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Final lap for Malaysian trishaw maker
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia: In a rustic Malaysian workshop about a century old and cluttered with racks of tyres, a stoic, white-haired man dressed in a T-shirt and shorts inspects his nearly finished trishaw.
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Election countdown starts in Myanmar under virus shadow
AFP, Published on 08/09/2020
» YANGON: Myanmar's election campaign began Tuesday with Aung San Suu Kyi's party tipped for victory, with the Nobel laureate much loved at home despite her reputation shattered overseas, although she is appealing for a landslide to counter the still mighty military.
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Last trishaw driver still rolling at 76
Published on 21/09/2018
» SUKHOTHAI: Thong Mektanee began driving a trishaw in Sawankhalok municipality when he was 26 years old and shows no signs of slowing down 50 years later. He’s the last of his kind.
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Myanmar's deep fissures make explosive powder keg
News, Johanna Son, Published on 24/05/2016
» A tenuous civilian-military dance. Simmering Burman Buddhist nationalism. An impatient populace that is struggling with rising prices and power cuts, amid record-high GDP growth. A popular but inexperienced political leadership inching toward what some call "liberal authoritarianism".
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Treasuring the humble tuk-tuk
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 28/12/2015
» The three-wheeled tuk-tuk, along with temples, elephants and tom yum goong, is a top symbol of Thailand. Recognising the significance of this small, boxy vehicle to the country's cultural legacy, Thailand's contestant for the Miss Universe 2015 pageant -- 21-year-old Aniporn "Nat" Chalermburanawong -- took to the stage in Las Vegas last week wearing a tuk-tuk costume, a mix of experimental Thainess and extraterrestrial thingumajig. The dress, designed by Hirankrit Pattaraboriboonkul, won her the Best National Costume award from the international competition (see side story).
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Myanmar voters yearn for change as poll looms
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» YANGON - When hundreds of election observers fan out across Myanmar for Sunday's landmark poll, their boss Ko Sai will be relishing a very personal milestone -- his first chance to vote in a ballot that could reshape the political landscape after decades of military dominance.
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VDOs search for " trishaw "
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Pact seeks to boost border investment
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/01/2015
» Thailand's private sector is due to sign a pact today with Myanmar counterparts to ramp up border trade, investment and transportation as well as promote the use of the Myawaddy-Kawkareik road in Myanmar. Construction is due to finish in July.
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11 tourists hurt in Pattaya accident
Online Reporters, Published on 02/12/2014
» Thirteen people, 11 tourists and two Thais, were injured when a public songtaew pickup truck was rammed from behind at a traffic light in Pattaya township, Chon Buri,in the early hours of Tuesday.
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Man 'stabs four school kids to death in southern China'
AFP, Published on 26/09/2014
» BEIJING - A knife-wielding man stabbed to death four primary school children in southern China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of such attacks in recent years.
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Indonesian voters place hopes in would-be president's past
AFP, Published on 29/06/2014
» In the Indonesian city of Solo, where powerful sultans once reigned supreme, residents are fervently backing a commoner who transformed their city in his bid to become president.
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