thailand nation, religion.y is the capital of thailanta, this city has a peculiar chaotic beauty, some, not ordered, its full name in translation sounds like the great city of angels, the highest receptacle of the divine treasures, the great land that cannot be conquered the great prosperous kingdom the magnificent and wonderful capital of the nine precious stones is the place where the greatest rulers live and the large palace is located, the dwelling place of the gods capable of reincarnating into a spirit. the traditional thai greeting is the hands folded in a prayer gesture, a slight bow of the head and a calm smile, which symbolizes the hospitable disposition and warm attitude of the thai people to the people. it is no coincidence that thailand is called the land of smiles. i have actually been to thailand i say that i am a big fan of thailand and thai cuisine, so your story is just like honey to my heart. well, well then, we are friends today. you are now like a member of our thai family. come whenever yo

this will increase trade between russia and thailand to uh, ten billion dollars. of course, here the question immediately arises for many, is it a lot or a little. and in general, how feasible is this, right? here i will list a little. here are the joint projects that we are currently working on. and this, of course, is cooperation in the field of high-tech projects. it's uh, space technology. by the way , which is also interesting hmm auto parts. uh, russian meat products are in terms of quality in terms of in order to allow russian meat products to the thai market, that is, the goals, in principle, are so tangible and quite real. yes, quite right, even in spiritual times, such a decision was made at the level of the leadership of countries. uh, about bringing the volume of bilateral trade up to $10 billion. i wouldn't take the liberty of talking about whether it's a lot or a little, because, of course, everything, uh, is known in comparison. uh, there are leading trading partners. but there are, of course, also friendly countries, with which need to develop trad

in thailand, in thailand, substantial investments were made in real estate. and that real estate, of course, yields profit size, but in tie bombs, even if investors accumulate debt in u. s. dollars in order finance, real estate projects in thailand and the tie bart to you asked on our exchange ride, plummets husky, then they have a problem. it's up that obviously i'm probably, ah, in order to avert the devaluation of the bought the thai government, then sent emissaries to beijing and tokyo in early june to ask both countries for bilateral loans and hard currency. ty companies needed us dollars to repay their loans abroad. both countries refused to provide the ty, central bank with enough foreign currency, which they could abused to keep the exchange rate stable and counter speculation. to buy bank comedy central bank can maintain a fixed exchange rate at the same time. however, currency reserves slowly begun to dwindle. but slowly we say at some mcclain, it's not so easy to predict when that point will be. that's what all of a sudden enough people start sayin

thailand's currency, the want plummets. they are unable to repay their loans only. now, at the end of november to the heads of the u. s. administration realised they must act. the fact are changing their minds is the geopolitical dimension. if korea had to declare insolvency, the reputation of the u. s. as a guarantor, power for south korea would supper massively in the eyes of the world flew in tokyo, the government urges the u. s. treasury to hurry. a large rescue packages to be put together in which many participate. korea has already agreed to. many of the i m. s . conditions, everything seems ready for the deal. when finally the i m f director also flies to soul. everyone expects the korean rescue package to be ratified, but called the su, surprisingly, demands further concessions. he demands that the interest rate on loans be raised to 25 percent in order to attract foreign capital. the korean finance minister replies that many companies would go bankrupt as a result and the economy would collapse. and that is why no

this will be helpful for thailand's inflation.hink we will see the structural forces which have traditionally kept thailand's inflation low. people have to stay precautionary in their retirement years. you would have to maybe pull back on some of your discretionary spending. finally, we also have the labor market. it is not particularly strong, so we want nothing very strong income growth and that will restrain the extent of demand pressures there. rishaad: the economy is not operating on all cylinders. chinese tourism has not come back. that will be key here, and thailand also depending on and lockdowns too. >> if china reopens, that paves the way for outbound chinese tourism to return and highlight will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of that. even if we take a more cautious outlook, if we look at tourism numbers in thailand, arrivals outside of china have picked up. we should not forget that quite recently, japan, hong kong, all of these economies to started to reopen recently. they accounted for almost 10% of tourism arriv

and let's start with the atc summit, it started in thailand and will last for two days.l correspondent know, anna lazareva, she is now joining the broadcast anya i welcome what statements have already been made and in general, how the work of our delegation is being built. alexandra i'll tell you about the main statements now, but as regards the work of our delegation. and i can only say that we are participating in all the main events of this year. so the most important, perhaps, days have started. e forums, father, this is a summit of heads of delegations. strange, asia-pacific.

