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What happened to all those Chinese tourists?
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/07/2023
» Before Covid-19, Malaysia’s luxury mall beneath Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Petronas Towers echoed with the sound of Chinese tourists and their dialects. But recently, during a busy dinner hour, they were missing. Din, the mall’s outlet of famous Taiwanese chain Din Tai Fung, a favourite of Chinese tourists, was half-full with local Malaysians and Middle Eastern customers. When I asked a cashier whether they had served many Chinese lately, she shook her head with a tight smile.
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'Hands off' is the new Songkran message
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/04/2018
» For those guys who see Songkran as an open ticket to take advantage of women during the fun-filled, anything-goes water festival, supermodel Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop has a stern message for them: "Hands off!"
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The big issue: Fight or flight
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/02/2015
» Thailand has once again strutted into the Guinness World Records. Everyone knows "world's longest kiss" (58 hours 35 minutes, 58 seconds) is cool and "most people in a seven-minute hula-hooping session" (4,483 young and young-at-heart) is awesome and "most Santa's elves in one place" (Bangkok, 700) is inspiring.
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Deft diplomacy needed for coup period
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/02/2015
» The recent brouhaha over controversial comments by visiting United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel has further complicated the bilateral treaty alliance between Bangkok and Washington.
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Gen Prem is right, corruption is contemptible
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/02/2015
» Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda is known to be a man of few words – the kind of a man who speaks little but hits hard.
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NCPO, army alliance leaves reds in the cold
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 29/01/2015
» The impeachment of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra by an overwhelming 190:18 votes has given rise to anxiety among some people that the "Thaksin regime" will seek political revenge.
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The big issue: Flip-flop of the year
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/12/2014
» Our betters of the Constitution Drafting Committee went into last week with a single issue on their minds. It was whether the Thailand of tomorrow should elect its next prime minister like the US and other republics elect their presidents — directly and nationally. The CDC's sub-committee on elections said "yes", great idea.
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Broad social innovation averts decline
News, Published on 03/11/2014
» Unfortunately, at the very time when Thai society needs to tackle the herculean task of rebuilding its political and social order, the economic engine is running out of steam.
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Time to end abuses in Kaeng Krachan
News, Published on 18/10/2014
» We are Thai nationals of Karen ethnicity, residents of Baan Jaiphaendin and Baan Bangkloybon villages in Kaeng Krachan forest. We have lived on this land for countless generations and we were content with our self-sufficient lives planting rice in the rotation farm system.
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Postbag: Black hides the truth
Oped, Published on 13/09/2014
» Re: “UDD doubts arrested ‘men in black’” (Online, Sept 11). Veerakarn Musikapong and Weng Tojirakarn, core leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), cast doubt on whether the five “men in black” who were arrested are the true culprits or not. The two said that if the suspects were genuine, it is good news. But they suspect this is not the case.
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