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Commentary: Myanmar’s war is exacerbating a flood of meth across Southeast Asia
Read more: Commentary: Myanmar’s war is exacerbating a flood of meth across Southeast AsiaSynthetic drug production and trafficking in the region, particularly out of Myanmar’s Shan State, has grown exponentially in recent years, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.
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Malaysia public hospitals’ new ‘premium’ service – boost to healthcare or more pain for the masses?
Read more: Malaysia public hospitals’ new ‘premium’ service – boost to healthcare or more pain for the masses?The government has insisted that the Rakan KKM programme will help bump the salaries of healthcare workers in the public sector and retain talent.
Thailand
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BBL urges government emphasis on FDI
Read more: BBL urges government emphasis on FDIBangkok Bank (BBL) has called on the new government to emphasise investment support to accommodate an anticipated increase in foreign trade and investment flows across Southeast Asia over five years.
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Red levels of PM2.5 in Bangkok and 20 provinces
Read more: Red levels of PM2.5 in Bangkok and 20 provincesRed (seriously harmful) levels of PM2.5 blanketed Bangkok and 20 provinces, with 54 provinces in total covered with unsafe degrees of ultrafine dust on Wednesday morning.
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As gold spikes, traders urge caution
Read more: As gold spikes, traders urge cautionThai gold traders are warning investors to shop wisely after bullion surged for the eighth consecutive week, buoyed by renewed fears of a US-China trade war, the ongoing US government shutdown and increased prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
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Trump links Thai-Cambodia peace to trade talks
Read more: Trump links Thai-Cambodia peace to trade talksThe Trump administration is making conflict resolution a condition of US trade negotiations with Thailand, as it pushes the latter to reach a peace agreement with Cambodia.
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Cabinet rehuffles 45 high-level officials at Interior Ministry
Read more: Cabinet rehuffles 45 high-level officials at Interior MinistryThe cabinet on Tuesday reshuffled 45 high-level officials at the Interior Ministry – chiefs of provincial and local administration and land departments, as well as provincial governors
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Commentary: Myanmar’s war is exacerbating a flood of meth across Southeast Asia
Read more: Commentary: Myanmar’s war is exacerbating a flood of meth across Southeast AsiaSynthetic drug production and trafficking in the region, particularly out of Myanmar’s Shan State, has grown exponentially in recent years, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.
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Malaysia public hospitals’ new ‘premium’ service – boost to healthcare or more pain for the masses?
Read more: Malaysia public hospitals’ new ‘premium’ service – boost to healthcare or more pain for the masses?The government has insisted that the Rakan KKM programme will help bump the salaries of healthcare workers in the public sector and retain talent.
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Century-old stupa collapses in Isan
Read more: Century-old stupa collapses in IsanNAKHON PHANOM – The 123-year-old Buddhist stupa known as Phra Tat Non Tan collapsed on Sunday.
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Thai army defends psych-ops along Cambodian border
Read more: Thai army defends psych-ops along Cambodian borderThe military defended its operations along the border on Sunday, following Cambodia’s complaint to the interim observer team (IOT) over the use of so-called “ghostly sounds”, insisting that all activities took place strictly within Thai territory.
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Thais practise evacuation near Cambodian border
Read more: Thais practise evacuation near Cambodian borderCommunity leaders in four districts of Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia carried out evacuation drills on Sunday, while the army said mine clearance in a border village was part of a plan to remove Cambodian settlers encroaching on Thai territory.