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Mind your language
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/03/2017
» An ensemble of traditional musicians begins to play. The treble sound of the oboe gets louder. Drum rolls accompany a steady rhythm of cymbals. A male singer croons in an unfamiliar dialect, "Oh, Ga Nobe Ting Tong ..."
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Bangladesh demands Myanmar take back Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2017
» YANGON/DHAKA - A special envoy of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi began top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday, as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh in the past three months.
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Against the flow
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/01/2017
» From the urban office worker to the village boatman, many people's lives are changing -- for better or for worse -- with the growing influence of China in the Mekong region. This situation has produced a mixed set of reactions.
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The heat is on
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/11/2016
» The natural landscape of Southeast Asia has suffered a slew of losses in recent years. As El Nino disrupts world weather patterns, and the region recovers from its worst droughts in decades, Thailand has lost 6.1 million tonnes of agricultural products. That's 15.5 billion baht in gains gone between January 2015 and April 2016.
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I lived next to Erawan Shrine bomb suspects
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 04/12/2016
» The former next-door neighbour of four people implicated in the fatal Erawan Shrine bombing on Aug 17, 2015, has exclusively revealed to the Bangkok Post details of their activities and behaviour prior to the arrest of two of them.
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After the quake
Spectrum, Published on 18/12/2016
» There's an old saying that Thailand is a paradise on the blue planet. A place of natural beauty and wonder, one could easily believe that Mother Nature is kind to the people here.
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The ongoing plight of Myanmar's Rohingya
Spectrum, Published on 01/01/2017
» Early in the morning on May 23 last year, 21 Rohingya migrants detained at Phangnga Provincial Immigration Office managed to escape. Five were chased down and rearrested, but one was killed by a police officer in pursuit of the fleeing migrant. The police justified the shooting as self-defence.
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Cassette tapes fast-forward to new following
AFP, Published on 28/10/2016
» SUBANG JAYA, MALAYSIA - Collectors and music fans wearing the t-shirts of obscure rock bands brave the tropical heat outside a record store near Malaysia's capital, waiting to get their hands on new cassette tapes.
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Bullets trump rehabilitation in drug war
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2016
» The Philippines is the site of the latest "war on drugs" escalation. It has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighbouring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
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Southeast Asia: World piracy hotbed
New York Times, Published on 19/09/2016
» JAKARTA - Sembara Oktafian was in the engine room of a tugboat chugging toward the Philippines when something didn't sound right.
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