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Why is North Korea courting Russian tourists?
Oped, Published on 13/08/2025
» Hoping to replenish state coffers with much-needed foreign exchange reserves and offset the sharp post-Covid decline in Chinese tour groups, the Hermit Kingdom has set its sights on inquisitive holiday-makers from an ideologically aligned Russia.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Dec 13-19
Guru, Published on 13/12/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Coddling farmers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/11/2024
» Re: "Rice price measures get approval", (BP, Nov 11).
Rice roulette
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/05/2024
» Re: "A rice old business", (Editorial, May 10).
Another win-win
Postbag, Published on 05/05/2024
» Re: "Protect rights of refugees", (Editorial, April 30).
Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» BELGRADE - As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community spread across social media, triggering extreme online responses, including incitements to violence.
Fox faces stain of 'disinformation engine' despite settlement
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - Fox News averted a potentially humiliating defamation trial after a last-minute settlement Tuesday, but it took a reputational beating that observers said was unlikely to spur the influential broadcaster to tame its "disinformation engine."
Czech spa town lives down past
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/02/2023
» James Bond, poisoned by a villain in the film Casino Royale, almost died in the forecourt of the Grandhotel Pupp, a majestic reinvention of what, under communism, was called the Grand Hotel Moskva, a shabby lodge popular with members of the Czech and Soviet nomenklatura.
Spies in the sky blowin' in the wind
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/02/2023
» The current "balloon" wars have been quite entertaining in a weird sort of way with a strange mix of espionage, propaganda and porky pies that are just enough to capture the public's imagination. Perhaps secretly we would like one of these unidentified flying objects (UFO) to be something a bit more mysterious than simply a common weather balloon. But we haven't quite yet reached the "little green men" stage.
'Ready for the worst': Moscow drag queens defiant as LGBTQ law looms
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» MOSCOW: Backstage at a bar in Moscow, a troupe of drag queens surrounded by make-up palettes and sparkling costumes join hands before taking to the stage for what could be one of their last legal shows.