kingdom of thailand is a state in the southeastern ancient asia siam and even earlier, in the mists of state of bitches, hatai rules the king fly. once his wife she made a bowl of banana leaves and bamboo for us, decorated it with flowers and fruits, and launched the king, amazed by the beauty of what he saw, ordered all residents to launch similar crotonga boats in tribute to mother water from those time immemorial and celebrate loikron in thailand. lui in translation from the thai plan, and crotonk - a small fruit, it is made from a banana leaf and just like in ancient times, magnificent decorations.

the apec summit in thailand. us vice president carmella harris gab.

thailand and the united states, he declared, would continue their efforts for economic development andhen a last good-bye from the prime minister before his departure for pakistan. ♪ muck. >> later that very morning, as air force transport reached karachi. two of pakistan's top members welcomed the nixons to another nation. ♪♪ >> the 8th regiment provided the honor guard. the salute to vice president nixon in the absence of the prime minister who was away in london for the commonwealth conference. with the united states charge d'affaires if, the vice president and mrs. nixon met more than 50 members of the foreign diplomatic corps. ♪♪ >> catchy was another -- karachi was another place to greatly impress vice president nixon. the cameraman accompanying the vice president took these views of the city's booming. they are dramatic reminder of pakistan's energy and determination. ♪ ♪ >> at the presidential palace, mounted rangers in white tunics provided a colorful escort for the party from the united states. ♪♪ >> inside mr. nixon posed with the president and cabinet if ministers after con

and this is the prison, uh, where death sentences are still carried out in thailand.t there. now it's, uh, i understand it's a drip. this is a very famous prison. highly old, and the americans once they made a film called, bangkok hilton and who, in fact, plays the main role, kidman that is, this is exactly what happened in this prison. alla knocked at all levels, trying to find out where her husband was taken, but intimidated americans, to death, thai officials. silently, he was placed in a separate, standing block, and cleaned out of the floor. well, let's say, but they released all the cameras, that is, under it in advance there. and as he says, i had three cameras, including, well, the toilet bowl on the dragons are right there on the mat. uh, it means that the floor weighs all the cells were freed so that victor would not have the opportunity with anyone, and even shout to each other. that is, he was a complete fine art. only after the intervention of the russian mida, alla found out where her husband was and received permission to meet. even though they are all

ballistic. missile launch has overshadowed trade talks at the apex summit that's now and away in thailand, us by president, come le harris gathered leaders of ally states to condemn pyongyang. harris says its actions destabilize the region security and rank tension. this conduct by north korea most recently is a raise in violation of multiple un security resolution. stabilizes that here in the region and unnecessarily raises pensions withdrawn, we can get these actions, and we again call north korea to further unlawful destabilizing act. on behalf of the united states, i reaffirmed our iron clad commitment to our indo civic alliances. while japan is warning, the north korean missile is capable of reaching the us mainland south career believes it was an intercontinental ballistic missile, which was fired off the east coast. japan confirmed the weapon landed in its exclusive economic zone about 200 kilometers from the island in northern, her condo. it's the latest in a series of launches, which tokyo says a taking place with unprecedented frequency. tourney chang is covering the apec summit

and what is known about the consequences of new shelling of the territory, the dpr in thailand, the summit of the father of bangkok started, representatives of the delegation of 19 countries of the two territories arrived. who heads our delegation, what the republicans of the house of representatives are interested in on the agenda, they begin an investigation into the activities of joe biden. real winter snowfall and light frosts have settled in most of russia where the snowdrifts are the highest. and what are the forecasts? before the start of the world cup in qatar, 2 days are forced and the first scandal even before the start of the world cup hosts is suspected of bribery, who negotiated with whom and about what, is there any evidence? two saboteurs were taken prisoner, meanwhile, in donetsk , the consequences of another massive shelling, kiev units again hit civilian targets from nato artillery. boris maksudov saw the scale of destruction. neither one surviving window is already a familiar picture for dozens of buildings here in donetsk well, in fact, instead of landing, where the she

ukraine destroying missile forces and artillery in thailand ended the annual forum of leaders of the countries of asia-pacific economic cooperation, what was included in the final declaration? and almost a year later, ivan gogh's matisse picas and degas returned after the frost and shchukin exhibitions, the permanent exhibition of those who died as a result of the collapse of the entrance of an apartment building has grown to nine. among them, four children in emergency services have already voiced the main version of the state of emergency on the balcony of one of the apartments, a cylinder with household gas exploded. at this moment, the rescuers are dismantling blockages on the spot cynologists researchers are working, a report by alexander krasnoperov. this gas exploded the house. this gas exploded, extinguishing the fire, clearing the rubble has been going on for more than 6 hours ; about 60 people and more than ten pieces of equipment are employed on the spot. soon an airmobile group of the ministry of emergency situations will arrive in the village, consisting of 26 more speci

ah, 2 years ago, the military seized power in the on mar and many political refugees fled to thailand to live in exile for them. the prospects of a peaceful resolution and a return to home or slim. ah, sketching to relax during difficult times. this off student from me and mar, has been living in neighboring thailand since the military seized power in his country over a year and a half ago. he calls himself out, which is not his real name, but he's afraid of what the meal mar army might do to him. if he returns and has asked to stay anonymous. the 24 year old says the people of his country feel let down by the rest of the world. everybody kind of hope for any sort of interference intervention from the international community, especially from our neighbors. an honestly speaking, we have seen so many he statements released by international organizations. different countries fell apart from statements. i am not sure what we were kind of support. we've really cotton utah see ation of southeast asian nations as young which includes thailand, says it remains committed to a peace plan agreed

and let's start with the atc summit, it started in thailand and will last two days. what topics in the spotlight do our special correspondent, anna lazareva, she is now joining the broadcast. anya welcomes the statements that have already been made. and in general, how the work of our delegation is structured. alexander about the main statements now i will tell you about the work of our delegation. and i can only say that we we participate in all major events of this site. so the most important, perhaps, days started. the apec forums are a summit of the heads of delegations of the asian-pacific cooperation countries in the russian delegation. this summit is headed by the first deputy prime minister. andrei belousov met him at the forum site today. uh, personally, for example, thai minister andrey belousov has already taken part. in the first private meeting of atc leaders, its theme, balanced comprehensive and sustainable growth. well, just 10 minutes ago started, as well as in the e format in a closed format in the format of a working lunch. uh, the next meeting of

we've really gotten you. association of southeast asian nations as young, which includes thailand, says it remains committed to a peace plan agreed with me on march military rulers 18 months ago. but audience principles of noninterference and consensus have hindered it so far from taking a more proactive stance. asian studies professor, now room on top cham palm is convinced that the association will have to abandon these principles if it intends to remain functional. if i say i would like to do something or anything, it need to reform is or insist them. and in that case is, can be, i mean, my dorothy war because otherwise the only where if you do not one to 3 form the way up more thing. if i see him, you just have to get me in my out with this. i don't think as in one to do that. my little boy. well only, and his friends bank ho. this means they will have to continue waiting through breath. happy bloody nope, no pin is really why they just don't know what to do. next peaches m out. it's almost like our lives have, have stopped since 2021. i would like to return home and teach art histo

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and in thailand, farmers doing a roaring trade in crocodile skin, say they've come up with a solution to protect the endangered siamese crocodile. but conservationists have their doubts. ah irish energy welcom, do the w news? asia dedrick join us pakistan has a new army chief. now ordinarily such an appointment is a routine feature, but not in pakistan, where the military has ruled the country for nearly half of its 75 years history. awesome money. it has been named to the top job by prime minister shabazz sharif. after several days of nail biting speculation, that's because we need to take over at a time of increased political instability in the country. former prime minister in bron hahn is demanding early elections and blaming the military for not only having a hand in his ouster from government, but also in the liter estimation attempt on him. so what does the new appointment mean for pakistan to help us understand? i'm joined by the w, bought a bemused job in studio in ish welcome. why was this appointment proving so controversial? british pakistan military is one considered to b

the fact of leader who's in thailand for the apec economic lead is meeting face is a u. s. lawsuit for allegedly ordering the murder of john lester. marcus shockey and turkey us intelligence officials believe the prince ordered the killing. outside to summit protests against apec and thailand's prime minister romped it into a conflict between demonstrators and police. police say they find rubber bullets and made several arrests after offices or allegedly attacked. activists have called the response an overreaction alaysyah has back that dutch courts like sentence in absentia to, to russian intelligence agents, and the ukranian separatist leader to help down in the laser airlines flight of ukraine. in 2014 was hit by a russian missile fired from territory in ukraine. helpline pro separatists. the kremlin is rejected. north korea has testified another intercontinental ballistic missile. it's the 2nd major weapons test this month. the missile flu eastwood from the outskirts of the north korean capital pyongyang and landed about 200 kilometers off the japanese coast in the c

who's a former foreign minister of thailand. it says the police have the demonstrations under control. the process has been going on for for it. yes. since the last military data and the sent me authoritarian democratic, the women thailand at the moment is to the same time. and there have been protests, you know, all off and on. but the government has a way to ward off the blood test making arrest battery, a security law, including the 19 you might, can see law and so on. and i think the small number i think having more than they could be put up and be that. but they have not come out with some sort of all to be the alternate to what is going on in thailand or their region. so i think the government can handle it and they have been prepared. they have been well prepared to have the experience. and so on to cordova and all the protest this and so on. to other world news now and at least 21 people have been killed in garza, after a fire and gulf to residential building. 7 of the dead children, una alice said reports from the scene

some day in thailand, the chance of seeing a siamese crocodile in the wild is rare. but the reptile is a common enough sight on farms. millions are raised for their skin and meet sold locally, often to visiting tourists. now pharmacy, they have a win win solution to protect the endangered species and boost their profits. siamese crocodiles, only a 100 of the endangered species still live in the wild. on the contrast, millions of them are being raised in captivity for their skin and meet each part of their body cells. so it may seem illogical that commercial farming can actually help crocodile conservation. but government officials are increasingly convinced that both can go hand in hand. if the industry he's well regulated or young with at home chrome, the species remains are protected species also thing the death of those allowed to be sold in august ordered by have to be from farms, kearney, i died on my deck and pot so that we can guarantee that trade nanette will be made from farms only union. why do i get them all much i doubt, and papa, this way illegal poachin

this is a pick summit which is kicked off in thailand with some less than leaders using the event to try and drum up support for more countries to move against the moscow teas . melissa notional, in bangkok with more it seems that this here is apex summit, here in thailand, asia pacific regions, major economic gather reign has become yet another platform to talk about russia and to blame it earlier. the west has used the assay on in later or the g 20 meetings to confront russia and to call out, to put in. and here again the u. s. as secretary of state said that rush rates ultimately responsible for that. and a missile incident in poland near the border with ukraine, no matter what the investigation shows, while the preliminary prob, blamed the ukrainian air defenses, lincoln also said that russia has agreed to extend the black sea grain deal as it fell. the world would not accept any refusal from moscow. moscow says it has always been in favor of this initiative, allowing the export of grain from block ukrainian ports to poorer and developing nations in asia and africa. moscow. the o

but have the hosts benefited the last time thailand? chad apec. in 2003, the meeting was seen as the starting point in a dramatic economic and diplomatic revival. this time off, the mob is really below the radar, has been disregarded and you know, it's not a media player in the region. so the strategy should have been 2 weeks game in regional role for thailand using apec as a, as a means as a channel occasion. but that's not happening. and that's been reflected by the tight security in bangkok to ensure no descent was ed publicly. the apex summit, his concluded with our major incident will be a relief for the ty. government who are expecting protest is to try and interrupt proceedings, but particularly for the residents of the ty capital. we've had to live with their city knocked down the possible days. tony chang al jazeera banker, still head on al jazeera, the battery control equals prisons. 10 inmates had been killed in a riot, the lightest in a series of deadly incidents that have claimed to 400 lies. and for the 1st time, north to reason late

and although the agenda should be purely economic, without politics, thailand was not enough for sergey most of the apec summit participants, bangkok became the final stage of a large-scale asian tour; half can be said to be with each other and did not part at first weeks arriving in the capital of thailand directly from the indonesian island. bali, where they participated in the g20 summit, and before that, there was also a forum of assian countries in cambodia for many bangkok, an opportunity to make up for what they failed to do at the g20. although the atc is primarily an organization of regional economic cooperation and the key words of this summit are openness, unification and balance, the american delegation continued to engage in exactly the opposite action. president putin continues to ignore the calls of the world community, where searches, choosing to escalate instead. inflicting missile strikes throughout ukraine on infrastructure facilities that provide heat, water and the lives of millions of people, president biden. they did not go to bangkok, instead sending the vice pre

more than one million americans visited thailand in 2019.h has six bars and four restaurants, including two with two michelin stars relied on their profits the past couple of years. >> what people missed during covid is real experiences. >> reporter: we got special rates to stay at la bua and cappella, with riverside suites and water views from a one michelin starred restaurant that opened during the pandemic. >> it's been very challenging, to say the least. that said, we have discovered an amazing local market that was just absolutely famished for travel. >> reporter: the hope is that international tourism will rebound to prepandemic levels in the next couple of years. wendy gillette, cbs news, bangkok, thailand. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford. >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. president biden warned that america's democratic traditions are in peril less than week before the midterm elections, warning that democracy itself is under threat

thailand put a high pedestal.cording to their tradition, the golden figure is under a large umbrella, which has long symbolized power in thailand. greatness and power closer to sunset, the official new year ceremony begins, after which every thai can express his respect . be done. this is usually with the help of oil, which the statues of the great teacher should be sprinkled with gold leaf to be attached to this figure , as well as lotuses and incense sticks to be placed on the altar people line up to do all these procedures and thereby earn a little happiness in the coming year for those who wish tempt fate immediately. sellers of lottery tickets are set on fire for their new year's celebrations, a good opportunity to earn extra money. our today's program has come to an end , travel with us. travel yourself.