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Strangling the life out of Bangkok streets
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 27/03/2017
» Great cities have a way of defining themselves in often quirky ways. Beijing, for example, has rows of tiny shops selling identical items right next to each other, if you can spot them through the smog. The Left Bank in Paris is home to cultural, art and fashion street riches. Hong Kong has its roadside fishball sellers. London has its pub closing-time street fights, Brussels has its open-air chocolate markets and Zurich, well Zurich has its ultra-cleanliness.
I lived next to Erawan Shrine bomb suspects
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 04/12/2016
» The former next-door neighbour of four people implicated in the fatal Erawan Shrine bombing on Aug 17, 2015, has exclusively revealed to the Bangkok Post details of their activities and behaviour prior to the arrest of two of them.
Murky drama plays out as Xi's clampdown tightens its grip
Mark Hughes, Published on 25/02/2016
» China has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. And to a seasoned observer, it looks as though something is afoot.
Fighting for women and children: an urgent need for change
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 10/12/2015
» The girl was aged just 10, heavily pregnant and carrying HIV after being raped by a merchant seaman in Recife, Brazil. She was also homeless.
Nation mourns as innocents slain
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 19/08/2015
» You won't recognise him. His face is swathed in bandages. That's when top Bangkok surgeons are not trying to rebuild his profile, a process that will take far longer than you'd care to imagine, distraught as you must be. Rest assured, he'll be kept away from mirrors for weeks.