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...earth. His media group crumpled, and by 2000 he was declared bankrupt. The following year, however, Sondhi's fortunes revived. His group was still in the hands of creditors, but he started new companies that won contracts to produce prime-time shows on state-owned television. State-owned lender Krung Thai Bank backed him, and Sondhi eulogized Thaksin's leadership and economic prowess-something that he now says was an error...
...immediate cause of the crackdown was a recent spate of reports that the government planned to unload some of its holdings in Krung Thai and Siam City banks, which caused their share prices to plummet?and prompted Thirachai to pointedly deny the reports and announce the new restrictions at a hastily convened press conference. That incident was just the latest example of regulators trying to control an unruly market. With a total capitalization of only $121 billion?far less than half of Microsoft's current market cap of $295 billion?the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is dominated by small...
...draconian steps to rid its population of addicts, but the vice lingered for another decade in the expatriate-Chinese communities of Southeast Asia. Thailand was the last place in the world with licensed opium dens. In 1959 those licenses were revoked; the Heng Lak Hung on Bangkok's Charoeng Krung Road?said to be the world's largest opium den, with more than 5,000 users in residence?shut its doors, and thousands of opium pipes, lamps and other smoking equipment were burned in a massive bonfire at the royal cremation grounds near the Grand Palace...
...Here are three reputable Bangkok shops where antique opium paraphernalia can be purchased: Lampion and Cheng's Collection, both in the River City shopping complex next to the Royal Orchid Sheraton, and Kilin, at the Oriental Place on Charoen Krung Road...
...INSIDER'S GUIDE Nancy Chandler's technicolor map of Bangkok has been around for almost 30 years. Now in its 21st edition, it is still the best guide to the city, providing useful, fun and downright quirky recommendations of things to see, do, buy and eat in Bangkok?or Krung Thep as it is known to Thais. Its detailed commentaries, scribbled at practically every intersection and tourist sight, make a regular guidebook unnecessary. When it comes to visiting the labyrinthine Chatuchak weekend market, her exhaustive rundown of shops and stalls is essential for finding what you want, as well...