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Parcel couriers face fines for delivering illegal drugs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/10/2017
» The secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board (NCB) has been given the power to fine parcel couriers found to be delivering drugs as measures to tackle the sale of illegal substances are stepped up.
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Labels proposed if import ban on US pork is lifted
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/09/2017
» Thailand plans to add the non-tariff barrier of labelling if the US forces it to lift a ban on pork imports from that country, says Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn.
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State seasons herbs with added value
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/09/2017
» The government has created a master plan to promote the exports of Thai herbs, aiming to more than double their value to more than 4 billion baht per year over the next few years, says the Commerce Ministry.
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Exporting to China? What Thai SMEs need to know
Asia focus, Published on 07/08/2017
» Global trade growth has been slack in recent years, mainly because of the slowdown in giant economies such as China, the European Union and the United States. Slower growth is widely perceived as the "new normal", and Thailand is no exception. The country's exports, the main engine of GDP growth, have also been sluggish. After double-digit annual expansion every year from 2003-11 (except 2009 after fallout from the subprime crisis), Thai exports slowed sharply and actually contracted in value for three years from 2013-15 before staging a modest revival last year.
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Trading up from terror
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/08/2017
» With the ongoing deep South insurgency in Thailand, it's hard to imagine how the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat can start tackling issues like development when the threat of violence still lingers. The sounds of bombs and gunshots are a regular part of people's lives.
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Cig sellers fuming over retail bans
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2017
» Tobacco traders have slammed a new act on tobacco control, saying the legislation has been interpreted to bar stores from allowing customers to view cigarette products for "even a second".
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Philippine insurgency stems from lack of compromise
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/06/2017
» A month ago, hardly anybody outside the Philippines had ever heard of Marawi. Now it's the latest front in the war against the Islamic State (IS). More evidence, if you needed it, that the terrorism associated with the IS will go on long after Mosul and Raqqa have been liberated and "Caliph Ibrahim" (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) has been killed or captured.
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GST jumble
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/05/2017
» Naseem is a confused man. The owner of two department stores in Ghaziabad, a city just east of Delhi, he is worried that the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to damage his sales.
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Cops seize 11 marijuana plants
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/04/2017
» Premium-grade marijuana plants, grown in an environmentally controlled enclosure from seeds imported from England, were seized by police during a crackdown on narcotics and weapons covering Bangkok and its surrounding provinces on Friday.
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Petty drug users should not be pariahs
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 17/03/2017
» After losing her final court battle on Wednesday, former model Chachchaya "Yuyee" Cuesta Ramos will spend the next 15 years in a cell for possessing and smuggling 251 milligrammes of cocaine into the country -- a charge she has denied.
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