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Railway market back on track post-pandemic
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: A train bell rouses a Thai grandmother dozing in her fruit and flower stall, sending her rushing to fold in her awning before the locomotive slowly rumbles past, so close it almost touches her wares.
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times
AFP, Published on 29/04/2022
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail".
Australia to reopen borders to tourists on Feb 21
AFP, Published on 07/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from Feb 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions.
Laos hopes for economic boost from Chinese-built railway
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» A new $6 billion Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos this week, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the reclusive nation, but experts are questioning the benefits of a project that has seen thousands of farmers evicted from their land.
'The Serpent' still haunting lives four decades on
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» BANGKOK: Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path.
Labour-starved Australia offers cash to 'work in paradise'
AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» SYDNEY - Facing a pandemic-induced labour shortage, one sun-drenched Australian state on Thursday began offering a bundle of cash to anyone willing to "work in paradise".
New Zealand vows crackdown on defecating backpackers
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government promised Wednesday to take action against backpackers relieving themselves at natural beauty spots as part of post-coronavirus tourism plans.
Mothers of Koh Tao convicts beg for clemency
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» The mothers of two Myanmar men sentenced to death for the murder of a pair of British backpackers on Koh Tao submitted a plea for clemency from His Majesty the King on Thursday, in a case tainted by claims of irregularities.
In Cambodia's 'New Macau', Chinese cash in
AFP, Published on 27/01/2019
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: A businessman leaves a smoky room $1,500 poorer from a game of Baccarat at a casino in Sihanoukville -- an increasingly common scene in the Cambodian beachtown as it becomes a honeypot for Chinese gamblers and investors at a pace worrying marginalised locals.
Australia extends 'backpacker visas' to ease farm worker shortage
AFP, Published on 05/11/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia announced on Monday that it was extending working holiday visas to allow young travellers to stay longer in the country to help meet a shortage of farm labourers.