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Thailand's new day same as the old
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/03/2019
» It is difficult to choose an honorific or position for Prayut Chan-o-cha these days. Is he the prime minister or a prime ministerial candidate? We could refer to him as prime minister/ministerial candidate but that is clunky and takes up way too much space.
Putting 'fat' on the scales
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/09/2018
» I have the best neighbours on all four sides of my home in leafy Samut Prakan.
The feel-good aura dims
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/07/2018
» The good times are over.
Stateless Mong still forced to fly solo
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/09/2017
» It is hard to believe nine years have passed since Mong Thongdee hit the media spotlight. Little Mong was big news in September 2009, a few months before violent clashes between anti-government protesters and government troops.
Farang behaving badly
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/02/2016
» There was a news story a month ago that made a splash in the Thai press but went under the radar here in the English-language news world. It happened at the Southern Bus Terminal in Taling Chan, and it involved two Australian tourists who were robbed at gunpoint of their belongings.
An infusion of Australian entertainment
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/10/2015
» I am watching, with absolute focus, the most amazing thing I’ll see on TV for a long time. Those aren’t my words; they are Ken’s.
Here's a sobering thought, why not enforce the law?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/12/2014
» If you had chanced to look up at the sky these past few weeks, you would have been surprised by what you may have seen.
Edible kitty litter, Viagra & Odourless cat's urine
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/05/2010
» One of the first things I become expert at whenever I visit the United States is its television. I have no choice in the matter. Over here in the States I'm awake when I'm asleep in Bangkok, and jetlag thus hits me like a Northeastern truck driver on methamphetamines.