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Bringing Money into Thailand and taking it out
When foreigners come to live in Thailand they bring money to buy homes, invest in businesses and pay their expenses. If they leave, or if they have expenses elsewhere, they may want to send the money out. We are often consulted about various aspects of currency transactions in [...]

Leading Ko Samui hotels slash room rates
KO SAMUI: — As the economic slump hits Thailand severely, first-class hotels on Ko Samui island resort in the southern province of Surat Thani have reduced room rates as much as 50 per cent, according to Senee Phuwasethavorn, chairman of the Ko Samui Tourism Promotion Association.
Four- and five-star hotels [...]

About 10,000 police, soldiers, security officials deployed to keep security at Government House
BANGKOK: — About 10,000 policemen, soldiers and defence volunteers were deployed to keep security at the Government House.
The officials were spread out around the government seat.
The officials also put up barbed wires around the fence of the Government House and they set up [...]

Cabinet approves 5-year tsunami protocol scheme
The Cabinet has approved a model scheme for a 5-year tsunami prevention and mitigation plan, which will address the constant risk of tidal waves along the nation’s coastlines.
Deputy Spokesman to the Prime Minister’s Office Supachai Jaisamut revealed yesterday that the Cabinet has approved a model [...]

Drought hits northern Thailand; Stored water supplies dropping
PHICHIT: — More than 200 farmers in the northern province of Phichit protested Sunday, demanding that the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) deepen provincial canals so that they can receive enough irrigation water for their rice crop as severe drought batters the region.
The protesting farmers gathered at a dyke [...]

LESE MAJESTE
Differences of legal opinion aired at forum on defamation of royalty
Royalist says unsparing use of law not in interest of monarchy as institution
The broad use of lese-majeste law is not beneficial to the monarchy, says Prof Thongthong Chandrangsu, a well-known royalist, expert on royal history and former dean of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Law.
“I [...]