The Rebirth of a Tsunami-Devastated Thai Resort in Khao Lak

Casa de la Flora, Thailand’s newest design hotel. On a sunny morning in December 2004, a massive tsunami devastated Indian Ocean coastlines and killed 8,000 people in Thailand. Many lost their lives at the beach resort of Khao Lak. Now, the site has been reborn — as a luxury oasis instead of the backpacker paradise […]

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Furukawa-Sky To Produce Aluminum Sheet In Rayong, Thailand

Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp. said Friday that it will spend about 40 billion yen to build a Thai factory for aluminum sheet used in beverage cans and automotive heat exchangers. The move comes in response to the growing demand for locally sourced materials as car industry customers boost overseas production. Construction of the Rayong Province factory […]

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Tycoons Worldwide Group to build Electric Furnace in Thailand

Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Pubic Co has announced that the company is going to invest about TWD 1.672 billion to build the electric furnace in its Thailand mill. The designed annual capacity of this new billet production line will be 52,000 tonnes and this new electric furnace production line has been expected to start its […]

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Nova Group announces new Pattaya project in Na Jomtien

Nam Talay Condominium is the latest development by Nova Group, one of Thailand’s most successful and respected developers. Located only 200 meters from the beach in the coveted Na Jomtien area next to La Royale, with easy access from Sukhumvit Road, Nam Talay Condo will consist of two condominium buildings built on 6.2 Rai of […]

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Bangkok’s BTS Green Line extension's opening may be postponed

Flood disaster might cause the BTS Green Line extension (Wong Wian Yai-Bang Wa) opening to be postponed. Amorn Kitchawengkul, Managing Director of Krungthep Thanakom Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, said Thursday that the 5.3km BTS Green Line extension construction contractor had suspended their works for three days now at the Phonimit […]

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Bangkok’s BTS Green Line extension’s opening may be postponed

Flood disaster might cause the BTS Green Line extension (Wong Wian Yai-Bang Wa) opening to be postponed. Amorn Kitchawengkul, Managing Director of Krungthep Thanakom Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, said Thursday that the 5.3km BTS Green Line extension construction contractor had suspended their works for three days now at the Phonimit […]

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Ratchaburi's hydropower venture in Laos wins ADB financing

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide approximately US$465 million to support the construction of a 440-megawatt hydropower plant that will supply power to energy-hungry Thailand and provide much-needed revenue tofund poverty reduction programmes in Laos. “Earnings from clean energy exports are vital to poverty reduction efforts in landlocked Lao PDR, where one in every […]

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Ratchaburi’s hydropower venture in Laos wins ADB financing

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide approximately US$465 million to support the construction of a 440-megawatt hydropower plant that will supply power to energy-hungry Thailand and provide much-needed revenue tofund poverty reduction programmes in Laos. “Earnings from clean energy exports are vital to poverty reduction efforts in landlocked Lao PDR, where one in every […]

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Bangkok’s 'Water motorway' to keep floods away from capital

As Thailand’s flood crisis deepens with the government telling Bangkok’s residents to leave the capital if possible, a team of water management experts have proposed that the government build new “water motorway” to reduce the damage of flooding in Bangkok in the long run. “By nature this entire area [Bangkok] is a floodway, so we […]

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