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Japanese child sex tourists contributing to lost generation of girls in Laos
Published on 14/10/2025
» In a quiet corner of the Lao capital Vientiane, an unremarkable compound conceals a dark and exploitative operation.
Bar girl hands tourist's lost bag and cash over to Pattaya police
Published on 13/10/2025
» PATTAYA - A woman employee at a go-go bar has given police a tourist’s shoulder bag she found containing 9,700 Australian dollars, hoping it could be returned to its owner.
Venezuelan opposition leader wins Nobel Peace Prize
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» OSLO - The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Venezuelan opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, forced to live in hiding in what has become a “brutal” state, the Nobel jury said on Friday.
Hungary's Krasznahorkai, 'master of the apocalypse' wins literature Nobel
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary's most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.
Nearly 150k households receive relief
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 07/10/2025
» Nearly 150,000 households displaced by clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops along the border have begun receiving relief payments from the government, though many recipients say the amount is simply not enough to cover their losses, especially if fresh clashes erupt.
Co-payment, welfare card schemes backed to lift GDP
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/10/2025
» The Finance Ministry expects the "Khon La Khrueng" co-payment scheme and increased allowances under the state welfare card programme to lift private consumption by 0.87 percentage points.
Babis pledges loyalty to Europe as Czech government talks begin
AFP, Published on 05/10/2025
» PRAGUE - Czech billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis vowed loyalty to Europe as he met the president to start talks on a new government Sunday, a day after his movement topped a national vote.
The amazing paddy fields of England
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/10/2025
» Important news from Blighty. Rice has been grown for the first time in Britain in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. Apparently this is a result of an unusually hot summer. For a project that had once been dismissed as a joke it's quite an achievement. Let's hope the notoriously fickle English weather doesn't spoil it all. It will probably start snowing tomorrow.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Oct 3-9
Guru, Published on 03/10/2025
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
A moral exemplar
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/10/2025
» Re: "Legal eagles voice worries over Thaksin's pardon bid", (BP, Oct 1). Whatever naughtinesses he may have been accused of, it cannot be denied that Thaksin Shinawatra continues to prove a moral exemplar to the nation in at least two areas. The first is that he faithfully follows the traditional example of accumulating the greatest possible sufficiency of extreme wealth; the second is that he entertains as unfailingly as Lisa Manoban herself, albeit with his humorous approach to preached legal norms rather than with her doubtless impressive song and dance routines.