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Gambling on Singapore's model
Oped, Published on 26/06/2025
» Hindsight can help define the future. In 2005, Singapore was coming to terms with a need to reinvent itself as a tourism attraction in the face of plummeting arrival numbers and increasing regional competition. This was no time to feel intimidated but to strike out and be inventive.
Vietnam tycoon to avoid death penalty after law change
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/06/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery and embezzlement, paving the way for tycoon Truong My Lan to be spared execution, according to a senior parliament official.
Court acquits Rangsiman of defaming ex-senator Upakit
Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» The Criminal Court has acquitted People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome in a defamation case brought against him by former senator Upakit Pachirayangkun.
Casino bill vote seen as litmus test for govt's survival
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/06/2025
» People's Party (PP) MP Parit Wacharasindhu said the government will be tested next month when parliament reconvenes to deliberate the entertainment complex draft bill on July 9.
Mother arranged Disneyland 'marriage' for 9-year-old
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» PARIS - French police were on Sunday probing the circumstances of a bizarre stunt at Disneyland outside of Paris, with a group of adults suspected of hiring the theme park and paying hundreds of extras to stage a fake marriage for a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl.
Most Thais don't want casinos, finds Nida Poll survey
News, Published on 23/06/2025
» Most Thais are firmly opposed to the government's plan to allow casinos to operate in new entertainment complexes, says a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida), or Nida Poll.
Most Thais still oppose casino complexes: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 22/06/2025
» A majority of Thais remain opposed to the government's proposal to develop entertainment complexes that would include a casino, according to an opinion survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA Poll).
Hong Kong police arrest 8 after fake concert tickets sold for B2.7m
Published on 20/06/2025
» Hong Kong police have arrested eight suspects aged as young as 20 in a crackdown on a cross-border syndicate that allegedly sold fake concert tickets for a total of HK$650,000 (2.7 million baht), with the South China Morning Post learning that Taiwanese star Jay Chou's fans were among those targeted.
Gambling raid nets 54 suspects, B200k in cash
Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2025
» Fifty-four people were arrested during a raid on a suspected illegal gambling den inside a warehouse in Bang Yai district, Nonthaburi, seizing over 200,000 baht in cash and various gambling equipment.