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Tiger temple scandal exposes the shadowy billion-dollar Asian trade

Edit The Observer 05 Jun 2016
A week ago it cost 600 baht (£11.50) to visit the tiger temple in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok. Tourists moved by the spectacle of such splendid creatures living side by side with human beings could also pay the saffron-robed Buddhist monks an extra £15 to help feed the cubs, or to have their picture taken with an adult tiger’s head resting on their lap ... The figures are stark and depressing ... Related ... ....

Trek retraces steps of first Western woman to enter Tibet

Edit South China Morning Post 04 Jun 2016
Wild walk in Tibet French explorer, writer, anarchist and opera singer Alexandra David-Néel is probably best remembered as the first Western woman to visit Lhasa, in 1924, when Tibet was still closed to foreigners ... The 17-day excursion includes 12 days of trekking around the 6,740-metre-high Mount Kawa Karpo, which straddles the border between Yunnan province and Tibet ... Airstream ... The deal starts at 13,776 baht (HK$3,000) ... ....

Tiger Temple: Thai police charge 22 with wildlife trafficking

Edit The Irish Times 03 Jun 2016
Thai police have charged 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, with wildlife trafficking and removed more dead animals including a bear and a leopard from the ‘Tiger Temple’, authorities said on Friday. The temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok, has been a major tourist attraction for more than two decades, with visitors paying 600 baht (€15) admission to pose for photographs with the tigers ... Reuters ... ....

Thai police charge 22 with wildlife trafficking at Tiger Temple

Edit Deccan Chronicle 03 Jun 2016
Kanchanaburi, Thailand ... The temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok, has been a major tourist attraction for more than two decades, with visitors paying 600 baht ($17) admission to pose for photographs with the tigers. Wildlife activists have accused the temple of illegally breeding the tigers while some visitors on online forums complained that the tigers appeared sedated. The temple denies the accusations ... ....

Emerging Stocks Rise Second Day as Oil Gains Spur Yield Demand

Edit Bloomberg 03 Jun 2016
Emerging-market stocks advanced for a second day as rising oil prices bolstered optimism the global economy is strong enough to withstand higher U.S. interest rates. A gauge of developing-nation equities headed for a second weekly gain after OPEC ministers meeting this week said global oil markets are improving. Indonesia’s rupiah and Thailand’s baht led an advance in emerging-market currencies Friday before a U.S ... U.S ... ....

Thai police charge 22 with wildlife trafficking from tiger temple

Edit The Guardian 03 Jun 2016
Three monks among those charged as police remove more dead animals from tourist temple, including bear and leopard ... The temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of the capital, Bangkok, has been a major tourist attraction for more than two decades, with visitors paying 600 baht (£12) admission to pose for photographs with the tigers. Related. Thai monk caught fleeing temple with tiger skins ... The temple denies the accusations ... Facebook ... ....

Baker & McKenzie Wins Innovation in Business of Law Awards (Baker & McKenzie LLP)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. Baker & McKenzie LLP) ... The Firm was also recognized for its advisory role to Mizuho Bank on its first Thai Baht-dominated bond issuance under the ASEAN+3 multi-currency bond issuance framework, which paved the way for streamlining cross-border financing in the region. The Baker & McKenzie team was led by Partner Viroj Piyawattanametha and supported by Kowit Adireksombat, Natcha Sihanatkathakul and Cheewin Chiangkan ... (noodl....

Tiger Temple: Cat-fight erupts between monastery, Thai wildlife authorities

Edit The Times of India 02 Jun 2016
The tourist activities at the complex, with an entry fee of 600 baht (over Rs.1,000) per person, included lying-down with a tiger, patting it on its head, holding a tiger's head on your lap, playing with young grown-up tigers, feeding a tiger cub with a milk bottle and walking tigers with a leash ... For 1,000 baht per person per activity, one could ......

Rupee snaps three-day losing streak, up 4 paise at 67.41/$

Edit The Times of India 02 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI. Snapping its three-day losing streak, the rupee appreciated 4 paise to 67.41 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday ahead of the European Central Bank ( ECB ) policy review and OPEC's meeting on a possible ceiling on crude output ... Asian currencies were trading mixed. The Japanese yen, the Thai baht, the Singapore dollar and the Taiwanese dollar advanced up to 0.50 per cent ... Download it Now! ....

Drink-driver who killed 3 cyclists sentenced to 2 years in jail

Edit Topix 01 Jun 2016
Cyclists Saman Kantha, 62, Chaiwat Yonglan, 63, both from Chiang Mai, and Pongthep Khamkaew, 40, from Chiang Rai, were killed on May 3, 2015 when Patchuda Jayruan ploughed into them while driving drunk. The drink-driver who killed three Chiang Mai cyclists and injured four others last May was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison and ordered to pay 2.1 million baht to the two bereaved families ... ....

Italy's Economic Diplomacy - 01 June: Latest news from the world (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
The Thai government has announced the imminent publication of three calls for tender in the month of June, to build three new lines of Bangkok's Mass Rapid Transit system for a total value of 221.2 billion baht (5.67 ......

Why is Thailand's 'Tiger Temple' controversial?

Edit BBC News 01 Jun 2016
Thailand's infamous Tiger Temple, is causing more controversy this week as authorities move to put an end to the popular tourist attraction ... What is the 'Tiger Temple'? ... Visitors are charged 600 Thai Baht ($16, £11) for entry into the temple, with additional costs to pet or feed the tigers ... What is the controversy? ... What do the monks say? ... The temple has an annual income of around 100m Thai Baht ($2.8m, £1.9m), according to the WFFT ... ....

Thai Tiger Temple's long history of controversy

Edit BBC News 01 Jun 2016
Thailand's Tiger Temple is causing more controversy this week as authorities move to put an end to the popular tourist attraction ... What is the 'Tiger Temple'? ... The temple was recorded to have at least 137 tigers in 2016 ... Visitors are charged 600 Thai Baht ($16, £11) for entry into the temple, with additional costs to pet or feed the tigers ... The temple has an annual income of around 100m Thai Baht ($2.8m, £1.9m), according to the WFFT ... ....
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