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Bangkok chokes on air pollution as visitor numbers fall – DPA

28 December 2025

The ongoing deterioration in air quality over the city comes amid a 7.2% drop in the number of foreign arrivals in 2025 and a near-5% fall in related revenue.

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Thailand shelves border fee plan as tourist numbers fall – DPA/South China Morning Post

29 July 2025

The TAT at the same time warned tourists to steer clear of seven provinces bordering Cambodia, where the imposition of martial law has left attractions such as parks off-limits. Many…

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Thailand loosens visa regime to try pull in more visitors – dpa international

1 June 2024

Around 28 million overseas visitors entered Thailand in 2023, a big improvement on 2022’s 11.5 million, but far short of 2019’s 39 million, a number that put the country once…

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Rice to stay pricey due to India’s trade restrictions and Houthi attacks on ships – dpa international

15 January 2024

The removal of around 9 million tonnes of Indian rice from international supply has been offset somewhat by the world’s second and third biggest exporters. In 2023, Vietnam’s rice exports…

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Key fish supplier Thailand again faces questions over industry abuses – dpa international

2 December 2023

According to Justice for Fishers, a campaign run by the International Transport Workers' Federation, there remains a lack of "robust evidence" that Thailand's seafood is free of "forced labour" and…

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Concerns grow about rice supply as exporters consider restrictions – The Grocer

7 June 2022

LONDON -- The spike in buying on the subcontinent followed a suggestion last week by the prime minister of Thailand – the world’s second-biggest supplier – that his nation could…

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Most Asian economies do not innovate in line with growth levels – dpa international

24 February 2021

DUBLIN -- Most East Asian countries "innovate less than would be expected given their per capita income levels" and could therefore struggle to sustain recent economic growth, according to the…

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Asia’s economic growth to halt for first time since 1960s – dpa international/The Star

16 April 2020

KUALA LUMPUR -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes Asia's fast-growing economies will "come to a standstill" due to the coronavirus pandemic, faring worse than during the 2008-9 global financial…

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Singapore reports first coronavirus deaths as case numbers rise across Southeast Asia – dpa international

21 March 2020

KUALA LUMPUR -- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned Singaporeans on Saturday to expect more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak after the city-state's first fatalities were announced earlier in the…

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Cruise ship barred by Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus to dock in Singapore – dpa international

9 March 2020

JAKARTA - The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said that the Costa Fortuna cruise vessel will dock at the city-state on March 10. The ship, which is carrying…