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Selling illegal guns through Facebook, a risky business
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/02/2013
» Withaya Chai-Auari, 32, and Suriya Khoksombat, 25, should not be too surprised that they are in a Bangkok jail today. Making illegal guns and selling them through Facebook is a risky business.
Nua Mek 2 ban: Still no explanation
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/01/2013
» After a House committee hearing, we still don't know why the banned political soap opera Nua Mek 2 was abruptly pulled off the air by Channel 3.
Palm oil farmers reopen roads to South
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/12/2012
» Traffic to and from the South is moving freely again after palm oil farmer reached a short-term agreement with government officials.
Furniture from coffee grounds
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/08/2012
» Starbucks at Megabangna has furniture made out of the coffee grounds that would normally be thrown away. Coffee grounds have many other potential uses as well.
Banned mercury still widely used in skin creams
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/08/2012
» Disturbingly, research by consumer groups has found that up to 20% of whitening creams studied are highly contaminated with mercury.
Tablets still a distant dream
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/05/2012
» The new school term is about to start and one thing primary students will not have is their promised tablet computers. The education minister still says they will get them, but, at best, they will be two months late.
The PM’s not-so-secret visit
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/02/2012
» The Prime Minister’s “secret’ visit to the Four Seasons Hotel earlier this month has become a little less secret. The latest person to admit he attended the meeting there is Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na- Ranong.
Tablets for kids: Chinese-made, Android driven
Published on 03/02/2012
» Yesterday we finally got some answers to the basic questions of "to whom?" "when?" "where"? and, most importantly "what?".
Flood prevention the easy way
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/12/2011
» A group of Thai technical experts are suggesting a relatively quick and painless way to prevent major floods in the future: a long tunnel.
Khlong Prapa scare
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/10/2011
» Early this morning residents in the Chaeng Wattana area were given a scare when water started overflowing the Khlong Prapa canal which supplies raw water for the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA).