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The strange case of the rubber duck tattoos
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/01/2017
» Who illegally painted tattos on Udon Thani's famous rubber ducks? Udon officials want to know and they have a video to help you find the man.
New Year shooter in video clip reports to police
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/01/2017
» The young woman seen in a viral video in which she shoots a gun out a window multiple times to celebrate the New Year has turned herself into police, saying she didn’t realise she was doing anything wrong.
Trang's wild monkey graveyard
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/09/2016
» Do animals have "cemeteries" like humans? In one valley in Trang province, that might be the case.
Photos and sketches of Hua Hin suspects revealed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/08/2016
» Police have asked a military court for arrest warrants for three unnamed men suspected of planting bombs in Hua Hin district while distributing pictures of the three.
Trump spelling
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/07/2016
» Spelling can be a problem, even for native speakers of English. In this case, the two mistakes were quickly corrected, but Donald Trump opponents had fun nevertheless.
Google's self-driving bicycle (video and text)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/04/2016
» It was only available yesterday, April 1 and it might not work so well on Bangkok's busy streets, but it's an idea some of our local vocational/technical students might want to refine.
Thai, not Chinese, tourists under fire (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/03/2016
» A group of Thai tourists in Switzerland is being blamed in the social media for dumping the remains of their fried pork and sticky rice meal along the side of a stairway. (Update) New information indicates Mother Nature might be to blame.
Intensive English for Thai teachers. Can it work?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/11/2015
» British Council English specialists will soon be training 500 Thai teachers for six weeks. I know from experience that an immersive language training programme can work, but it requires the right environment and commitment.
Bomb jokes aren't funny
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/11/2015
» Thai Lion Air staff did not laugh when a passenger joked about a possible bomb in a passenger's suitcase. Instead, they cancelled the flight.
Storm no more, but low pressure still means welcome rain (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2015
» Early morning weather satellite and radar images show little rain apart from the Bangkok area this morning, but meteorologists are still forecasting moderate to heavy rain in many areas through Friday, particularly in the lower Northeast, North, East, and Central regions.