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Road to prosperity
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/11/2012
» Rally enthusiasts in Asean are gearing up for different kind of excitement with the staging of the first Asean-India car rally late this month and into December.
Risks outweigh any short-term gains of toying with stimulants
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 13/11/2012
» While professional athletes sometimes rely on a sophisticated cocktail of drugs to boost their performance, stimulants _ known in Thai as ya dope, a rather catch-all term coined from English _ are more readily available and are commonly used by people in many fields of endeavour outside sports, with varying effects _ both positive and negative.
Enter the art apartment
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 03/10/2012
» It's a place slightly outside of the heart of the city, just 15 minutes away in the nooks of Singapore's Mountbatten district on a traffic-free day. Serene and surrounded by lush greenery, a centre of some sort comes into sight.
Raptor-watching in Chumphon
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 20/09/2012
» Every year when winter descends on the northern hemisphere, birds of prey of various species flee the cold and head for warmer climes, many migrating via the Malay Peninsula. In October, more than 100,000 migrating raptors, such as the Chinese goshawk, Japanese goshawk, grey-faced buzzard, oriental honey buzzard and the black baza, fly past Khao Dinso, a mountainous area in the southern province of Chumphon, providing a great opportunity for enthusiasts to study and count these birds.
Burmese cats return to a new Burma
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/09/2012
» In Burma people rediscovering famous Burmese breed of cat but Aung San Suu Kyi's dog is jealous of her new Burmese cat.
Addicted to govt rice payouts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/09/2012
» Faster & bigger payouts for every grain of rice makes happier farmers, but govt & farmer debt dangers loom in future.
Burmese cats pounce back in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 06/09/2012
» They are known for their sleek good looks, alluring eyes and sunny disposition, but one group of "Burmese" are virtually unknown in modern Myanmar -- the country's namesake pedigree cats.
Squid catching and bird watching in Cha-am
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/08/2012
» The Shellfish Eating, Birdwatching and Squid Catching Festival is an annual event in Phetchaburi's Cha-am district. It takes place during August-September, when squid swim near the shoreline. Also during this period, when it is getting cool in the northern parts of Asia like Siberia and Korea, various types of birds migrate to Cha-am where it is warm.
Putting their hands up
Life, Karnjariya Sukrung, Published on 20/08/2012
» When Sorrayut Ratanapojnard was at the Flood Relief Centre at Don Muang last year, his fellow volunteers asked one question more than any other: "What can I do to help?"
In a glass of their own
Life, Published on 10/08/2012
» Traditionally, the crystal stemware space has been dominated by lead variants.