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This past Wednesday morning at 8:30AM, Nicolas Winding Refn's ninth feature film, Only God Forgives , premiered inside the Grand Lumiere at the Cannes Film Festival to a crowd of critics and press from all over the world.

Arguably the most anticipated film of this year's Cannes Film Festival is one that on the face of it, though In Competition, has little chance of scooping the Palme D'Or by virtue of subject matter alone.

In April, the Asia/Pacific region's occupancy ended the month with a 0.5-percent decrease to 68.6 percent, its average daily rate dropped 2.3 percent to US$127.20 and its revenue per available room was down 2.8 percent to US$87.22. Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region experienced decreases in the three key performance metrics in April 2013 when ... (more)

Thailand's government lowered its full-year growth forecast after the economy expanded less than analysts estimated last quarter, boosting the case for the central bank to cut interest rates.

Crime novelist Christopher Moore is a well-established and popular writer of dozens of books depicting Southeast Asia's vibrant underworld.

Bangkok, Thailand , May 14, 2013 - The launch of new 3G data plans by all three Thai mobile operators will introduce broad changes to the competitive dynamics among mobile operators, particularly in how they deal with the mass market segment.

In this photo taken Friday, May 10, 2013, Banjong Pisanthanakun, the director of the movie "Pee Mak Phra Khanong," poses with a cutout of a scene from his film during an interview in Bangkok, Thailand.

ITALY Successful and well known language school is situated between Milan and Turin, opened in 1972 is now for sale due to retirement.

BANGKOK Thailand has limited the use of shackles on more than 500 prisoners who committed serious crimes in a move to conform to international human rights standards.

Great competitor: Monique Sciberras, 12, at her Bullaburra home wearing the silver medal she won at the junior girls division of the Muay Thai World Championships held in Bangkok last month.

The conference brings together professional speakers from the hospitality industry and leading international tourism related businesses.

Recently, CNNGO named Bangkok 's Or Tor Kor the world's fourth best fresh market .A fact I already knew as it's five minutes from my house.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Southeast Asian sex workers, supported by the United Nations, exhibited their paintings, photographs and multimedia depicting violence, oral sex, repression under Islamic sharia law and other personal experiences.

Established in 2004, Urschel Thailand is a direct office situated in Bangkok. It recently moved in order to accommodate growing business and is now located in a strategically placed, newly constructed and larger facility.

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Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 13--Software Park Thailand hopes to be a "global software gateway" for local software firms, thereby generating annual revenue of 3 billion baht by 2016.

The World Editors Forum is calling on editors and publishers worldwide to contribute to a new report on how best to manage online comments, including hate speech and potentially libellous statements, with the best practices to be presented at the World Editors Forum annual conference in Bangkok in June.

The Bureau of Customs filed a criminal complaint against a Nigerian national for alleged smuggling of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as "shabu," at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport .

Red Shirt protesters and like-minded people gather outside the Parliament House in Bangkok, Thailand, May 8, 2013.

Laos and Thailand have reached an agreement on the agenda for a meeting to discuss border demarcation between the two countries, which has been broken off for many years.