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Huge task ahead for Asean Community
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 01/01/2015
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has a huge task ahead as it pulls its member nations together to form the Asean Community by this time next year, says Foreign Ministry permanent secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow.
People's voices, including hers
News, Published on 23/11/2014
» Veteran TV journalist Nattaya Waewweerakoupt has been reporting on social conflicts, especially in rural communities, for decades.
Pharmacists step up protests against FDA's drugs bill
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/10/2014
» Pharmacists at various hospitals nationwide last week began protesting against a new version of the drugs bill approved by the Council of State (CoS), causing a headache for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is overseeing the bill's amendment.
Property in Thailand: Part 10 What about title for a buyer?
News, Published on 11/11/2012
» Last week, we said a property buyer should have an agreement to make sure he or she gets the deposit back if something turns out to be wrong with the title.
Restrictions sinking sea gypsies
News, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 11/11/2012
» Sanit tried to maintain his stride while walking towards the sea, but everybody knew that he was sick.
Dreams take centre stage at transgender beauty pageant
News, Published on 11/11/2012
» `My, you are an interesting group. Welcome to our gallery of glamour,'' booms the PA, on a loop of audience platitudes across banks of empty seats. The stage is a flurry of flustered stylists, choreographers desperately rehearsing lip-syncing routines, jostling film crews and contestants milling around in sequinned silk dressing gowns. This is the dress rehearsal for the world's most arresting beauty pageant. Twenty-one transgender women from 17 different countries have earned the right to compete in Miss International Queen 2012.
The evolution of the capital's mushrooming commercial districts
News, Published on 11/11/2012
» Bangkok now has more than eight million square metres of office space, 84% of which has been developed in just the past two decades. Of the total, 41% or nearly 3.33 million square metres was completed during the economic boom years of 1991-95. The pace slowed in the next five years, understandably because of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, but developers still managed to add 2.3m sq m to the capital's office market, with another 1.1 million sq m completed since 2000.
The power to make a living is priceless
News, Andrew Wood, Published on 11/11/2012
» The power to make a living is priceless. So why are you not protecting it? Perhaps back home these things are taken for granted. As an expat, you are effectively on your own when you live abroad.