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Consulate to open in Fukuoka
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 09/02/2018
» Thailand plans to open a consulate-general office in Fukuoka this year to issue visas for Japanese people who want to visit the country for long stays, either for study, work or investing.
Thailand going cashless ... or stuffing the mattress?
Business, Published on 12/02/2018
» When I arrived in Bangkok from the US in 2011, one of the first shocks was the cash-centric nature of local commerce.
Year after Kim’s killing, suspected masterminds evade trial
Associated Press, Published on 13/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Lost in the glare of North Korea’s missile launches, rhetorical battles with Washington and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could send them to the gallows -- the stunning assassination of Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother.
Israel police recommend corruption charges against Netanyahu
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2018
» JERUSALEM: Israeli police have recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two corruption cases, a development that deals an embarrassing blow to the embattled prime minister and is likely to fuel calls for him to resign.
Netanyahu defiant amid bribery allegations
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2018
» JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected calls to step down after police recommended his indictment for corruption, the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing premier's long tenure in power.
Tour packages slashed for low season
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 15/02/2018
» Hundreds of travel companies are set to launch heavily discounted packages called "Pro Fai Mai" to boost outbound tourism this year.
The nightmare continues
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 15/02/2018
» 'Exodus Déjà Vu" lives up to its name. The photographs, displayed over three floors at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, have a strange, fleeting familiarity, bringing to mind memories of current and past events like transient flashes.
Sunflower festival
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/02/2018
» Aditayadorn Agricultural Learning Center, Ban Ra Sai in Muang district of Surin, has announced a sunflower festival.
Purge needed so South Africa's ANC can revive economy
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/02/2018
» As a passer-by in the upscale Johannesburg suburb of Saxonwold observed, the South African police would never have raided the enormous, high-walled compound of the Gupta family if President Jacob Zuma were not on the brink of being removed. But early on Wednesday morning, the police did exactly that.
US restaurateur admits using Thais as cheap labour
Associated Press, Published on 16/02/2018
» PORTLAND: An Oregon man originally from Thailand has admitted bringing four Thai nationals into the US to provide cheap labour at his restaurants.