Bangkok, Thailand -- The consequences of ordering the military to crack down on anti-government demonstrations more than two years ago has come back to haunt the former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Thai authorities have charged Abhisit and his former deputy with murder in relation to the killing of Pan Kumkong, a taxi driver, amid the unrest that brought chaos to the streets of the capital city, B ...
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Gaga's contentious tweet to her 24 million followers said: "I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy a fake Rolex." Bangkok's sprawling outdoor markets and some of its big shopping malls are widely known for selling near-perfect replicas of famous luxury brands, often imported from China. Even so, Gaga's tweet, two days ahead of a sel ...
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When Myanmar's reforming President Thein Sein visited Singapore in January, officials there offered lessons on how to modernize and attract foreign investment. Singapore's eagerness to court Myanmar's ruling generals has been a diplomatic feature of the international community's two decades of trying to crack open the reclusive country. Now that Asia's "next economic frontier" has started to open up, Singap ...
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For years, scientists and agriculturists all over the world have been working on developing a cure for Moko and Panama Disease —fungal and bacterial infections that could potentially wipe out the world's banana plantations. Moko disease is a virulent bacterial infection that causes the fruits to ripen prematurely and kills infected plants in just a few weeks. Panama disease or fusarium wilt, on the other ha ...
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It was reported by Miss Wanprapa that more Chinese tourists are visiting Phuket each year. As of May, 400,000 Chinese tourists visited Phuket and it’s expected that 700,000-800,000 will visit Phuket by the end of the year. As for Asian visitors, Chinese are the most, followed by Malaysians and Koreans. Vice Governor of Phuket Mr Jamreun Tippayapongthada presided over a meeting about Chinese tourists with Mr ...
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