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A knee-jerk reaction
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2021
» I take a somewhat different view from that of David Brown in his Feb 11 letter on what Australia's reaction to the latest Myanmar coup should be.
The Swede helping to lift Thai children out of poverty
News, Pitcha Dangprasith, Published on 02/03/2019
» When Sievert Larsson starts a conversation, his softly-spoken words and kind gestures quickly make a good impression.
Don’t mess about with those station names
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/03/2015
» It was encouraging to see the authorities rejected suggestions that the name of the BTS station at Phrom Phong should be changed to “M (or Em) District”, to reflect what will soon be three giant malls in the area. That’s the last thing we need.
Minebea to expand Thai production
Business, Published on 11/12/2014
» Minebea Group, a ball bearing and electronic parts maker, plans to expand its production to serve increasing demand in the aviation industry.
Postbag: Why don't Thais read?
News, Published on 04/05/2013
» As Unesco has designated Bangkok World Book Capital for 2013, Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra hopes to encourage Thais to read more books, 10-15 a year against five books per annum according to 2003 figures. Despite all the efforts by previous governments to increase national readership, Thai people still read very few books compared to those in other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea and Japan where people read around 40-60 titles a year.
The all-Thai American dream team
B Magazine, Published on 28/04/2013
» In the early 1890s, when my grandfather Arthur Eckardt arrived in New York from Germany, he couldn't speak a word of English. Waiting for him at the dock was his big brother Otto. Arthur came strutting down the gangplank, proud of the big hat he wore: a high crowned, broad billed hat like Otto Von Bismarck's that symbolised that he had risen from an apprentice to a journeyman to a master ironmonger. Otto grabbed the hat off his head and threw it into the East River.
Japanese investor rethink on flood zone
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/10/2011
» Fierce battle by workers to keep flood waters out of production plants. Plans for expansion plants may be changed.