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Dr. Saul: Ratchada’s GNP Factor
It is our privilege to introduce columns by Dr. Saul Kruggerand, the renowned Ph.D. economist and native of South Africa, who will regularly share with us his wide research and hands-on experiences on Thai economic affairs. In his introductory column “Dr. Saul,” as he is affectionately called by his students, will analyze Bangkok’s Ratchada district
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No Humor Please, We’re Thai
One of the great wonders in the kingdom of Thailand is when you meet a local who understands satire, irony, sarcasm, cynicism – common ways of expression in the West. Thai humor is quite different to the one you come from. But who’s to blame. Look at the state the country is in, when nothing
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Broke German Firebug Not Involved With Foreign Terrorists
Thailand’s no longer the exclusive domain of good honest tourists who politely leave the kingdom after they dutifully spent their money over here. Now and then you see a farang homeless on Bangkok’s streets. He may have arrived with big hopes and great dreams and enjoyed the real-time Disneyland to the fullest. Some though met
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Going Thai-Tech: Electronic Ghost Repeller
Politicians, mortals, hear ye! A ghostly topic again, but this is Thailand where ghosts are an everyday feature, so you better start living together with them. I have to say though we ourselves life in a unique place without a san phra phum in the garden, a spirit house. The former owner simply ignored them
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Black Lies
They’re all lying. The Indian navy is lying, the Indonesian navy is lying. Aid workers are lying and the victims themselves are lying. And nobody in Thailand really complains. Right, I’m talking about our dear foreign minister. Well, actually he accuses none of them directly. But foreigners in general. “Don’t believe what the world says
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The Poseidon Link
Poseidon was the Greeks’ god of the sea and, as “Earth-Shaker,” of earthquakes. Poseidon is also a Bangkok icon of the other kind. But first: For observers interested in Thai politics there wouldn’t be much sense of direction without the takes of Bangkok Pundit, a “complete political junkie” who’d “rather listen to ASTV 24/7″ than
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Sanitary Napkin Politics: Sondhi Bloody Sondhi
Yes, I like that song – seriously: This story is too beautiful to be missed, but I’m too busy with this and that. Lots of beautiful material out there already on Bangkok’s chief protester turned sorcerer Sondhi Limthongkul, who thanked the women of his People’s Alliance for Democracy PAD for having fought off evil spirits
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Klong Stunt Drowns Man & Lovely Leena’s Dream
It must have happened in Bangkok. A publicity stunt by underdog Leena Jangjanya in the race to be governor of Bangkok went terribly wrong when a campaign staff drowned as they bathed in a canal to highlight the plight of residents who have no access to clean water. Thing is: He was crying for help.
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Tidbits: The Protester, The Reputation, The Drama Queens – & Degenerated Patpong Ping Pong Balls
Tells me my wife – yes, she was on the streets back in 2006 wearing the yellow headband: “The protesters, you know, the PAD is a blessing for them. Look, they get free food and entertainment. They’re mostly the unemployed – we average people have to work.” Thailand’s reputation meanwhile? Hijacked democracy, rule of the
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Serbia Mulls Mass Import Of Asian Brides Against Extinction Of Own People
Not a purely Thai topic, but nevertheless relevant for a nation that has exported thousands upon thousands of its daughters as brides. The proud nation of Serbia mulls over the official import of young women from Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam – to prevent the extinction of its own people. How dare they don’t go
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