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Pagoda-climbing guide publicly shamed
Online Reporters, Published on 16/12/2017
» A Thai tourist guide has been publicly shamed, charged and had her licence revoked after posting pictures of inappropriate behaviour at Wat Arun in Bangkok.
Left behind
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 11/12/2017
» The same-sex Californian couple who flashed their bottoms at two temples and posted the photos online have been kicked out of Thailand.
Temple-mooning California duo released, blacklisted
Published on 11/12/2017
» Apparently unrepentant, the same-sex California couple who flashed their buttocks at two temples and posted the photos online have been kicked out of Thailand.
A monumental loss
News, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2017
» It is with the greatest sorrow that I, and all of us at the Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia (ERIA), learned of the passing of Dr Surin Pitsuwan. A statesman without parallel, a man of both vision and warmth, a leader for Asean like no other. Asia, in fact the whole world, suffered a great loss today. At ERIA, he was a most engaged special adviser to the president who provided guidance and inspiration. He will be greatly missed.
In my room
Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 30/07/2017
» Korean actor Cho Jung-seok is the complete package. Musical theatre is extremely challenging. It requires great singing, dancing and acting skills as well as the wit to handle any unexpected circumstances.
Ukraine detains prankster who mooned during Eurovision
Published on 14/05/2017
» KIEV -- Ukrainian police have detained a Ukrainian prankster for jumping onto the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest and dropping his trousers while singer Jamala was performing, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Sunday.
Australian state names and shames cheeky offences
AFP, Published on 26/09/2016
» SYDNEY - Consider it a warning to exhibitionists -- an Australian state has officially listed "mooning or streaking" as examples of offences which can be dealt with under the law.
NFL's Peyton Manning cited in lawsuit against college: report
AFP, Published on 15/02/2016
» WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old sex assault accusation against Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos reportedly was cited by six former female students in a new lawsuit against the University of Tennessee.
Autistic Australian an artistic hero
AFP, Published on 08/05/2014
» SYDNEY - Artist Tim Smart cannot explain why his colourful work has such appeal, or how the cheeky superhero he first drew when he was a child, Laser Beak Man, has won fans around the world and become a television series.
Rediscovering forgotten variations
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 29/01/2013
» Today, a miscellany of audio and video discs and downloads that have come my way recently and that may interest listeners who have not already found them.