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Chinese will get trains up and running
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 06/07/2015
» China always thinks big. That is the way it is for a country that ranks number two in the global economy pecking order, with its vast amounts of cash to splash about.
Prayut right on track with rail investors
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/02/2015
» The score so far: Japan 1, China 1. But the great train battle between these two investment heavyweights for Thai turf is far from over.
Bridge builds Asean ties for China
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 31/03/2014
» The bridges that span the Mekong River are not simply bridges. They are a political indicator that illustrate the changes that have swept the region.
Laos: Unhappy year-end
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 24/12/2012
» This year was is supposed to have been a year to remember for Laos _ that was until the evening of Dec 15. ''I last saw my husband driving in his jeep behind my car on Saturday, 15 December, 2012. We were both going home to dinner,'' said Ng Sui Meng.
Thaksin has done voters a real favour
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 30/04/2012
» Has Thaksin Shinawatra made any right decisions of late that will benefit the country? Well, yes, he has. Once.
Home: It's so close, and yet so far away
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 02/04/2012
» When Michael Buble, Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies co-wrote Home (of which the lyrics above are rewritten to give a local flavour), there was no way they could have known it would echo so resoundingly with Thaksin Shinawatra. The tune was a breakthrough hit for Canadian singer Buble in 2005, one year before Thaksin was bumped from office by the coup.
Kwanchai, Sanan spring surprises
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 26/03/2012
» Thumbs up for Kwanchai Praipana. Thumbs down for Sanan Kachornprasart. The one thing that makes Mr Kwanchai stand out from the rest of the red shirt brigade is that he puts the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship in an awkward position from time to time. The latest incident was last Monday.
Battle looms to hold on to cheap labour
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 12/03/2012
» 'Asean chief warns firms of labour shortage", reads a headline in the Bangkok Post on Saturday. The story says the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Surin Pitsuwan, is worried about the opening up of Myanmar which could compel its migrant citizens working in factories, trawlers, houses and the like overseas to return to their country.