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...would think a reception that warm would force a company to consider relocating to more hospitable lands. But Tesco Lotus, Thailand's No. 1 retailer with 26 stores, plans to open more?a lot of them. So do other "hypermarkets," giant retailers from Europe and America that are taking over some of Asia's prime selling grounds. Despite threats by governments to ban them, not to mention rocket attacks, chains, including France's Carrefour and U.S.-based Wal-Mart, are ramping up plans to open hundreds of new outlets throughout the region over the next several years. The onslaught threatens...
...their weight around with local suppliers by demanding lower prices. Costco buys directly from manufacturers to stock its two stores in Japan?a practice that disrupts the country's entrenched but inefficient distribution networks, which have multiple layers of middlemen. Security expert John Muller, president of McFadden Protection Agency Thailand, theorizes that Tesco's Thai stores may have been attacked by Mafia-like cartels he says control the flow of goods in the country. (Thai police have made no arrests and the cases are unsolved.) Foreign superstores "upset the whole chain of distribution of commodities in Thailand," Muller says. Tesco...
Luang Prabang's charms seem safe enough if the abject failure of its first full moon-style party, modeled on Thailand's island raves, is anything to go by. "Us backpackers have got to make our own fun," said a shaggy type who bounded up to me in Sisavangvong Road and thrust a flyer proclaiming the birth of the Full Mekong Party into my hand. "I'm the Great Disco Dane," he explained, assuring me the party would be "wicked." Around 9 p.m., I ventured down to the sandy strip where the ferries land?to find about 20 people sipping...
...Omen Armed Thai police have been told not to carry water pistols during Thailand's New Year festival?in case they go for the wrong weapon during water fights...
...announced on Dec. 24, the Tigers have been rearming, regrouping and recruiting more fighters?which has been their practice during each of the previous truces since 1987. The Tigers have a well-oiled gunrunning network, which uses a fleet of 16 ships and is centered mainly in Cambodia and Thailand. In late February in Thailand's Ranong province, police seized a cache of explosives including tnt and C4 they believe was destined for Sri Lanka. "Acquisitions are still continuing," says one diplomat referring to intelligence reports. Adds Rohan Gunaratna of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence...