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Who's afraid of Gaemi?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/10/2012
» By the time Gaemi reached Bangkok it had lost its winds and much of its rain, making it seem like an ordinary rainy season day.
Banknote mystery
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/10/2012
» An ordinary community cleanup operation ended up in the national news after residents of an Udon Thani community found a bag full of shredded banknotes.
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.
Learn Thai: Politics in the news
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/10/2012
» Like it or hate it, Thai politics is a regular part of local news coverage. Here's a short example
Learn Thai: Tennis in the news
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/10/2012
» Today, Acharn Sunee turns to tennis and a whole new set of vocabulary.
Somsak defends his England trip
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/10/2012
» House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont said yesterday his controversial trip to England last month with a party of aides and reporters was useful and worth doing again.
Gaemi turns west – towards us
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/10/2012
» Gaemi, still a tropical storm in the South China Sea, has turned west with landfall expected on the Vietnamese coast sometime tomorrow. Preparations are continuing to mimimise its effects when it reaches us a day or so later.
Victim of cosmetics “doctor” dies
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/10/2012
» Athitiya Eiamyai put her trust in “Dr Pop,” an unlicensed beauty treatment specialist, to give her a more rounded figure. It ended up killing her.
Storm watch continued (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/10/2012
» Weather experts are now saying Tropical storm Gaemi could reach typhoon strength before it reaches Vietnam. While it will not be that strong after an overland trip to Thailand, it still could dump more rain than previously expected.
Don Mueang reopens for business
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/10/2012
» It almost looked like the good old days at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport yesterday as it reopened for business after renovations following last year's heavy flood damage.