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Set the wheelchairs of change in motion
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/03/2018
» Anybody doing business in Thailand has horror stories about red tape. Not a day goes by where I am not responsible for felling at least one tree from somewhere deep within a national park. Page after page, I sign the bottom of these utterly useless photocopied pages, in triplicate, one after the other, all the time either contemplating life or how to end it all and put myself out of this bureaucratic misery.
No longer a death sentence, but still...
Life, Published on 01/12/2017
» It has been 33 years since Thailand's first HIV/Aids case was recorded and clearly the situation has improved. First, after the country started implementing HIV/Aids control and preventive measures in 1990 and enforced a healthcare policy for the infected to have easier access to antiretroviral medication in 2002, patients have had a much better life.
Preparing for the final farewell
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/10/2017
» People from all regions and walks of life will gather for a last goodbye to their beloved late king.
The man who built the Mon their very own museum
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/09/2017
» Two decades ago, the Mon community of Bang Kradi was not on the tourist map of Bangkok. It was just a toilet stop for visitors taking a boat ride along the Sanam Chai canal to Phanthai Norasing shrine in Samut Sakhon.
Where history lives
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/09/2017
» Water drifts slowly, like time itself, through the Sanam Chai canal in the Bang Kradi community at the southern tip of Bangkok. Sometimes a long tail boat glides past. Its engine is the only noise in this sleepy village, a unique cultural pocket on the Thon Buri side of the capital.
Lumpini's cats run out of lives
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/09/2017
» Barely a year after the municipality staff employed at Lumpini Park set out to rid the facility's pond, alleys and lawns from monitor lizards, they are at it again.
Wheelchair warrior takes on skytrain
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/09/2017
» Two major events shaped the life of Manit Intaraphim. One was falling asleep at the wheel. The other was a bad bowl of corn soup. The first occurred early one Monday morning more than two decades ago as he was riding his big bike to work. The ensuing crash broke his spine and put him in hospital for 12 months. He was a paraplegic at the age of 24.
Blue-sky thinking?
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/08/2017
» Over the last few months, crossing the Pathumwan intersection on foot was a near-impossible task requiring pedestrians to zig-zag along the mazes of malls and footpaths, as the pedestrian bridges were closed-off by a major construction site.
TV soaps and a load of old flannel
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/08/2017
» Life gets a little weird here in the Land of Smiles at times, and that's not a reference to the queues that currently stretch from Don Mueang to Suvarnabhumi airports. I'm talking about the comments made by the deputy governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration -- that giant, dusty machine that runs the city despite having its head lopped off last year with a Section 44 order citing corruption and ineffective administration.
Changing the face of Bangkok
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/07/2017
» A riverside promenade, an observation tower, new bridges and transportation lines -- just to name a few -- are among the numerous urban development projects that keep popping up on the government's agenda.