From the category archives:
Earlier this year I took a small group of Western visitors to the outskirts of one of the teeming refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. It was late afternoon along the verdant green ridgeline. Women and children were washing in the creek, fit young Karen men playing takraw (chinlon), and if on cue a gaggle of girls from the bible school sauntered past in colourful clothes, giggling their…
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Even before ascending the throne, King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was already a pioneer in moviemaking in Siam. During his reign, he shot or directed many documentary movies of royal ceremonies and of his trips in the country and abroad. However, only about 100 of the late king’s more than 500 film rolls have survived the humidity and improper storage they were subjected to. Some of them have been…
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Tik Shiro will perform again after having been away from the stage for over 10 years. This time, he is returning with a twist _ in a rap battle against Thaitanium. He is bringing back his hit tunes from the past and will be performing with guest singers such as Zani AF6, Thaitanium, now and then, and Nose Udom Taepanich.
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For the past 10 years, cancer has been Thailand’s leading cause of death, surpassing other illnesses. Approximately 55,403 individuals died from the disease in 2008.
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Teaching autistic kids how to use the skytrain and boat services. Making new homes for fish out in the open sea. Picking up garbage in public canals. Teaching art and noodle cooking to stateless children. Cleaning temple compounds and building toilets for nunneries. Although Thai society is witnessing growing inequality and social conflicts that threaten to break it apart, it also is experiencing…
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What are the three most important things you would like to fulfil if you have no more than a decade to live? And would they be different from, say, if you are allotted even less time than that _ a year, a month, 48 hours, or perhaps a mere one hour? Is there any one particular person you would like to spend the precious remaining moments with? Doing what? Where? Any regrets, remorse, anyone you…
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In recent weeks we have described all kinds of operations related to wine, from visiting winemakers to wineries where you can make your own wine. And here is, again in the US, an unusual shop or rather a franchise of retail shops called Trader Joe, which operates some 344 stores in 25 states.
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First impressions count and it’s not only about how great you look. The nose makes a judgement as much as the eyes and people can be totally put off or highly attracted by how you smell.
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What does the Philippines – our relatively faraway Southeast neighbour – make us think of? Her notorious politics (now pale c ompared to ours). Image of the Sick Man of Asia (a title we’ve already snatched). Notorious politicians (Joseph Estrada plus the late Ferdinand Marcos equal less than half of Thaksin Shinawatra). Land of archipelagos – 7,170 islands, to be precise. Rice terraces. A…
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Fear of flying
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