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Fire that gutted 3- nation friendship pavilion being investigated

  THE Thai army is investigating whether the fire which gutted Trimuk Pavilion,  built by Thai, Lao and Cambodian soldiers at the Emerald Triangle bordering the three countries over 30 years ago, was a natural disaster or arson, Naewna newspaper said today (March 5). Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsaeng, spokesman for the Defence Ministry, said this

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Thailand, Laos, Australia mark 30th anniversary of the Mekong’s first post-war peace project

  THAILAND, Laos and Australia are this week holding a series of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1st Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, the first infrastructure project to reinforce the peace and promote travel, tourism, transportation and trade as a conduit for the economic development of the post-war Indochina region. The 1,170-kilometre bridge was

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