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'Generation Dupe': Why Gen Z loves knockoffs
News, Erin Lowry, Published on 23/12/2023
» Parents of Gen Z might be surprised to find knockoffs on their children's wish lists this holiday season. More affectionately called "dupes", cheap imitation purses, beauty products and other items have become all the rage with Gen Z and younger millennials. Buying knockoffs is a tradition going back generations, but the new twist is publicly outing yourself as owning and wearing them.
Cops nab 17 in raid over illegal site
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2023
» Police have arrested 17 Vietnamese citizens for their alleged involvement in an online gambling site and a passport counterfeiting gang.
B173m in fake goods destroyed
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/08/2022
» The Commerce Ministry has destroyed more than 400,000 counterfeit goods worth about 173 million baht, seized in raids to protect intellectual property rights.
Chamlong backs Rosana for governor
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2022
» Former Bangkok governor Chamlong Srimuang has endorsed Rosana Tositrakul for the upcoming election as the best candidate to steer the capital forward.
Eight offset printers seized in note scam
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/11/2021
» Police have seized eight offset printing machines in Phetchaburi for inspection, following the arrest of a suspect with 9,800 counterfeit US$100 (3,300 baht) banknotes in a sting operation carried out on Friday in Bangkok's Nong Chok district.
Thailand to keep US trade list spot
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/04/2020
» The United States Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual Special 301 Report is expected to keep Thailand on its Watch List (WL) thanks to improvements in intellectual property (IP) protections, said a source at the Commerce Ministry.
Zero-baht notes?
News, Postbag, Published on 27/01/2020
» I doubt there can be anyone in Thailand who does not have personal experience of the endemic corruption at all levels of government and officialdom, whether it be 200 baht paid to a policeman for speeding or some other imagined driving offence, to a thousand baht or more demanded by a bureaucrat to expedite a simple government transaction.
Russia's ties built on mutual respect
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 03/11/2019
» Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev shares his views on Russia's evolving relationship with the regional bloc, during the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits being held in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, in an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post.
Learn from past visa-waiver mishap
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 27/08/2019
» In September 2003, the Thai government undertook the most incredible step by signing a visa-waiver agreement with Russia. No other Asean country had dared to do that before.
Cops arrest duo for B13m hotel scam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2019
» Police have arrested a Chinese man and a Thai for allegedly colluding with hotel staff in Udon Thani to cheat banks out of 13 million baht with fake credit cards.