By Charlie Campbell/Bangkok There is zero chance, aides insist, of accessing the second floor. The upper reaches of Bangkok’s Venetian Gothic Government House are strictly for official work. Journalists (and even respectable guests) are only permitted to loiter among the watercolors and marble ornaments that adorn the ground-floor reception rooms. Everything above the grand staircase […]
By Global Issues BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 05 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8.Ponny Lim runs a thriving aquaculture enterprise in Cambodia, growing her business with the support of a United Nations programme that guarantees loans to women entrepreneurs who are beyond microfinance but not […]
By Bloomberg Thaksin was released from Police General Hospital, where for the last six months he had been serving time for corruption-related offences. Source: Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin freed from detention under parole