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Locating Thailand in the Indo-Pacific region
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 30/01/2018
» Bluntly put, there are two reasons that propel Thailand to the front of the Asean queue in endorsing the US-led Indo-Pacific region concept. First of all, Thailand does not want the Indo-Pacific to concentrate on consultations between the US, India, Japan and Australia grouping -- known as the Quadrilateral or Quad. Bangkok perceives it as an emerging broader Indo-Pacific community. Secondly, the region's stability and prosperity will depend more on inclusive security cooperation both on land and at sea.
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Regime can buy time but not trust
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/01/2018
» 'What's the fuss about a delay of just 90 days?'' government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd fretted as the military regime faced criticism over yet another national poll delay.
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China's tourism industry just starting to take flight
News, Published on 30/01/2018
» If you want to gauge how Chinese consumers are reshaping the world, look at how many of them are leaving China.
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Cloud over Thailand
News, Editorial, Published on 30/01/2018
» The cool season is usually the worst time of the year in Thailand in terms of pollution, and recent years suggest the situation is once again getting out of control. Last week, Bangkok saw the highest levels of dangerously unhealthy air quality since the bad old days of leaded gasoline and uncontrolled wood-cooking fires. Nowadays the literally sickening pollution in the capital comes from vehicle emissions.
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Living forever
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 30/01/2018
» A new scientific study has been published on the upper limits of the human lifespan. While medical advances continue to lengthen the average time a human stays alive on Earth, scientists have determined that the maximum age a human can likely survive is no longer than 120 years, due to physical imperfections in the gene-replication process. Like all things borne of flesh, our bodies can only alter the natural force of entropy for so long before we break down forever.
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Tremendous trombone
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 30/01/2018
» 'Never look directly at a trombone player," said the great composer Richard Strauss. "It only encourages them." Then again, the German composer was hardly being honest about an instrument which Felix Mendelssohn called "the most sacred and noble instrument in the orchestra".
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Protect whistleblowers
Business, Published on 30/01/2018
» Talking about how stringent the law is may be one thing. Talking about whether the law is actually enforced is a completely different matter. On the enforcement side, interestingly, weak legislation can be more effective if it is enforced strictly.
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Gaysorn Urban Retreat
Life, Noko, Published on 30/01/2018
» With the largest Louis Vuitton store and the first Burger & Lobster restaurant in Thailand fronting its ground floor, Gaysorn can be mistaken for a place merely to shop and dine in the heart of Ratchaprasong district.
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Paradise found
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/01/2018
» Alongkorn Thiamjun holds a small paintbrush in his right hand and rests it on a support stick. Fastidiously he dips colours onto a vast mural in the prayer hall of Wat Suthat Thepwararam, a royal temple near the iconic Giant Swing. Originally painted in the 1840s during the reign of King Rama III, the murals at Wat Suthat are the largest in the country, and they depict expansive and mystical legends with unrivalled exquisiteness.
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US lifts ban on refugees from 11 countries
AFP, Published on 30/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States announced Monday it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 "high-risk, low-security" countries, but said those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past.
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