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A 'retrospective' on Trump's first year back in job
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 16/01/2025
» Predictions about 2025 come with flashing caveats: no one can know what US President-elect Donald Trump will do, let alone how the rest of the world will respond. But one can speculate. Imagine it is January 2026.
Malaysia starts 'luxury' durian exports to China as Indonesia sniffs the market
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/08/2024
» BEIJING - Malaysia's first shipment of fresh durian to the giant China market has arrived, vying for demand from eager consumers who are used to buying the spiky and pungent fruit from Thailand and Vietnam.
Border and transit trade rise 3.6% in first half to B912bn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/08/2024
» Border and transit trade in the first half of this year tallied 912 billion baht, up 3.6%, according to the Foreign Trade Department.
Viral TikTok videos from Singaporean architect bring feng shui to new audience
South China Morning Post, Published on 16/07/2024
» SINGAPORE - In 2020, when the world was in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cliff Tan entered a quarantine hotel in his native Singapore. At the time, the architect had 50 followers on TikTok.
Escapee Chaowalit faces time in solitary after quarantine
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/06/2024
» High-profile prison escapee Chaowalit Thongduang, aka “Paeng Nanod”, who was arrested in Bali two weeks ago is now undergoing a ten-day Covid-19 quarantine at Bang Kwang Central Prison.
Bad air, caves and elephants
News, Published on 30/12/2023
» Environmental beat yielded some very diverse stories in 2023.
Singapore bids farewell to China-bound panda cub
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SINGAPORE - Singaporeans bid farewell to a two-year-old panda cub on Wednesday as authorities prepared to send him to China where he will join the country's breeding program.
China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» SUZHOU (CHINA) - When Han Jiali's beloved cat Dabai was taken from her Shanghai home last year, she embarked on a hunt for her pet that took her deep into the bowels of China's underground feline meat trade.
Onus on Pheu Thai as support dwindles
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 09/09/2023
» After making a policy statement before parliament on Monday, the Pheu Thai-led coalition is set to jumpstart its work under tight scrutiny from the opposition, especially the Move Forward Party (MFP). If this was not enough, members of the public are casting suspicious eyes at its policies, as several seem too good to be true.
Royal pardon for Thaksin
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/09/2023
» His Majesty the King has granted a royal pardon to jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, reducing his combined jail sentence from eight years to one, according to an announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Friday.