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S1E12: With new airport, mountains, street food and art in Thailand’s deep south beckon tourists: Letter From The Bureau
Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.
They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.
In this episode, she chats with ST's Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee.
Much has changed in Betong during the pandemic. It is a district wedged on the southern tip of Thailand, after a 1hr 45min flight from Bangkok.
In the absence of visitors, street artists have transformed ageing shophouses with stunning murals. Dim sum dishes still rule…
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