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• Aunt disputes 'rescued' girl's story of forced prostitution

  24 May 2013 : A 17-year-old girl who was helped to leave South Korea after contacting a policeman on Facebook and complaining of forced prostitution will be brought in for further questioning after her aunt gave a different account of events, Pol Maj Gen Pol Maj Gen Chawalit Sawaengphuet said on Friday.

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  Thailand to bend to investors' needs

  24 May 2013 : TOKYO – Thailand will go the extra mile to accommodate the wishes of long-term Japanese investors by introducing new regulations more in line with the recommendations they have made, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday

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  Chalerm optimistic about better South

  12 Apr 2013 : Peace talks with separatists led by the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) will bear fruit in the long term, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Friday.

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  SET index rises 10.51 points

  12 Apr 2013 : Thai stocks gained 0.7% on Friday despite a cautious trend on world markets ahead of the long Songkran holiday.

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  No-alcohol celebrations gather pace

  12 Apr 2013 : You can have fun taking part in the Songkran festivities without alcohol, as many communities are proving with alcoholic beverage-free zones for the holiday celebration.

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  Pongthep confident ahead of ICJ

  12 Apr 2013 : Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana is one of three government ministers who will attend the oral statements by Thailand and Cambodia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the Preah Vihear temple territorial dispute.

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  Illicit South cash targeted

  11 Apr 2013 : The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has detected unusual money transactions in the southern border provinces and suspects they are related to terrorism activities and illicit businesses in the region.

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  Premier League approves cameras on the goal line

  11 Apr 2013 : LONDON - The Premier League has approved the use of goal-line technology in the English top flight from the 2013-14 season onwards, it was announced on Thursday.

• Increase urged in bus accident payout

  11 Apr 2013 : The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) on Thursday urged the government to increase compensation to passengers injured in public bus accidents.

• Chalerm finally goes to the South

  11 Apr 2013 : Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung quietly flew to Pattani province in an air force aircraft on Thursday, making his first and long-delayed trip to the insurgency hit deep South after heavy criticism.

• Kittiratt continues to worry about strong baht

  11 Apr 2013 : Government tax revenue is up substantially on budget predictions, but Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong's attention remains firmly fixed on the stubbornly appreciating baht.

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  The mysterious men in black

  11 Apr 2013 : When analysing politics we should connect the dots as far as the dots (or our intellect) go, rather than stop at whichever dot satisfies our moral righteousness and ignore the rest. And we should be mindful of imaginary dots

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