Market exchange rates in China -- March 14]]> BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Thursday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 709.74

Euro 100 779.12

Japanese yen 100 4.8276

Hong Kong dollar 100 90.739

British pound 100 910.69

A]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274156369/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-14 274156369 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:31:55 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274156369/market-exchange-rates-in-china----march-14 <![CDATA[Thai Lawyer Remains 'Disappeared' 20 Years on]]> Twenty years ago today, I received a phone call in the middle of the night with the news that my friend and colleague, the prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, had gone missing. At that time, Somchai was chair of Thailand's Muslim Lawyers Association and vic]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274153889/thai-lawyer-remains-disappeared-20-years-on 274153889 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:30:00 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274153889/thai-lawyer-remains-disappeared-20-years-on <![CDATA[Thailand attracts nearly 6 million foreign tourists in first eight weeks of 2024]]> BANGKOK, 2nd March, 2024 (WAM) -- Thailand welcomed nearly six million foreign visitors between 1st January and 25th February, Minister of Tourism and Sports Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol has said.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted the minister as saying that those visitors have generated revenue of around THB290.92 billion (US$8.07 billion) for Southeast Asian countries.

In the first eight weeks of this yea]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274143750/thailand-attracts-nearly-6-million-foreign-tourists-in-first-eight-weeks-of-2024 274143750 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 06:09:46 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274143750/thailand-attracts-nearly-6-million-foreign-tourists-in-first-eight-weeks-of-2024 <![CDATA[16 Asian countries discuss employing technology to implement innovative initiatives for regulating labour markets]]> DUBAI, 11th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Ministers of labour and human resources from 16 Asian countries sending and receiving workers discussed leveraging advanced technology for innovative initiatives aimed at resolving labor disputes and expediting verdicts. They also aimed to strengthen wage protection systems and facilitate skill mobility among participating countries. The focus was on improving labor market regulation]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274123112/16-asian-countries-discuss-employing-technology-to-implement-innovative-initiatives-for-regulating-labour-markets 274123112 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:45:27 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274123112/16-asian-countries-discuss-employing-technology-to-implement-innovative-initiatives-for-regulating-labour-markets <![CDATA[Users of Airports of Thailand expected to double during Chinese New Year]]> http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274119860/users-of-airports-of-thailand-expected-to-double-during-chinese-new-year 274119860 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:15:56 GMT http://www.thailandherald.com/news/274119860/users-of-airports-of-thailand-expected-to-double-during-chinese-new-year