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Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar junta chief keeps power
Published on 13/01/2026
» His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Final lap for Malaysian trishaw maker
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia: In a rustic Malaysian workshop about a century old and cluttered with racks of tyres, a stoic, white-haired man dressed in a T-shirt and shorts inspects his nearly finished trishaw.
Planned takeover of 3BB by AIS still in limbo
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 04/10/2023
» The takeover deal of Triple T Broadband (3BB) by Advanced Info Service (AIS) is stuck in limbo as the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board continues to decline considering the deal on its agenda.
One-third of Thais ‘very angry’ if handout cancelled
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/10/2024
» More than one third of Thais say they will be angry if they don’t get the 10,000-baht handout in the second phase of the digital wallet scheme, an opinion poll has found.
Ukraine-Russia gas transit deal at critical moment of truth
Published on 29/12/2024
» The future of gas transit through Ukraine is at a turning point. If a last-minute deal isn’t struck by Wednesday, billions of cubic metres in gas flows could come to a halt.
Hundreds stage street protest against Prayut regime
Published on 13/03/2020
» Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters marched on Parliament in Bangkok on Friday, wearing black T-shirts to mourn the state of the country under the current government, in the first significant street protest in six years.
Hero POW Chaicharn dies at 87
News, Published on 06/02/2018
» US Ambassador to Thailand Glyn T Davies yesterday expressed his condolences over the passing of Col Chaicharn Harnavee, a Thai army special forces officer who died on Sunday in Lop Buri at the age of 87.
Sierra Leone's secret societies mark bodies and minds
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» FREETOWN - Wearing a fading Mickey Mouse T-shirt, her knees hugged to her chest, eight-year-old Musu Kamara sits in a corrugated shack in Sierra Leone's capital waiting for her initiation into a secret society.
Trump declines to say if US would protect Taiwan from invasion
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump said he didn’t want to comment when asked Wednesday whether it was the policy of his administration to prevent China from taking control of Taiwan by force.
Plan to sell Huawei smartphones in US halted
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» NEW YORK: US telecoms carrier AT&T has dropped plans to sell Chinese brand Huawei's smartphones in the United States, dealing a setback to the No.3 global phone maker's expansion plans, according to news reports.