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Thailand’s Military Government Approves Mega Transport Projects
The projects involve auction of contracts to build six electric train routes, procure city buses and build new motorways. - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military stacked cabinet yesterday approved the...
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Thailand’s Troubled Tourism Industry Struggles to Recover
The World Travel and Tourism Council data shows the tourism sector is worth $75 billion a year and in 2013 accounted for more than 20 percent of Thailand’s national output. – – BANGKOK – Visitor...
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Traffickers use Abductions, Prison Ships to Feed Asia’s Slave Trade
Eighty-one men were held captive in the jungle by people who authorities believe planned to -sell them - - PHANG NGA – When Afsar Miae left his home near Teknaf in southern Bangladesh to look for work...
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Thailand’s Junta to Hand Cash to Rubber Farmers
A farmer collecting the white liquid sap of rubber trees a few hours after the trees were bled - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s military-appointed government approved measures to help rubber farmers who have...
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Japanese Man Set Himself Ablaze and Jumps from Balcony at Taniya Shopping...
Shinji Watanabe, 37, from Yokohama put himself on the balcony of Thaniya Plaza’s fourth floor and jumped down at 10:40 pm Wednesday police said - - BANGKOK – A 37-year-old Japanese National, Mr Shinji...
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Wife Orderes Murder of British Husband Robert Ellis in Bali
Robert and Julaikah Noor Ellis - - BALI - The wife of Robert Ellis a British man found with his throat slashed and dumped in a ditch on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali has admitted ordering the...
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Tourism Authority of Thailand Works to Bring More Tourism to Chiang Rai
Tourists come to Chiang Rai Mountains in High Season CHIANG RAI – The Tourism Authority of Thailand and operators in Chiang Rai are offering seasonal packages to lure visitors during the coming cool...
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24 Year Old British Woman Dies During Cosmetic Surgery in Bangkok
She reportedly returned to the clinic for a corrective operation on her tailbone, during which she died last night - - BANGKOK – British National Miss. Joy Noah William has died during cosmetic surgery...
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Controversial Tim “Sharky” Ward Scoffs at Pattaya Crackdown on Sex Tourism
Tim “Sharky” Ward in Pattaya Thailand - - PATTAYA – Controversial Tim “Sharky” Ward is once again in the media boasting he pays to have sex with many Thai women in Pattaya. In March 2012 he made...
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Daughter Calls for Police to Re Open Case into Her Father Death, After Murder...
Keiko Matta, 31, calls for police to re-open a probe into the death of her father, Kasitosi Tanaka. He was the ex-husband of Ms Pornchanok. - - BANGKOK – Keiko Matta the daughter of a Japanese...
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US Scales Back ‘Cobra Gold’ War Games in Thailand
US Scales Back ‘Cobra Gold’ War Games in Thailand - - BANGKOK – The United States has confirmed it is scaling back a major annual defense exercise in Thailand, where Washington has criticized a coup...
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Canadian Firefighter Cycles the Globe for Cancer, Chiang Mai to Singapore...
Rudy will be cycling across Thailand from Chiang Mai to Singapore starting November 18 2014 - - Rudy Pospisil a Fire Department Captain and cancer survivor from Vancouver Canada has been cycling...
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Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha Orders Stricter Security Measures for...
The PM’s order came in light of the recent reports of the killing of overseas visitors while in Thailand - - BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered security-related agencies to...
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Thailand Rank 7th Best in HSBC Global Expat Survey
Expats in Thailand and Vietnam point out how cost-effective it is to live in these destinations - - CHIANG RAI – It is not easy to learn Thai and to make friends in Thailand, but the cost of living...
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Ricky Gervais and Judi Dench Back Soi Dog Foundation Campaign to Stop Dog...
Ricky Gervais and more than 423,000 people have already signed a petition to stop it PHUKET – Dame Judi Dench, Ricky Gervais and Downton Abbey actors have joined forces to campaign against the...
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Northern Thailand Not Affected by 3.8 Earthquake in Laos
3.8 magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred at 01.53 a.m. today with the epicenter in Laos CHIANG RAI – The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) reported that the latest earthquake of 3.8...
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Authorities Hunt for Indian Fugitive Terrorist Jaktar Singh Tara in...
Indian fugitive terrorist Jaktar Singh Tara - - BANGKOK – The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 is on a hunt for Indian fugitive terrorist Jaktar Singh Tara, who is believed to be...
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All Beach Parties Banned on Surat Thani’s Islands , Except Full Moon Party on...
Beach events, such as the Black Moon and Half Moon parties, were partly responsible for problems affecting the province’s tourism. - - SURAT THANI – The Governor of Surat Thani has banned parties on...
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Thai PM Worried about Economic Slowdown
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha - - BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayut Cha-o-cha admitted he is worried by the projected economic slowdown next year, but still sees the possibility of...
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Scotland Yard Police Visit Ko Tao Crime Scene
Scotland Yard officials with Thai police on Koh Tao Island - - KOH TAO – Three Scotland Yard police officers from the UK made a weekend inspection of locations on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand where...
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