61 - 70 of 202 results for "foreign"

  1. 61. learning | 01 Apr 2013

    Phuket tourism safety zones

    About tourism

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Safety zones planned after number of high profile tourist deaths in foreign media but tourists need to use common sense also.

  2. 62. learning | 23 Jul 2012

    English for taxi drivers

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Not long ago, taxi driver Wiset Bangwiset's English language vocabulary consisted of 'yes', no' and 'OK'. Now, thanks to a one-day course, he’s actually conversing with foreign passengers.

  3. 63. learning | 26 Jun 2012

    Cheating poor foreign workers

    About labour & business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Tricks, broken promises & weak laws allow some employers & brokers to make easy money from poor migrant workers.

  4. 64. learning | 10 Nov 2011

    Floods: Unpaid foreign workers

    About labour

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Lost jobs when floods hit, may never get back wages employers kept. Lack of labour rights made them cheaper for some employers.

  5. 65. learning | 09 Aug 2012

    Drug smuggling: Don't carry bags for strangers

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Thai women made victim by carrying bags packed with drugs for their African husbands. At risk of becoming largest foreign group in Brazil's prisons.

  6. 66. learning | 15 Feb 2012

    Bomb targets not Thai, says police chief

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The bombs that exploded in Bangkok yesterday were intended for "foreign nationals" in Thailand, national police chief Priewpan Damapong said.

  7. 67. opinion | 09 Apr 2013

    Train debt plan opens tax reform opportunity

    By Achara Ashayagachat, Newspaper section: News

    » Parliament's decision last week to pass the first reading of the 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill overhauling the nation's infrastructure has boosted foreign investors' confidence in the Yingluck administration...

  8. 68. learning | 05 Oct 2010

    'Diplomats' feel the fire

    By Purich Trivitayakhun, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » In the Vithes Samosorn room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 24 Thai university students convened recently in Bangkok to showcase their oratorical and diplomatic skills and to expound on sustainable development among ...

  9. 69. learning | 10 Aug 2011

    Hot money to rock Asian capital markets

    About economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Foreign capital flows into Asia and stronger currencies likely after US sovereign credit rating downgrade, ADB capital market report predicts.

  10. 70. news | 07 May 2013

    Chinese increase overseas investment

    By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer

    » China's richest people are stepping up investment in United States real estate and other foreign assets as they try to preserve their fortunes in the face of a fast-changing economy, a report said Tuesday.

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