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Marshall cracks down on counterfeits amid growth
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 19/08/2025
» Marshall Group is continuing with its efforts to crack down on counterfeit products being sold in Asia, while expanding its presence in Thailand.
Made in Vietnam: Hanoi cracks down on fake goods as US tariffs loom
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» HANOI — Since the United States accused Vietnam of being a hub for counterfeit goods, Tran Le Chi has found it increasingly hard to track down her favourite fake Chanel T-shirts, Gucci sunglasses and Louis Vuitton handbags.
The town that Charles built
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» On Queen Mother Square in Poundbury, a quaint town in southern England, sits a huge neo-Classical apartment block, painted bright yellow and decorated with Romanesque columns.
Chaiwut threatens to sue Facebook
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 25/06/2021
» The Ministry of Digital, Economy and Society (DES) has threatened legal action against Facebook for refusing to close the accounts of users deemed to have disseminated fake news and criticised the monarchy.
Commission on a mission
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 17/03/2019
» "The Election Commission shall announce the result of the election", and there really hasn't been any more vast difference between the EC and the members of the public. It's not even supposed to be a worry. But everyone's worrying about the scraping of all the foreign votes and the vital gathering of all today's advance votes and the really major assembling next week of every one-person-one-vote.
Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official
AFP, Published on 25/02/2019
» DHAKA: A would-be hijacker shot and killed by Bangladesh commandos was carrying a fake gun and told negotiators he wanted to commandeer a Dubai-bound flight because he had troubles with his wife, officials said Monday.
Road to democracy requires no rewrites
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 18/04/2017
» As the new constitution has become law, two seemingly unrelated incidents could mar the path towards national reconciliation and a return to democracy.
All aboard for a 'Thai-Thai' referendum
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/07/2016
» The word "Thai" means "free". But when you repeat the syllable and say "Thai-Thai" (with a dismissive laugh), suddenly it means "fake" -- it means we've bent whatever rule the world has to make it suitable to our temperament, emotion and impulse. For example, when you're not sure if your principle is solid, your stance firm, your democracy authentic, or your coup justified, there's a simple way to shut down the argument: just say it's baab Thai-Thai, "in the Thai way". Then, if everything is not forgiven, at least it's understood.
Thailand growing source of counterfeit dollars
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/10/2014
» $7.2 million seizure of counterfeit 100-dollar bills linked to Thai military officers, largest seizure of fake US bills in Southeast Asia in decade & biggest-ever in Cambodia.
Thailand seen as growing source of counterfeit dollars in Southeast Asia
Published on 13/10/2014
» BATTAMBANG, Cambodia, — He may be the just the police chief of Battambang, a languid riverside town in western Cambodia, but, recently, people have taken to calling Brig Gen Sar Theth the $7 million man.