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No place like home: Dublin boom fuels housing spiral
AFP, Published on 23/12/2018
» DUBLIN - Sharing a studio flat in Dublin with two other people, Greek security guard Aris complains about the housing crisis that forces him to live in cramped conditions.
India's no-frills hotel giant eyes European markets
AFP, Published on 23/12/2018
» MUMBAI - An Indian startup is turning its attention towards usurping the West's largest hotel chains after establishing itself as India's biggest player and shaking up the Chinese market.
At least 222 die when tsunami hits Indonesian islands
Agencies, Published on 23/12/2018
» JAKARTA: At least 222 people died and another 843 were injured in Indonesia on the islands of Java and Sumatra when a tsunami struck areas around the Sunda Strait late on Saturday following a sub-sea landslide caused by a volcano, the government's Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Sunday.
The invisible workforce
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/12/2018
» This year saw the government achieve some success in its efforts to deal with illegal migrant workers, a problem often linked with forced labour and human trafficking.
Preservation of Bangkok's 'big trees' takes centre-stage
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2018
» Koh Loy, a small water park, is known as a quiet oasis within Lumpini Park. However, the space recently became crowded with tree climbers who used slings to hover and gyrate in the air.
Paddy Ashdown: British marine who led Bosnia with an iron fist
AFP, Published on 23/12/2018
» LONDON - Paddy Ashdown, who died on Saturday aged 77, was a former marine and British opposition politician who served as the top international envoy in Bosnia following the Yugoslav Wars.
Mass transit key to cleaner air
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2018
» It's time to panic. For two consecutive years, Bangkok residents have had to cope with a serious air pollution problem, ultra-fine dust known widely known as PM2.5.
Easy choices made difficult
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/12/2018
» Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, aka Lord Falkland, went to his death in the English Civil war, leaving little of note except a rule that could be the official motto of libertarians.
Catching fire
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/12/2018
» In fiery red, like the trail of fire she blazed throughout the competition, 24-year-old singer and model Catriona Gray from the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe earlier this week in Bangkok.