All Articles tagged Thailand
Transsexual Thai air hostesses: gimmick or equality?
ABOARD FLIGHT GT210, March 12, 2012 (AFP) – With her crisp uniform, immaculate makeup and hair swept up, Mew looks like any other air hostess, but she’s one of a handful of Thai transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies. …
Flood-hit Japanese firms may quit Thailand: survey
BANGKOK, February 29, 2012 (AFP) - Almost one in 10 Japanese manufacturers with operations in Thailand plans to relocate out of the kingdom after last year's devastating floods,
Clinton brings aid to flood-hit Thailand
BANGKOK, November 16, 2011 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged flood-stricken Thailand to overcome political infighting during the crisis as she announced immediate
Honda, Nissan resume limited Thai production after floods
BANGKOK, November 14, 2011 (AFP) - Japanese motor giants Honda and Nissan said they had resumed partial production in Thailand on Monday, after work was suspended due to
Anger rises in flooded Bangkok as centre stays dry
BANGKOK, October 31, 2011 (AFP) - Tensions were rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok on Monday, with hundreds protesting that their homes were
Thai floods creep closer to central Bangkok
BANGKOK, October 28, 2011 (AFP) - Floods that have sparked an exodus from the Thai capital crept closer to the city centre on Friday as the government considered
Thai flooding halts Japan car production
TOKYO, October 20, 2011 (AFP) - Flooding in Thailand has forced all nine Japanese automakers to halt manufacturing, cutting production by a total of 6,000 units a day,
Thai PM warns Bangkok to brace for flooding
BANGKOK, October 20, 2011 (AFP) - Thailand's premier warned Thursday that it was impossible to stop the kingdom's worst floods in decades gushing into Bangkok, ordering the city's
Yingluck confirmed as Thailand’s first female Prime Minister
BANGKOK, August 5, 2011 - Yingluck Shinawatra was confirmed as Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday, as the volatile kingdom begins a new chapter after years of
“Hangover II” no headache for Thailand
BANGKOK - With scenes of drunken sex in sleazy strip clubs, raucous bar fights and close shaves with gangsters, you might think Thai tourism bosses are worried "The















