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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.
Watching a murderer in the making
Life, Published on 04/02/2016
» Fun isn't likely the word you'll use to describe Netflix's latest addictive docu-series Making A Murderer. Over the 10-episode series detailing Steven Avery's trial for the murder of local photographer Teresa Halbach, you'll be disgusted and angered by the apparent injustice facing Avery and his family time and again.
Highs, lows and screw-ups
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/01/2016
» It is a long-held tradition for this column, in its last week of each year, to present awards based on the year’s highs and lows. I understand such reflections can be found in another seven columns of the Bangkok Post today and over the past week.
A fine day to make friends
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 27/09/2015
» The letter arrived on a cloudy afternoon. By the time I’d read it, the skies had opened up and thunder crashed about my home. It was from the Pak Kret police station. I’d been clocked going over the speed limit.
Off the beaten Trat
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/09/2015
» If you were to tell 100 people that you had just come back from a short vacation in Trat province, all of them would assume that you’d gone to Koh Chang, because tourists think of that island as a slice of paradise. There are more than 200 hotels on Koh Chang, and white sandy beaches and dive spots with gorgeous coral. Seafood restaurants, bars and entertainment spots abound, so it is no wonder that you see as many tourists strolling around on Koh Chang as you do on Silom Road in Bangkok.
A place of snakes, squirrels and scapegoats
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/07/2015
» As the trial of the two Myanmar accused of murdering British tourists starts on Koh Tao, where do you think your favourite columnist is filing his story from this week?
Cleaning up the accolades
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/06/2015
» Every Monday is a special day on Koh Lipe, a sandy, breathtaking and increasingly touristy Andaman island off Satun province. It's the day when everyone, locals or visitors, can call themselves a hero.
What’s in a name? too much, sometimes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/02/2015
» Glad to see the police have tracked down the anti-monarchist group known as Banpodj and its leader, who goes by the same name. In a hastily-called press conference the police managed to answer all questions with the exception of the most pressing one of all in my opinion — why on earth is there a “J” at the end of “Banpodj”?
Guru awards
Guru, Published on 26/12/2014
» It’s a New Year norm for media outlets to come up with year-end lists. Since we here at Guru are authorities in everything, we present you with our superlative lists of all the craziness that made up 2014. Happy New Year, everyone!
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.