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BMA unveils 3D map ahead of city plan
A 3D Bangkok Metropolitan Authority map of traffic routes and infrastructure systems is available to the public at http://3d-cpdbangkok.go.th/, BMA deputy governor Wallop Suwandee said Tuesday. ...

Is there a Hezbollah threat in Thailand?
Thai soldiers march in a parade as part of celebrations of the Royal Thai Army national day at a Navy base in Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat on January 18. AFP PHOTO ON Jan. 12, Thai authorities arrested a man they say was a member of the Lebanon-based Shiite militant group Hezbollah who was plotting an attack in Bangkok. In uncovering the plot, Thai police

Myanmar's ambitious Dawei project faces uncertainty
DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar's southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the "new global gateway of Indo-China". Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand's largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl , to transform 250 sq kms (97 ...

Darkly intriguing
A new hotel in the Thai capital combines vintage chic with modern comfort, writes Julietta Jameson.

Analysis - Myanmar's ambitious Dawei project faces uncertainty
DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Dusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion (31 billion pounds) project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar's southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the "new global gateway of Indo-China." Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand's largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl, to ...

A flurry of film festivals
There's a veritable feast of film s coming to Thailand in the second half of this month and movie buffs in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Hua Hin will need to do some careful planning if they want to catch their favourite film s at one or more of these five festival s.

Burma back on the map: Tourism returns to South-east Asia’s forbidden land
I arrived in Yangon – or Rangoon, as the British knew Burma's old capital – half expecting not to make it beyond the airport. I'd heard stories about interrogated journalists and swarms of all-seeing secret police. I had a tourist visa and had listed my profession as "management" but my bag contained a laptop and note pads. A web search of my name would expose me in a second. And I'm a hopeless ...

University of Central Lancashire to open university in Bangkok
BURNLEY fashion students are set to jet off to Thailand for part of their studies as plans for a new international university campus were revealed.