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Death of a treaty
News, Published on 29/04/2014
» What a difference six months makes. Last October, US President Barack Obama was to attend the annual series of Asean meetings in Brunei. But a political crisis over a government shutdown kept him in Washington. Mr Obama did not get to make his personal pitch and plea for participants to wind up negotiations and sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade treaty. On his makeup tour that ends with his departure from Manila today, he has barely mentioned it.
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Postbag: Compromise looms
News, Published on 29/04/2014
» Re: “Steady rise of fascism here is terrifying,” (Opinion, April 28).
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Battling lese majeste law from a jail cell
News, Published on 29/04/2014
» I am sitting here in my prison cell late at night. The lights are on, the other prisoners are asleep and I sit alone hunched up against the wall. I am thinking of the times before my incarceration when I would be composing articles for the magazine, Voice of Taksin, at this time of night. I was the editor and publisher of this bi-weekly magazine. The work was exhausting but very rewarding as 30,000 copies would be printed and sold. Its publication was much anticipated by its readers and would be the focus for political discussion and comment. Some of the articles were incendiary because they were considered to be defamatory to the Thai monarchy by the Thai media and conservative political elite.
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Abhisit’s plan is more than compromise
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/04/2014
» With “a way out of the political crisis” being flavour of the hottest month, let’s see what’s on the menu for Thailand’s solutions.
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Thai investment in Myanmar slowing
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/04/2014
» Thai investment in Myanmar is likely to lag behind other countries, from second highest for accumulated value in Myanmar’s direct investment to eighth this year if it keeps investing at the current pace.
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Centel's highest dividend
Business, Published on 29/04/2014
» Central Plaza Hotel Plc (CENTEL) will pay a dividend to shareholders at 40 satang per share, the highest in the firm's history, thanks to its strong gains in the hotel and food business in 2013.
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Mono 29 operator looks to digital future
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 29/04/2014
» The SET-listed Mono Technology Plc expects its TV business will contribute most of its revenue and drive the total amount to 5 billion baht in the next two years following its launch today of its digital TV channel, Mono 29.
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Polo and a party
Life, Pamela Tan, Published on 29/04/2014
» The fifth “Asian Beach Polo Championship InterContinental-B.Grimm”, an annual charity sporting event organised by the B. Grimm Group and InterContinental Hua Hin Resort, once again raised a huge sum for Kamlangjai Project, or Inspire by Princess Pa, initiated by HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha to prepare female inmates to re-enter society after their discharge from the prison.
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All in a sunny day's work
Life, Chumporn Sangvilert, Published on 29/04/2014
» Last Sunday was declared the hottest day of the year. We cursed the Sun, the suffocating humidity and the sticky heat that drenched us in sweat. But for some people, working outdoors is unavoidable. Life talks to these professionals who endure the heat in order to provide us the services we can’t live without
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Get into the groove
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/04/2014
» Record Store Day was held at events at record stores around the world on Saturday. The event, which began in the USA in 2007 to encourage record stores and fans of vinyl in the US and UK to buy more records, was a huge success. Media ratings agency Neilson said it was “the most successful Record Day ever for vinyl”.
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