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News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 15/02/2013
» Growing up in a poor Chinese family, I didn't get a chance to taste shark's fin soup until well into my teens. The deprivation notwithstanding, a notion was somehow drilled into my young head that a proper banquet could not do without shark fin's soup.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/02/2013
» The news barely made the papers - investigating officers in Kaeng Krachan district of Phetchaburi had decided to drop charges against a police officer for illegal poaching in a national park, a small story for the back pages that probably would have gone unnoticed had some outraged readers not posted it on social media.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/01/2013
» Once there was a country whose ruler was an old man who refused to live in a mansion with a large staff of servants.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/01/2013
» The New Year traffic continued its deadly trend despite intensified official efforts to put a lid on the number of accidents. According to official reports, the seven-day period over the New Year from Dec 27 last year to Wednesday saw 3,176 accidents, 83 more than last year.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/12/2012
» Given a choice between a house and a car, what do you think most Thais who had never owned either would choose? Well, a car, of course.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 07/12/2012
» Among Thailand's neighbours, Laos is the country with which Thai people feel the strongest affinity. Not only do we share a common border, but we also share a common language and culture.
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/11/2012
» Pitak Siam's call to bring down the government has stoked the fire of political polarisation to new heights.