Archive for the ‘Southeast Asia’ Category
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Last month, filmmaker Shawn Heinrichs visited Misool Eco Resort to work on his documentary about the global shark fin trade. His story appeared on the front page of CNN.com on 11 Dec and included reference to Misool Eco Resort's efforts to combat it in their No-Take Zone. You can read the article ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Ten aircraft have been submerged off Bang Tao Bay in Phuket’s Talang district in the Andaman Sea to form a new artificial coral reef and diving site. The 16-18 meters deep area where the fleet was sunk has a sand bed, and is one kilometre away from the natural coral ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
The anti-government protestors that had been holding Bangkok's two major airports - Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang - as well as Thailand's tourism industry and image under siege, returned the airports to the official authorities on Wednesday, after having caused enormous damage to the Thai economy.
Flights are however gradually returning to ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
The anti-government protestors that have been holding Bangkok's two major airports - Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang - as well as Thailand's tourism industry and image under siege, are packing up and leaving today, after having caused long-lasting damage to the economy.
However is it at all clear, when Suvarnabhumi or Don ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
BANGKOK. Tue.02Dec'08
This afternoon the Constitution Court banned Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for five years and dissolved the ruling People Power party (PPP) and two other coalition parties, Chart Thai and Matchimathipataya, over voting fraud cases. As the court unanimously decided to dissolve the PPP, therefore the leader of ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Today, the Thailand Constitutional Court dissolved the People Power Party and its coalition partners due to alleged election irregularities and has banned its executives from holding political office for five years.
This means the Prime Minister has lost his job so, technically, the PAD protestors have got what they wanted. Hopefully ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Below are some clippings from Reuters and Bangkok Post. At this moment the situation remains calm. Apart from at the Bangkok Airports that have been occupied by the activists, life goes on as normal in Bangkok and the rest of the country.
Travel in and out of Thailand is still possible ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Update as from 4pm on the 27th November 2008:
Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok International Airport) BKK
Suvanabhumi Airport will be closed until Saturday 29 November 2008 at 6 PM. The re-open after those time is unpredictable. We will monitor the situation and keep you updated the as soon as possible.
Don Muang Airport (second Bangkok airport used mainly for domestic ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok International Airport) BKK Flights are still not operating and it is expected that the situation will not be resolved before tomorrow.
The Bangkok International Airport has been closed since yesterday due to anti-government protestors forcing their way into the airport.
Today the protesters have said that they will leave the airport ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Siem Reap Air, a partnership airline of Bangkok Air will be starting direct daily flights from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City and Ho CHi Minh City to Siem Reap.
These daily flights will be scheduled as below:
SR- HCM FT981- 11:00am-11:55am- Daily
HCMC- SR FT982- 12:40pm-13:35 Daily
Daily flights will begin on 26 October ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat met in Bejing on Friday, at the Asia-Europe Summint, to discuss the recent conflict at Preah Vihear.
The two Prime Ministers made an agreement to avoide anyt further fighting on the border. They also agreed to set up a committee and negotiate ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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For people hoping to dive at the world renowned island of Sipadan, off the north coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, I would advise planning - and booking - well ahead!
The issuance of diving permits is very strict these days. The quota per day ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
"A tense quiet hangs over Preah Vihear temple [today]" (Tha Cambodia Daily).
After four hours of negotiatins between Thai and Cambodia military officials an agreement had been made that no gunfir will be exchange "just like before" (The Cambodia Daily).
In what seems to be a somewhat unworkable agreement Cambodia and Thailand ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Dear Friends,
This year's Bangkok to Saigon Cycle Challenge (8-23 Nov 08) has, like many things I'm sure, suffered from the West's economic woes, and we only have 4 people signed up to go. However, it IS guaranteed to happen and I will be going along with myself as usual.
I would ...
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