Author: Peter Carlisle

IKEA to open another store in Bangkok’s Phrom Phong area Last week, IKEA, the famous Swedish furniture company, announced is set to open another store in Bangkok’s Phrom Phong in the Emsphere, Emporium and Emquatier shopping district. The IKEA complex is still under construction and there is no announcement on the planned opening date. This […]

Baht40m sought for Nan airport expansion study in northern Thailand The Department of Airports (DoA) is seeking a budget of 40 million baht to finance an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study on the expansion of Nan’s airport which is predicted to handle more passengers in the future. The DoA is planning to request from the […]

State Railway of Thailand opens bids for development of land along Bang Sue-Khlong Ton line The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is seeking bidders for the development of its 5.88-rai plot of land along the Bang Sue-Khlong Ton railway line in Bangkok, an SRT source said. The source added that interested parties have until April […]

Property market slumps in Thailand’s South but picks up in Isaan, survey shows A recent survey by the Government Housing Bank’s Real-Estate Information Centre (REIC) shows that though fewer new property units are being released in the South, the property market in the Northeast is recovering fast. Property market slumps in South but picks up […]

How Thailand’s Klong Dan wastewater treatment project gushed from pollution solution to corruption torrent to expensive lesson The controversial Klong Dan wastewater treatment project has made headlines at regular intervals over the past three decades. News reports initially described the plant as a solution to water pollution, then the “mother of all corruption cases”, and […]