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City police on terror alert
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/01/2012
» They look like they are part of the Chinese New Year celebrations but the women in traditional Chinese attire checking visitors bags in the Yaowarat area are part of a serious police operation.
Hollywood-style chase in Chinatown
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/12/2012
» It looked like a Hollywood movie chase, but bystanders in the famous Yaowarat Chinatown section of Bangkok quickly learned it was the real thing.
French yum woonsen a hit in Yaowarat
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/12/2012
» A French national and his Thai wife are doing a good business selling Thai street food in Bangkok's Yaowarat district, drawing startled looks from passersby.
Monks' city walk criticised, defended
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2012
» Criticised by a senator, the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple's mass thudong pilgrimage through downtown Bangkok has been defended by the Office of National Buddhism.
City wants old buildings to install sprinklers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/03/2012
» Saturday's Fico Place fire may soon cause the BMA to require sprinklers be installed in old high-rise buildings, but one expert cautions that won't be easy.
Too good to be true?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2010
» Some vegetarian "meat" dishes taste so good you would think they actually contain meat. Well, maybe they do.