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Big Ben silenced for four years
Associated Press, Published on 22/08/2017
» LONDON - After more than 150 years as Britain's most famous timekeeper, London's Big Ben bell fell silent Monday for four years of repair work that will keep it quiet on all but a few special occasions.
When shortwave radio was my best friend
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/03/2017
» After 20 years the BBC is ending its foreign-language shortwave transmissions from Nakhon Sawan after failing to renegotiate its agreement with the Thai authorities. The transmissions were directed mainly at places like Afghanistan and Pakistan where radios are sometimes still the only source of news.
Truth of no importance
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2017
» Re: "BBC journo Jonathan Head risks jail over Phuket report" (BP, Feb 24).
The Fakebook Diaries
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/01/2017
» Around 15 million or so people noticed last Tuesday that there was no bomb or large explosion anywhere in Bangkok. None of those people worked for Facebook, which is OK, but after the "explosion", people who work for Facebook insisted there was, actually, an explosion.
Fake bomb news fools thousands
Published on 28/12/2016
» "News" of a bomb explosion in Bangkok spread like wildfire on Facebook and Line Tuesday evening, but the story was false.
Now Trump really gets what he wants
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/11/2016
» As Americans went to the polls on Tuesday, the Miami Herald ran what must have been its shortest-ever editorial which simply read: "Her, Not Him, Enough Said."
Seeing red as Sgt Nop takes over lights
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/09/2016
» Reports that Bangkok police have been ordered to abandon computerised traffic lights and return to manual handling have not exactly been greeted with dancing in the streets by the city's long-suffering motorists.
Reaching the finish line in Rio's Games
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/08/2016
» Because of the 10-hour time difference, it's been quite gruelling following that sporting event down in the land where "coffee beans grow by the billions" -- I still can't get that song out of my head. I can safely claim to have dozed off while watching swimming, boxing, badminton, golf (sorry Ariya) and missing far too many gold medal performances.
Marathon debacle a wake-up call
News, Pavida Pananond, Published on 19/11/2015
» Thailand wants to go places. It wants to rise up in world rankings. Although its military leaders sometimes feign ignorance and defiance as if the world revolves around Bangkok, not the other way around, it does seek global recognition in many ways. A case in point is the Ministry of Tourism's promotion of the country as a key destination for sports tourism to tap the surging popularity of sporting events such as running, cycling, and even triathlon.
Slow motion storm watch (Arrival)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/10/2012
» Gaemi has arrived in the Bangkok area, not as a tropical storm or a depression, but as big mass of ordinary rain. The rain, varying from light to heavy, is expected to last throughout the day.