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Plan to sell Dutch embassy in Bangkok draws flak
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/06/2025
» The Dutch Association in Thailand is taking steps to prevent the sale of the Dutch Embassy compound in Bangkok, a unique property on 206 Wireless Road, to local developers.
Plan to sell Dutch embassy in Bangkok hits local flak
News, Published on 15/06/2025
» The Dutch Association in Thailand is taking steps to prevent the sale of the Dutch Embassy compound in Bangkok, a unique property on 206 Wireless Road, to local developers.
Samui jazz festival returns this weekend
Life, Published on 09/09/2024
» The Samui Summer Jazz Festival will make a comeback with a troop of world-class jazz artists to perform under the stars at three leading venues from Friday to Sunday.
Vietnam plans to raise booze consumption tax from 65% to 100% by 2030
Published on 14/06/2024
» HANOI: Vietnam's Finance Ministry has proposed to hike a special consumption tax on alcoholic drinks to 100% by 2030, the ministry said, a move that may further hurt the country's beverage industry.
Thais expected to do well in women's race
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 08/04/2024
» A total of 59 cyclists from 12 teams will take part in the 2024 Tour of Thailand women's race which begins on Monday in Phitsanulok.
Asian century's geopolitics mapped
Oped, Published on 13/12/2023
» What is the relationship between maps and peace among nations? Maps depicting state territories, often attached to a peace treaty, were historically inked on paper. Two things call for attention here: first, a treaty by definition must have at least two parties and, consequently, a harmonious interpretation of treaty and its annexed maps is an exercise in treaty interpretation. International law, not power, must dictate map readings in international law.
Nazi survivor worries about anti-Semitism in her UK haven
AFP, Published on 02/12/2023
» LONDON - Alexandra Greensted was one of around 10,000 Jewish children rescued from the Nazis' clutches and transported to London, but 84 years on, she is now worried about anti-Semitism in her UK haven.
Belgium v Sweden Euro qualifier abandoned after Brussels shooting
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» PARIS - Belgium's Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden was abandoned at half-time and fans were kept in the stadium for security reasons after two Swedes were shot dead in an attack in Brussels on Monday.
Burnt-out car transport ship limps into Dutch port
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» EEMSHAVEN (NETHERLANDS) - A burnt-out freighter carrying thousands of cars was towed into a Dutch port on Thursday, as an environmental disaster was averted more than a week after the ship caught fire off the coast.
A world of colours
Life, Published on 24/07/2023
» Kamolnate Trisupatsilp hears every sound as a colour. When she wakes up, an air conditioner's noise hums a grey fog. A pastel songbird laps gently in the corner of her visual field. When she drinks water, she can't help but see purple, orange and other hues ripple. When she walks to the bathroom and begins her daily routine, she experiences a kind of visual feast that can't be put into words. It goes on and on all day.