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Fishermen struggling as restaurants shuttered worldwide
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/04/2020
» Just one kilogramme of freshly caught squid a day was almost enough to live on for Thai fishermen like Wisut Boonnak. Now the catch has halved in price and he’s spending more time on village duties.
Govt eyes Section 44 to fast-track Suvarnabhumi runway
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/05/2016
» In a move that may be cheered by tourists but faulted by democracy campaigners, the government is considering using Section 44 of the interim constitution to speed up the approval of a new runway at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.
Nestle sued in US for Thai supplier's use of slave labour
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/08/2015
» LOS ANGELES — Nestle SA was sued over claims that its Fancy Feast cat food contains fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labour.
Sex shops, street bars survive government's graft crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2015
» Fern’s cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go bar and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok’s infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.
Thailand tries to unload mountain of rice amid world glut
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2015
» In a nondescript building outside Bangkok, along the murky Chao Phraya River, the government is preparing to unload a mountain of rice on an already oversupplied world. And there’s more on the way.