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Prioritising Kanchanaburi conservation
Oped, Published on 27/04/2023
» 'If you build it, they will come." That's often the thinking behind big projects like amusement parks, shopping malls, tourism venues and sports arenas. Sometimes a new facility attracts many visitors, investors make a profit, or a government agency delivers substantial benefits to the public. Sometimes not.
Pheu Thai turns its attention to social media users
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2023
» Pheu Thai candidates are being told to engage more with voters through social media platforms to maintain the party's edge ahead of the election.
Bangladesh factory disaster survivors plead for justice 10 years on
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» SAVAR (BANGLADESH) - Bangladeshi garment worker Sumi Akhter feared for her safety, but was told to start her shift or risk forfeiting her wages. An hour later she was pinned down under rubble and clinging to life.
Poland marks 80 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» WARSAW: Church bells and sirens sounded across the Polish capital on Wednesday to mark 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when hundreds of Jewish insurgents revolted against the Nazi German occupiers.
Macron signs French pension reforms into law
AFP, Published on 15/04/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation.
Imaginary city
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 12/04/2023
» A shabby man wanders, scavenging for whatever he can find from a pile of rubbish. Still, he shares leftover food with a stray cat, caressing the creature with a warm smile, the only positive expression on his nondescript face, in a capital city that betrays no sign of any human existence.
Chuvit to appeal gag order on ganja policy
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/04/2023
» Former massage parlour tycoon Chuvit Kamolvisit will on Friday appeal a Civil Court injunction ordering him to suspend his criticism of the Bhumjaithai Party's cannabis policy pending its ruling in a case brought against him.
Demonstrators in Poland defend late pope John Paul II
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» WARSAW - Demonstrators gathered in Poland Sunday to defend the reputation of late pope John Paul II, who has been accused of having concealed crimes of paedophilia while he was archbishop of Krakow.
A melting pot
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 30/03/2023
» Late in the morning, my caffeine-dependent friends and I made a pit stop at the newly opened Pua Tobacco Barn Café & Eatery to refuel before leaving the popular town of Pua, close to the Xienghone-Hongsa special economic zone between Nan and Laos.
Pomp and paper crowns as Germany welcomes Charles III
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» BERLIN - Charles III has visited Germany 40 times before but the monarch will never have seen anything like Wednesday's welcoming ceremony for his first foreign trip as king at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.