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BANGKOK - Thailand's flag carrier airline has announced that it will close down its Hong Kong office for the next week, citing the escalating political unrest that has paralysed the city's financial district since Monday morning.

BANGKOK — Passengers boarding planes at Bangkok's Survarnabhumi Airport are no longer allowed to carry USB battery packs for their cell phones that exceed certain limits of charging capacity.

RAYONG — Thailand’s state petroleum enterprise apologised for leaking chemicals near a residential area in eastern Thailand - a year after an oil leak from the company's pipeline devastated an island in the same region.

BANGKOK — The state has yet to compensate Thai media giant RS International for airing the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches free of charge to the public, a move that was ordered by the Thai military junta a month after it staged a coup.

BANGKOK — Thai authorities may soon regulate and levy taxes on shisha and electric cigarettes, officials at the Ministry of Finance said.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — A rubber farmer in Nakhon Si Thammarat province committed suicide yesterday amid the plunging price of raw rubber, a staple crop for many farmers is southern Thailand.

BANGKOK — Prime Minister and junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha told a group of foreign investors in Bangkok today "not to worry" about Thailand’s political situation.

BANGKOK — Prime Minister and junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha has offered a solution to the slump in Thailand's tourism industry: making more movies about Thailand.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military junta is considering new inheritance and property taxes to address the country's wealthy disparity, sources say.

BANGKOK — The president of Thailand’s Tourism Council has proposed providing tax refunds for domestic tourists in an effort to resuscitate the country's devastated tourism industry.