Portal:Thailand/Thailand news

March 2007

Thailand's first "economics czar", former finance minister Boonchu Rojanastien dies of leukemia at age 86.
Nine people are killed in an attack on a minibus in Yala Province.

In response to the government's plan to develop or purchase generic drugs, Abbott Laboratories announces it will stop licensing any new drugs it develops for sale in Thailand.
Because of haze pollution in northern Thailand, Thai Airways International cancels flights to Mae Hong Son Province. Chiang Mai Province and Mae Hong Son are declared disaster zones.
Television station iTV (news van pictured) is nearly taken off the air in a dispute over unpaid concession fees to the Prime Minister's Office. However, the station, renamed TITV, is allowed to continue broadcasting under the auspices of the Public Relations Department.

February 2007

Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula resigns. Chalongphob Susangkarn is appointed as his replacement.
Former Thaksin administration cabinet member Somkid Jatusripitak resigns as economic adviser to the government of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont.
A string of bombings in southern Thailand during Chinese New Year leaves at least eight people dead and dozens injured. Authorities say it is the first coordinated attack to be carried out by insurgents in all four of Thailand's restive southern provinces.

January 2007

Two more bomb blasts strike Bangkok just after midnight, injuring several people near CentralWorld shopping mall.

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