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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

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| 13 May 2015 | 08:28 GMT+7
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  • 'It's happening again'

    Residents slept on the streets of Kathmandu Tuesday and Wednesday after the second major earthquake killed dozens and brought fresh terror to the country. (AFP photo)
    updateASIA -Residents slept on the streets of Kathmandu Tuesday and Wednesday after the second major earthquake killed dozens and brought fresh terror to the country.

  • Harsh love

    A Rohingya man pleads with authorities as families try to shelter on a typical boat used by migrants to escape the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area. Indonesia and Malaysia have joined Thailand with a policy to refuse asylum to the boat people. (AP file photo)
    GENERAL -Indonesia and Malaysia have signed on to official Thai policy on Rohingya boat people - give them food and water, push them back, and let the sea deal with them.

  • Migrant meeting set

    A child, believed to be Rohingya, eats inside a shelter after he was rescued along with hundreds of others from boats in Lhoksukon in Indonesia's Aceh province May 12. There has been a surge in refugees arriving from impoverished Bangladesh and Myanmar to Malaysia and Indonesia following a crackdown on trafficking by Thailand, usually the first destination in the region's people-smuggling network. (Reuters photo)
    GENERAL -Thailand will host a May 29 international meeting on the flow of migrants through the Bay of Bengal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.

  • Shell shock

    A ranger's shadow is cast over the site of a roadside bomb which was cordoned off for forensic examination in Yala province. (AFP photo)
    SECURITY -A killer called PTSD has taken 11 lives we know about without a sign the military is concerned, writes insurgency expert Zachary Abuza from the deep South.

  • Safety questioned

    These five airlines have been singled out by China for problems including poor maintenance and a shortage of trained personnel. The Department of Civil Aviation believes the problems can be cleared up.
    GENERAL -The rights of five Thai airlines to fly to China are threatened over poor maintenance, but the real hurdle is a safety inspection by the United States due in mid-July.
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  • Lives suspended in rural Nepal

    Lives suspended in rural Nepal

    videoA family is forced to live outside, mourning the dead and worrying that rains from the coming monsoons will create more deadly landslides.
    BY NEW YORK TIMES 
  • Campaigners gathered thousands of signatures for a petition on Monday to curb high costs of private hospitals, and the prime minister now has joined the call for more fair charges. (Photo by Thanarak Khunton)

    Hospital fees studied

    updateThe prime minister now knows health fees are out of whack, and has told authorities to set proper median prices for care and medicine at private hospitals.
    BY PATSARA JIKKHAM & MONGKOL BANGPRAPA

SPECIAL REPORT

Asean labour rights at issue

Asean labour rights at issue

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Major trade legislation is slated for discussion in the US Senate on Tuesday, but growing opposition about workers' rights in Vietnam and Malaysia threatens to block progress.

OPINION

  • Boycott strikes a chord
    SANITSUDA EKACHAI

    Boycott strikes a chord

    Siam Banana issue highlighted a long simmering discontent with the unchecked power over the agricultural sector by CP, as shown by 7-Eleven, writes Sanitsuda Ekachai.
    13 May 2015 at 03:30
  • Excellent aid response

    Excellent aid response

    Groups and individuals stepped up and "walked the walk" in search, rescue and aid missions into Nepal.
    13 May 2015 at 03:30
  • Politicising corruption
    BOONWARA SUMANO

    Politicising corruption

    Well-intentioned people join an anti-corruption NGO but then fall out over politics, and lose sight of the objective, writes Policy Focus columnist Boonwara Sumano.
    13 May 2015 at 03:30

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Baht falls to six-year low

Baht falls to six-year low

The baht plummeted to its lowest level in nearly six years, while the stock market erased this year's gains as foreign investors shunned local assets.
NUNTAWUN POLKUAMDEE AND ORANAN PAWEEWUN

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    TYPEBAHT/LITRETYPEBAHT/LITRE
    GASOHOL 9128.18GASOHOL E8523.28
    GASOHOL 9529.00DIESEL25.99
    GASOHOL E2026.78NGV13.00

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      Probe hits Khao Yai 

      Probe hits Khao Yai 
      The property market remains promising around the popular national park despite the campaign against land encroachment in the low-lying areas.
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      Land appraisals by next year

      Land appraisals by next year
      The Treasury Department expects to be able to complete its valuations of Thailand's entire 32 million land plots by next year.

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    Cannes you see it?

    Cannes you see it?

    With Ingrid Bergman gazing from the poster, the 68th Cannes Film Festival opens tonight, carrying the usual weight...
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  • BANGKOK EXPLORER

    • Paused Dream

      Paused Dream
      Kathmandu Photo Gallery will present “Paused Dream”, a photographic exhibition by British-Thai photographer Cattleya Jaruthavee, from May 9-June 28. Close to the Thai-Lao border,...

    • Conversation of Breath

      Conversation of Breath
      Through meditative thoughts, Jiratchaya Pripwai draws endless lines keeping with her infinite breath. The abstract images on various surfaces are her wordless poems. The opening...

    • Pet Planet: Colourful Exotic Pet

      Pet Planet: Colourful Exotic Pet
      A variety of bizarre animals distinctive for their colours will be displayed during the “Pet Planet: Colourful Exotic Pet” exhibition, at Seacon Bangkae, from Friday until May...

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