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Thai Commercials: Great at Making People Cry
The ad industry quietly becoming the world’s leading producer of weep-worthy viral videos.By Richard Macauley.
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Fireball lights up sky over Bangkok
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Selecting the best fruits at floating markets
How to select the best fruits at a floating market. Free guide to help you check food at floating markets.
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Meteor over Bangkok
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The Invention of Pad Thai
By coup-plotting standards, Plaek Phibunsongkhram was in a good position. The year was 1938. Six years earlier, Phibunsongkhram, better known as Phibun in Western historical accounts, had played a prominent role as a military officer in a coup that stripped Thailand’s monarchy of its absolute powers. A year later, he became the equivalent of the Minister of Defense after crushing a rebellion launched by royalists, and in 1938, he became prime minister.
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Thai printer replaces International New York Times article with blank space
With media freedoms increasingly curtailed under military junta, local printer removes critical piece on stagnant Thai economy
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A Guide to Thailand’s Noodle Soups
The world of Thai noodles is unimaginably vast. Some have apparent roots in Southeast Asia, others are direct imports from China—and plenty are bowls that straddle both. Adding to the complexity of the landscape is the fact that Thai noodle dishes are highly customizable. Do you want your boat noodles served with beef or pork? Do you prefer sen lek (rice) or bamii (wheat-and-egg) noodles?
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"Unsung Hero"
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Freakish Sleet, Snow, and Cold Sting Southeast Asia
At least 87 deaths have been reported from a cold wave over the last week that’s brought dangerously chilly temperatures and wintry precipitation to tropical and subtropical latitudes of Southeast Asia, as well as brutally frigid readings further north.
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The ‘sea-nomad’ children who see like dolphins
Unlike most people, the children of a Thailand tribe see with total clarity beneath the waves – how do they do it, and might their talent be learned? By Helen Thomson.
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The ‘sea-nomad’ children who see like dolphins
Unlike most people, the children of a Thailand tribe see with total clarity beneath the waves – how do they do it, and might their talent be learned? Deep in the island archipelagos on the Andaman Sea, and along the west coast of Thailand live small tribes called the Moken people, also known as sea-nomads. Their children spend much of their day in the sea, diving for food. They are uniquely adapted to this job – because...
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Thailand’s Genial Nightmares
Descriptions of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s work slide inexorably into paradox: it is sincere and ironical, improvisational and elaborately structured, earthy and uncanny at the same time. His new film Cemetery of Splendor, in which a group of Thai soldiers have fallen mysteriously and, it seems, permanently asleep, the most nakedly political film of Weerasethakul’s career, is a gentle, open-hearted story of human connection, underlain at every moment by rage and dread.
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Thai PM says women in skimpy dress are like unwrapped candy
Thailand's blunt-speaking prime minister had some advice Tuesday for his country's young women: Don't dress too revealingly, or you will be shunned like a piece of toffee without its wrapper. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha offered the observation to reporters as Thais prepared to kick off their traditional New Year celebration, known as Songkran. The holiday comes at the hottest time of the year and is best known for the enthusiastic splashing...
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One of Thailand's most beautiful islands is closing because tourists are destroying it
The swelling tide of tourists to a Thai island has brought it to the brink of irreversible damage, say Thai officials. The tourists, in other words, are destroying what they came to see. This week, the director general of Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said that Koh Tachai - an increasingly popular destination, especially for scuba divers - would not reopen after the incoming monsoon season.
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Thailand Begins Planting Millions of Trees by Dropping "Seed Bombs"
Thailand has found a unique way to regenerate its forests.
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The Thai cleaning lady facing prison for 'I see'
A cleaning lady in Thailand is being charged by the government for posting the words "I see" on Facebook. She is accused of insulting the monarchy - a charge that can lead to jail sentences of up to 15 years. However, she says she is being punished because her son is an activist, as the BBC's Jonathan Head reports. Patnaree Chankij's home on the outskirts of Bangkok is a cramped, three-room house in which the 40-year-old widow lives with two of her children, and where she often does other people's laundry to make ends meet. At other times she works as a casual cleaner in apartments and offices.
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Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think 'lost' drug war
Somsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, turning 30, he is not yet half way through his 33-year sentence at Bangkok's high-security Klong Prem prison. Somsak was "just a kid, not a big-time dealer", his older brother Panit told Reuters after a visit to the jail. "We're also serving time, waiting for him to get out so he can help the family." More than a decade after Thailand declared a "war on drugs", the country is admitting defeat. As the prison population soars...
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Thai referendum: Military-written constitution approved
A clear majority of Thai referendum voters back a draft constitution written by an army-appointed committee, with unofficial tallies saying more than 60% voted in favour.
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The conundrum of Thailand's resounding referendum result
The overwhelmingly favorable result of Thailand's second-ever referendum has much deeper and wider significance than as a mere verdict on a military-backed constitution. By Thitinan Pongsudhirak.
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Thailand's military government plans to track foreigners' every move through their phones
Any foreigner stepping foot in Thailand may soon have their movements closely tracked by the country's military dictatorship thanks to a new plan to require a special tracking SIM card for visitors of any kind. Anyone who doesn't hold a Thai passport would be required to use the new SIM card, the country's telecom authority announced last week. The plan, which could be enacted within six months, has been justified by authorities who cite the country's fight against terrorism and crime.
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