Political
 This year’s Songkran festival in Pattaya and Naklua started with local residents and tourists visiting Thai temples to pay respect to monks. The people then proceeded to the streets to start the water splashing celebration, putting aside their worries of the current political debacle. |  BANGKOK - Thailand’s simmering political disturbances remain a key risk factor pressing the country’s economic recovery, according to a top financier. |
Prime Minister pledges reconciliation in 8 monthsWittaya Yensabai, Wuttipol Khirin 06.05.2009 | SET to go ahead with road show despite recent eventsWuttipol Khirin 21.04.2009 |
 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pledged to resolve animosity between rival groups and foster reconciliation in six to eight months to pave the way for an election. | Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) President Patareeya Benjapolchai revealed that SET would go ahead with a planned road show with Thana chart Securities Co. and BNP Paribas Co in London and New York on May 18 despite recent political unrest in Thailand. |
Myanmar junta chief sets guidelines for 2010 pollsStaff Writer Associated Press Writer 06.04.2009 | Thai PM: No government funds for General MotorsJay Alabaster Associated Press Write 15.02.2009 |
 NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's junta chief set some ground rules Friday for elections scheduled for 2010, calling on political parties to avoid smear campaigns and to remember it will take awhile to establish a "mature" democracy. |  TOKYO (AP) — Thai Prime Minster Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday his government will not provide funds to struggling General Motors, the cash-strapped U.S. carmaker that asked for help in paying for a new factory and expanded production in the country. |
Challenge for Abhisit 31.12.2008 | ASEAN Leadership Is QuestionedStaff Writer 14.12.2008 |
 Prime minister-elect Abhisit Vejjajiva will have a tougher job than Chuan Leekpai, who led Thailand back to a growth path after the 1997 financial crisis, given the bitter political divide and broader dimension of economic problems. | Representatives of foreign nations are urging Thailand to find peace and stability, via a democratic government under the existing monarchy to authenticate its position as chairman of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which will also benefit the Thai tourist industry. |
Utopia Pattaya Int’l Airport Helps Stranded TouristsStaff Writer 14.12.2008 | Foreigners Care about Safety, Not PoliticsDrew Noyes 14.12.2008 |
 Pattaya Times Trouble in Bangkok while the court and the political parties sorted out conflicts spilled over into Pattaya. | Recent political events including the departure of PAD from the airports and the resumption of international and domestic air travel to and from Bangkok airports followed the dissolution of the current elected national government and three political parties. |
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