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Copywrong!
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/11/2019
» Here I am reporting to you live at night-time, somewhere along Sukhumvit Road in the heart of tourist territory.
A bad case of Farrah Syndrome
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/10/2017
» Talk about bad timing. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's visit to the United States couldn't have come at a worse time. Watching the seven-minute hurried press conference wasn't just cringeworthy; in a weird way, I even felt sorry for our PM.
Where there's smoke
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/03/2016
» I have a staff member whose name is Jerd. Jerd is one of my information channels into the Thai working class. He used to raise his family on the minimum wage of 300 baht a day as a rubber plantation worker. Being a benevolent employee I naturally raised that figure substantially when I hired him, and these days he is earning that amount plus an extra four or five percent; the joys of a foreign employer.
Facing up to it
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/02/2014
» When the dust settles on this eventful and harrowing week, what will be the most memorable thing about it?
Assessing the assets
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/02/2014
» Thailand has this law where you must declare your assets before you assume a political position, then declare them again when you leave that position.
Let slip the dogs of more
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/12/2013
» I remember the time I was spending the weekend in an upcountry province when Virut got his money.
Runaway Bribes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/10/2013
» I grew up in a state that was Australia's most corrupt, or at least the most blatantly corrupt. New South Wales may have approached its graft with stealth, but up in Queensland we were positively celebrating it.