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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Bangkok Post

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| 29 Apr 2015 | 09:00 GMT+7
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  • Beware the con men

    Legitimate efforts are under way to gather real aid for hard-hit Nepal, but thieves and tricksters are using the tragedy and death to cheat and walk away with your donation.
    GENERAL -Legitimate efforts are under way to gather real aid for hard-hit Nepal, but thieves and tricksters are using the tragedy and death to cheat and walk away with your donation.

  • Mass executions

    Indonesia executed seven foreign drug convicts and an Indonesian by firing squad early Wednesday, but spared a Filipina at the 11th hour.
    updateASIA -Indonesia executed seven foreign drug convicts and an Indonesian by firing squad early Wednesday, but spared a Filipina at the 11th hour.

  • Global terror ties

    The US sanctions Hezbollah terrorist Hussein Atris, released from Bangkok prison last September, over newly found links to the bombers of the Burgas, Bulgaria airport.
    GENERAL -The US sanctions Hezbollah terrorist Hussein Atris, released from Bangkok prison last September, over newly found links to the bombers of the Burgas, Bulgaria airport.

  • Peace TV closing appealed

    Journalists say closing the red shirt-linked broadcaster is too harsh, but Gen Prayut defends the censorship as he publishes the first edition of a government
    updatePOLITICS -Journalists say closing the red shirt-linked broadcaster is too harsh, but Gen Prayut defends the censorship as he publishes the first edition of a government "news" letter.

  • How many tears must fall?

    Southern terrorists targeted and killed four Buddhists and burnt their homes, leaving a grieving gran to wonder how much merit-making she can stand.
    GENERAL -Southern terrorists targeted and killed four Buddhists and burnt their homes, leaving a grieving gran to wonder how much merit-making she can stand.
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  • Thai culture and marriage

    Thai culture and marriage

    videoIf you are an expat planning to wed a Thai, you might need "sin sod". Watch the video to learn about Thai cultural aspects within marriage.
    BY BANGKOK POST
  • Excessive power

    Excessive power

    Thailand has way too much electricity in reserve, so the government is "asking" small, clean independent producers to cut back or halt their input to the grid.
    BY YUTHANA PRAIWAN

SPECIAL REPORT

Out of Everest

Out of Everest

PHUKET NEWS
A Phuket dive shop owner and his wife are currently struggling to get out of the mountains of quake-shattered Nepal after a harrowing 72 hours near Mount Everest. This is their tale.

OPINION

  • Trawlers of destruction
    SANITSUDA EKACHAI

    Trawlers of destruction

    It is the wrong tack to try to protect the fishing industry from the European Union's yellow card, writes Sanitsuda Ekachai. Better to work to protect the sea.
    29 Apr 2015 at 06:29
  • A transparent charter, please
    JOHN DRAPER & PEERASIT KAMNUANSILPA

    A transparent charter, please

    With the new Asean Economic Community likely to increase corruption in the region, the new constitution needs more work to counter the threat.
    29 Apr 2015 at 03:30
  • Begging for a solution

    Begging for a solution

    Authorities must have a single, overriding motive when they discuss a new law for beggars and buskers - sympathy.
    29 Apr 2015 at 03:30

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Weak March spurs cut in export

Weak March spurs cut in export

The government has slashed its full-year export forecast to 1.2% growth against 4% projected earlier after exports shrank for a third straight month in March.
PHUSADEE ARUNMAS

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    GASOHOL 9127.68GASOHOL E8522.98
    GASOHOL 9528.50DIESEL25.49
    GASOHOL E2026.28NGV13.00

  • TECH

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    • NEWS

      Narai, Nye propose B14bn worth of projects

      Narai, Nye propose B14bn worth of projects
      Property developer Narai Property Co and its newly established subsidiary Nye Estate Co plan to launch 15 new residential projects worth a combined 14 billion baht in Bangkok and...
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      Pricey Samui

      Pricey Samui
      Land prices on Koh Samui could rise 11.8% this year, provided the Surat Thani tourist island is not hit by new bombing, a real estate surveyor predicts.

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LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL

  • FEATURE

    All that glitters...

    All that glitters...

    Continuing our series on female conservationists, Life speaks with Suekanya Theerachatdamrong, who for over a decade has led the fight against Akara's gold mine.
    KARNJANA KARNJANATAWE

  • BANGKOK EXPLORER

    • Hom Rong The Musical

      Hom Rong The Musical
      From an award-winning motion picture to a stage play, Hom Rong tells of Thai xylophonist Sorn (Kornkan Sutthikoses) who struggles to maintain Thai cultural roots through classical...

    • Bizarre Land

      Bizarre Land
      There are a lot of things found only in Thailand — toddlers on motorcycles, ubiquitous porn, double standards, senseless superstitions — which Charit Pusiri exposes in his satirical...

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