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Rice Scheme: Govt leak puts loss at 200 billion baht
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/05/2013
» Govt to lose 200 billion on rice scheme not 70-100 billion. Asean neighbors importing less rice, global supply rising.
DTAC expands to Myanmar?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/05/2013
» DTAC's Norwegian parent company aims to cover 75% or more of Myanmar with mobile phone coverage in 5 years.
Kingdom, Come!: Ancient riches mix with modern cool in gyeongju
B Magazine, Published on 12/05/2013
» Only a little more than two hours from the capital of one of the world's most wired, IT-savvy countries lies a gateway to a quieter, unplugged era.
Tourism: Death Railway to Kanchanaburi
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/04/2013
» To attract tourists, Myanmar plans to rebuild & reconnect to Thailand, famous railway build by prisoners of war during World War II.
High-speed rail: Big money project for the rich?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/04/2013
» Big spending for high-speed rail questioned by Thaksin's former Finance Ministers. More capacity for existing rail cargo & passenger makes more sense.
Low energy living
Life, Published on 24/04/2013
» As summer tortures us with strangulating heat, the shutdown of gas pipelines in Myanmar earlier this month threw the whole nation into panic. The campaign for energy saving is running into conflict because air conditioning is as necessary as the air itself, but conservation starts at home, and we talk to three people who believe it's still possible to do our bit to reduce energy consumption
Safeguarding the food chain
News, Published on 20/04/2013
» The spate of food scares this year has given Thai consumers understandable cause for concern. They range from world-famous Swedish meatballs that were found to contain horsemeat instead of beef to contaminants introduced by the excessive recycling of cooking oil and the overuse of pesticides and other toxic chemicals. The number of food poisoning cases also rang alarm bells at the Ministry of Public Health, which is nervously watching the deadly spread of separate strains of bird flu in China and Cambodia.
Fear stalks Muslims in Myanmar
Spectrum, Published on 14/04/2013
» Mon Hnin, a 29-year-old Muslim woman from Meiktila, in central Myanmar, spent the night of March 20 with her daughter and mother-in-law hiding in terror in the bushes on the fringes of her neighbourhood.
Meter taxis run amok
News, Published on 03/04/2013
» What's going on with Bangkok taxi fares? For the past 10 years I've passed through Bangkok every two months on average and always, with few exceptions, have been able to jump in a taxi and pay the metered fare. But in my last two trips, more than half the taxi drivers have refused to use their meters and said the rate would be 100 or 200 baht _ even for the shortest destination.
Reds need to wise up
News, Published on 15/03/2013
» Re: ''Revised flood plan fails to cut B350bn cost to taxpayers'' (BP, March 14).