Help with pivot tables in excel

Hello,
I need some help with a very specific issue I am getting in excel.
So, I have this pivot table that gets data from an external source (a huge database) and everything is working fine.
The problem comes with some lines in our database that are written in asian letters (the thai alphabet). Every thai entry that we import appears like ????????.
I can look into the DB (via MySQL Workbench) and everything is alright in there. I can also just copy some of the content into excel and the letters shows up normally.
Is there something I can do to fix it?
Thank you very much
Daniel Ayres

I can see it is working fine for roman/latin characteres, and it is not working for thai or japanese characteres. Since I dont have data written using the russian or the arabic alphabet, there is no way I can tell you if it would or not work..

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