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Indian weddings becoming a big business in Thailand
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/02/2016
» Jas Singh’s 2010 wedding was not a typical Sikh gurdwara ceremony. Instead of being held at a temple, the bride and groom, along with 200 guests and a priest, flew to Thailand from Bangalore for a beach wedding in Hua Hin.
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Beyond the call of duty free
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/02/2016
» Giant billboards advertising Lotte Duty Free surround the 150,000 square metre shopping and entertainment complex on Rama IX Road, opposite the Grand Tulip Hotel. The tourist-oriented complex is due to open in June, but behind the glass shopfronts where the duty-free stores are supposed to be, the interior is empty.
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Pay coconuts, get monkeys
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/09/2015
» The next time you drink canned coconut milk, look at the label. If it’s produced in Thailand, the coconuts have most likely been collected by monkeys — specifically, southern pig-tailed macaques.
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Bangkok’s baffling booze ban
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/08/2015
» By 7pm, the six employees of the Hunsa bar had gathered around the white wooden table to eat their home-made kanom jeen, a dish consisting of rice vermicelli served with curry.
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Saved from the meat trade, a Thai dog wins at Crufts
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/03/2015
» A simple camera flash helped save Miracle from the dog meat trade, but it was the Thai crossbreed’s remarkable bond with a severely disabled Scottish boy which secured it a top prize at the world’s most prestigious dog show last week.
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The need for compassion when lives are on the line
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/02/2015
» ‘Hello, I need someone to talk to. Who wants to talk to me?” asked Sai. “I have a secret that I can’t tell, not even to my family members.”
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Harley revs up expansion
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/01/2014
» Power Station Motorsport Co, the authorised dealer of Harley-Davidson in Thailand, will open showrooms and service centres in three regions of the country in a bid to double sales by 2018.
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Technology tackles a killer
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/05/2013
» Each year, millions of Thais suffer from liver disease, with liver cancer ranking as the most common cause of death in adult men.
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TPark branching out in the provinces
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 15/03/2013
» Ticon Logistics Park Co (TPark), a unit of the SET-listed Ticon Industrial Connection, will spend 5.5 billion baht this year to set up two new logistics parks and expand leased warehouse space.
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Myanmar environmental law could affect Dawei standards
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 29/11/2012
» Businesses looking to invest in Dawei are bracing for heightened risk as Myanmar's Environmental Conservation Act is set to take effect next year, a seminar heard yesterday.
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