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  • Supporters surrounding former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban at an intra-party voting centre yesterday. He promised not to rejoin politics after leading the 2014 street protests.

Former protest leader Suthep the 'coach' of new Thai party

BANGKOK • Former central bank governor Chatumongkol Sonakul was picked to lead the new Action for Coalition for Thailand (ACT) party yesterday but the retired 75-year-old told The Sunday Times: "I'm not actually actively leading the party as such, day to day."
  • Former TV scriptwriter Cho Nam-ju (left) said she wrote Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (above) to reflect the woes of South Korean women in their 30s. These include running errands for male colleagues, and kowtowing to in-laws.

South Korean feminist novel a best seller as women defy norms

  • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her trademark cotton sari and rubber flip-flops at the wedding. A handout picture from Reliance Industries of Mr Anand Piramal and Ms Isha Ambani taking part in a traditional marriage ritual on Wednesday.

Indian weddings: Big, loud and glamorous

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  • The coastal sea wall in Kali Baru, North Jakarta. The structure is part of the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development project to reduce coastal flooding in Jakarta. Above: An aerial view of the $55 billion land reclamation project in Jakarta

Can the Great Garuda stop Jakarta floods?

The project, more popularly known as the Giant Sea Wall, is located beside Tanjung Priok, Indonesia's biggest port. When fully completed, it will have a nearly 8km coastal sea wall and a 33km outer sea wall. 

India's agrarian crisis: Farmers march with skulls, photos of suicide victims

Many agrarian families find it hard to access financial assistance from institutional banks, especially if they have existing loans. They are often forced to borrow from unregulated moneylenders whose interest rates could go as high as 36 per cent.
  • Employees from a garment factory in Guangzhou sitting behind handwritten signs that say in Chinese, ''Looking for customers". As China's economy slows sharply, factories such as this one (above) in Dongguan, Guangdong province, are closing. And they

China's economy losing steam

DONGGUAN (China) • China's consumers and businesses are losing confidence. Car sales have plunged. The housing market is stumbling. Some factories are letting workers off for the Chinese New Year holiday two months early.
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Harbin readies its cool treats

With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, ice sculptors are busy getting ready for the annual Harbin Ice Festival in China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province.

In Pictures: The wedding ceremony of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal

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