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Chances are your partner is hacking your Facebook account, say researchers

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

We are all concerned about our online security, but a new study has revealed that it is those closest to us who perhaps are the greatest threat.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/chances-are-your-partner-is-hacking-your-facebook-account-say-researchers/19469/

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Thai Chinese people in Bangkok to spend over 6.4 billion baht to celebrate Chinese New Year

 

 

The upcoming Chinese New Year next week will see Thais of Chinese descent in Bangkok spending over six billion baht in celebrations of their traditional festival and holiday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965018-thai-chinese-people-in-bangkok-to-spend-over-64-billion-baht-to-celebrate-chinese-new-year/

 

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Playing politics? Chinese tourism under scrutiny as Lunar New Year nears

By Brenda Goh and Muyu Xu

 

 

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - With 6 million Chinese tourists expected to travel abroad over the Lunar New Year break, China's Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 holiday is crucial for Taiwan tour agency operator Li Chi-yueh, who relies on mainland visitors for a third of his revenue.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965022-playing-politics-chinese-tourism-under-scrutiny-as-lunar-new-year-nears/

 

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Myanmar's remote Wa State suffers as fewer Chinese come to party

By Yimou Lee and Antoni Slodkowski

 

Students write in books during a Chinese language lesson in a school at Namtit, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

PANGSAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - In a remote casino in northeastern Myanmar, China's pervasive campaign against graft has taken its toll. Hundreds of local traders and farmers place petty bets as low as 10 cents, outnumbering a few Chinese who were once the VIPs of a gambling hall decorated with chandeliers and Renaissance-style paintings.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965021-myanmars-remote-wa-state-suffers-as-fewer-chinese-come-to-party/

 

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Powerful quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, initial tsunami alert wound back

By Harry Pearl

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert for several Pacific islands though that was subsequently wound back to cover just PNG and neighbouring Solomon Islands.

Fill story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965040-powerful-quake-strikes-off-papua-new-guinea-initial-tsunami-alert-wound-back/

 

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At least 36 killed as Indian train derails

By Jatindra Dash

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed and 50 injured on Saturday night when nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in eastern India, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways, police said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/965041-at-least-36-killed-as-indian-train-derails/

 

 

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