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BANGKOK – Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok will start using its new 24-hour Automated Border Control (ABC) passport gates for departing passengers on Thursday. The move should help cut down lines and make departures easier for travelers. [1]

RANGOON — Authorities in Rangoon’s Ahlone Township have offered to construct a new road and ferry gate in order to help students access a school in the area, a local administrator said on Tuesday. [2]

TOKYO -- With China and Southeast Asia slamming their doors on plastic waste imports, advanced economies are scrambling to curb their mounting stockpiles through bans on single-use products and waste-to-energy plants. [3]

Authorities in charge of the Bagan temple complex said they have banned coaches and other heavy vehicles from passing through the Tharapa Gate in order to protect the ancient, vulnerable structure. [4]

NEW YORK -- Netflix has finally found a way into China, one of the few major frontiers left for the U.S. video streaming service. [5]

SING BURI, June 12 — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday visited Sing Buri and Chai Nat to inspect flood prevention measures on the second day of her four-day flood trail inspection, covering areas from downstream following the river upstre... [6]

Patriarch Pizzaballa: New Capital of Resurrection centre, a chance for young people The holy city now has a new sports and cultural facility with an indoor swimming pool, theatre, museum, and multifunctional areas. [7]

BẾN TRE, VIET NAM – Before the 2024 dry season hit, Võ Văn Kêu thought his rambutan orchard in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta was safe – at least for another year. Severe drought has become a grim fixture in this fertile southern region. [8]

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[1] TH www.chiangraitimes.com · 2026-03-04 · 42% match

Don Mueang Airport Launches Opens Automated Passport Gates for Departures

BANGKOK – Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok will start using its new 24-hour Automated Border Control (ABC) passport gates for departing passengers on Thursday. The move should help cut down lines and make departures easier for travelers.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-11-25 · 75% match

Rangoon Authorities to Build New Road, Ferry Gate to Help Students Commute

RANGOON — Authorities in Rangoon’s Ahlone Township have offered to construct a new road and ferry gate in order to help students access a school in the area, a local administrator said on Tuesday.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-10-07 · 75% match

Plastic waste searches for a new home as Asia shuts its gates

TOKYO -- With China and Southeast Asia slamming their doors on plastic waste imports, advanced economies are scrambling to curb their mounting stockpiles through bans on single-use products and waste-to-energy plants.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-03-13 · 75% match

Bagan Authorities Ban Heavy Vehicles Through Tharapa Gate

Authorities in charge of the Bagan temple complex said they have banned coaches and other heavy vehicles from passing through the Tharapa Gate in order to protect the ancient, vulnerable structure.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-26 · 75% match

Netflix pries open China's gates

NEW YORK -- Netflix has finally found a way into China, one of the few major frontiers left for the U.S. video streaming service.

[6] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2012-06-13 · 75% match

PM inspects flood prevention measures in Sing Buri, Chai Nat

SING BURI, June 12 — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday visited Sing Buri and Chai Nat to inspect flood prevention measures on the second day of her four-day flood trail inspection, covering areas from downstream following the river upstre

[7] MM asianews.it · 79% match

Patriarch Pizzaballa: New Capital of Resurrection centre, a chance for young people

Patriarch Pizzaballa: New Capital of Resurrection centre, a chance for young people The holy city now has a new sports and cultural facility with an indoor swimming pool, theatre, museum, and multifunctional areas.

[8] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-05-19 · 39% match

The Mekong Delta’s climate defenses are failing

BẾN TRE, VIET NAM – Before the 2024 dry season hit, Võ Văn Kêu thought his rambutan orchard in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta was safe – at least for another year. Severe drought has become a grim fixture in this fertile southern region.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-02-03 · 63% match

‘Chinese New Year 2024 Festival’ celebrates 49 years of Thailand-China friendship

Thailand’s biggest Chinese New Year 2024 celebration officially opened in Bangkok’s Chinatown on Yaowarat Road with exciting lineup of cultural perf

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-01-15 · 62% match

Muse Development Consortium Pushes for Easing of China-Burma Border Restrictions

RANGOON — Construction is ramping up for a new China-Burma border station in northern Shan State intended to funnel tourists towards a massive private development, although building works have begun unilaterally on the Burmese side of the border, and

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