So when a South Korea or Thailand, for example, makes outside capital feel unwelcome, it will find alternatives.
But a decision by the Federal Reserve to make a quarter-point cut, say, would do little to help Russia, Brazil or Thailand.
This would be jeopardized by political unrest in, say, Indonesia or Thailand.
"Most illegal shipments of African elephant ivory end up in either China or Thailand, " according to TRAFFIC, an organization that monitors the wildlife trade.
"It was planned as a destination wedding to tempt other Indian families to use South Africa as a venue instead of going to Mauritius or Thailand, " spokesman Haranath Ghosh said in a statement.
Although Vietnam themes have been a mainstay for Hollywood movies over the decades, all the flicks, from Green Berets and Apocalypse Now to the Rambo series, were shot elsewhere, usually the Philippines or Thailand.
The British government is still advising against non-essential travel to Sri Lanka's eastern, southern and south-west coasts or to Thailand's west coast.
One of Google's regulation wonks, Andrew McLaughlin, said the firm obeys the law wherever it operates but given that it has no office or staff in Thailand, it is not a Thai service or subject to Thai law.
This takes them through China and on to countries such as Thailand or Mongolia.
Keeping credit risks under control in Thailand or Brazil will be a serious management challenge.
But in Indonesia, says political scientist Sanit, "you don't see economic reform affecting political reform" as in Thailand or South Korea.
Slavery is not limited to the brothels of Thailand or Cambodia, either.
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Many were later quietly sold to traffickers, either to work as slave labour in Thailand or, preferably, to continue their journey to Malaysia.
In countries such as Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia this could prove salutary, if it unseats old and complacent politicians and forces much-needed change.
Accessible only from Thailand or India, "The Land of the Thunder Dragon, " is one of the most uniquely individual places on earth, physically and culturally.
The World Economic Forum ranks Indonesia 69th out of 104 countries for its international competitiveness, far behind regional rivals such as Malaysia, Thailand or China.
"If you look out five years, we can gain back all the competitiveness Thailand or Indonesia or the Philippines had when their currencies devalued, " says the General Chamber's Tien.
It has made more progress in disposing of banks' non-performing loans than have Thailand or Indonesia (or Japan, indeed), so Korean banks are now able to make new loans to both firms and households.
If you were brave enough to invest in South Korea, Thailand or Indonesia in September, at the height of the panic in international markets, you might by now have doubled your money in dollar terms.
While we cannot forecast with certainty the duration of the energy crisis in Thailand or its actual impact on production capacity, we can recommend some proactive steps that companies should take to better prepare themselves and their suppliers for these types of disruptions in the future.
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He is due soon to be tried in Phnom Penh on charges of debauchery with a minor in a case that child advocates see as a test of how serious authorities are about preventing the exploitation of children. (If convicted, Keeler would face 10 to 20 years in prison.) Unlike in Thailand or the Philippines, pedophiles in Cambodia have had little to fear if caught.
This does not affect our ability to conduct our operations, to complete the recovery and recommencement of our Thailand operations or, subject to obtaining the required regulatory approvals, to consummate our planned acquisition of Hitachi GST.
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Rather than the austere integrity of a Ho Chi Minh or a Gandhi, nations nowadays gape at the scandal of Thailand's "buffet cabinet" or Korea's "slush-fund" presidents.
Even Hong Kong, whose economy has little in common with Thailand's or Indonesia's, saw its share index slide nearly 15% over three days.
They came to cruise the remote spice islands in Indonesia, the dragon-dotted shores of Komodo, the scuba fantasyland of Raja Ampat, or simply to escape to Thailand and Burma.
When the crisis broke out in Thailand two years ago, the Philippine banks were well capitalized, corporate debt levels were low by Asian standards and, unlike Thailand's or South Korea's, little of the country's foreign debt was of short-term maturity.
Whereas other monarchies have mostly abolished or stopped enforcing such laws, Thailand's was made harsher in the 1970s.
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There, the downtown streets were lined with clothing stores that sold lungyis and knockoff jeans, or T-shirts imported from Thailand.
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But, second, Mr Thaksin has done nothing to promote the idea that independent agencies, checks and balances, or other constitutional safeguards matter to Thailand's future.
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