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Ash blankets towns near erupting Philippine volcano
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2018
» LEGAZPI, Philippines: A significant amount of ash has fallen on towns near the Philippines' most active volcano after energetic eruptions of lava from the crater.
Locating Thailand in the Indo-Pacific region
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 30/01/2018
» Bluntly put, there are two reasons that propel Thailand to the front of the Asean queue in endorsing the US-led Indo-Pacific region concept. First of all, Thailand does not want the Indo-Pacific to concentrate on consultations between the US, India, Japan and Australia grouping -- known as the Quadrilateral or Quad. Bangkok perceives it as an emerging broader Indo-Pacific community. Secondly, the region's stability and prosperity will depend more on inclusive security cooperation both on land and at sea.
China's tourism industry just starting to take flight
News, Tracy Chen, Published on 30/01/2018
» If you want to gauge how Chinese consumers are reshaping the world, look at how many of them are leaving China.
Dusit Thani invests B125m for training
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 30/01/2018
» Dusit Thani College has plans to invest about 125 million baht in major renovations at its Bangkok campus and open an outdoor cooking studio, aiming to train workers to serve the rapidly growing tourism industry as well as strengthen the country's competitiveness.
Tremendous trombone
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 30/01/2018
» 'Never look directly at a trombone player," said the great composer Richard Strauss. "It only encourages them." Then again, the German composer was hardly being honest about an instrument which Felix Mendelssohn called "the most sacred and noble instrument in the orchestra".