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Border row a double blow for businesses
Read more: Border row a double blow for businessesThe Thai-Cambodian territorial conflict has curtailed border trade and raised worries over the future of Thai businesses in the neighbouring country, as well as Cambodian workers in Thailand.
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Thai military chiefs decide to close Cambodia border indefinitely
Read more: Thai military chiefs decide to close Cambodia border indefinitelyCommanders of the Thai armed forces have unanimously voted to indefinitely shutter Thailand’s border with Cambodia until the neighbouring nation is no longer deemed a threat, as well as to erect fencing.
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Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airports
Read more: Fast immigration lanes for Chinese students’ families at Thai airportsImmigration police have set up fast lanes for Chinese students’ families at major airports to welcome them to Thailand during their school holidays.
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Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guides
Read more: Fewer Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai hiring guidesSONGKHLA – Visitors from Malaysia are changing a pattern by increasingly favouring travel to southern Thailand in private vehicles, causing concern to tour guides who fear losing their livelihoods.
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Thaksin invite ‘breaches ethics’
Read more: Thaksin invite ‘breaches ethics’The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is being urged to investigate Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira after he invited former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to participate in a high-level discussion about US tariffs with the government.
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Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico
Read more: Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and MexicoUS President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on Aug 1 after weeks of negotiations with the key trading allies failed to reach a more comprehensive trade deal.
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Defrocked monks face criminal investigation
Read more: Defrocked monks face criminal investigationThai police have called for monastic action against senior monks implicated in the “Sika Golf” sex scandal, amid a rise in misconduct cases and apparent attempts to evade investigation.
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Cambodian genocide sites added to World Heritage list
Read more: Cambodian genocide sites added to World Heritage listThree torture and execution sites used by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia to perpetrate genocide 50 years ago have been added to the Unesco World Heritage List.
