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A last look back at Asia this year
Oped, Published on 31/12/2021
» 2022 could not have come fast enough. For many in Thailand and no doubt the rest of the world, new hope based on increased vaccination rates against Covid-19 was overwhelmed by the spread of the Omicron variant at year-end. Thailand's travel and tourism sector continues to be particularly hard hit as entry and quarantine rules continue to change.
Singapore shoppers to pay for plastic bags at seven outlets
Published on 04/09/2019
» SINGAPORE: Shoppers at seven FairPrice, Cheers and FairPrice Xpress outlets will have to pay for plastic bags if they require them in a month-long trial starting from Sept 16.
Former insurgents celebrate 25 years of peace
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2014
» Hat Yai: Former members of the now-defunct Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Hat Yai Peace agreement on Tuesday recalling the end of their armed struggle with Malaysia.
Ex-guerrillas mark death of Chin Peng
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/09/2014
» A group of former members of the now-defunct Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) will gather at Yala's Betong district tomorrow to commemorate the death one year ago of their leader Chin Peng.
Horticulture and Healing
Life, Published on 23/12/2013
» At midnight on Dec 8, 1941, troops of the Japanese Imperial Army came ashore on Padang Pak Amat Beach in Kelantan, northern Malaya. Less than 48 hours later Japanese bombers sank Royal Navy ships including the HMS Prince Of Wales off the east coast of Malaya, near Pahang. An hour prior to the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in the US, Indian detachments of the British army in Malaya were engaged in a desperate attempt to hold back the Japanese advance. This battle marked the beginning of the Pacific War and the occupation of British Malaya, the historical backdrop to Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng's atmospheric second novel, winner of this year's Man Asian Literary Prize.
Loy Krathong celebrations
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 14/11/2013
» One of Thailand's most popular festivals, Loy Krathong, is back, although celebrations at most venues will be without entertainment as many Buddhists are mourning the death of the Supreme Patriarch. This year, the full-moon day of the 12th lunar month falls on Sunday.
Thais pay respects to Chin Peng
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/09/2013
» The former Communist Party of Malaya leader, Chin Peng, who led a bloody insurgency against British colonial rule in the 1940s and 50s, was cremated in Bangkok Monday.
Chin Peng's remains could stay in South
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/09/2013
» The ashes and remains of the Communist Party of Malaya's former leader Chin Peng, who is being cremated today, are likely to be kept in southern Thailand.
Remains of Chin Peng to stay in South
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/09/2013
» The ashes of Chin Peng will likely be kept for remembrance in four southern villages where his Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) comrades resettled after the 1989 peace agreement, sources said Sunday.