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Maybe we should prepare for the worst
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/07/2015
» Former weatherman Smith Dharmasaroja is well known for his doomsday predictions, such as his forecast in 1998 that a tsunami would hit southwestern Thailand, which actually came true seven years later.
Of drought, and cats, and rain gods
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 26/06/2015
» Black Siamese cats are in high demand these days. No, not for dining tables in China, but for <i>hae nang maew</i>, a ritual to ask the deity for rain, as much of the country suffers under the worst drought in memory.
Weekly highlights
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/05/2012
» Thai Airways International president Piyasvasti Amranand was sacked by THAI board, which was unable to give a clear explanation why he had to go. The government started paying compensation to relatives of victims of the April-May 2010 violence and of the violence in the deep South. But the joy of the nation appears to be HM the King's recovery and his first trip outside the capital in more than two years.
A day of joy for the Thai people
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/05/2012
» For the last few years Thais have flocked in large numbers to Siriraj hospital, day in and day out, to sign books wishing His Majesty the King well and a quick recovery from his ailments. Their wishes have been answered and on Friday the King will make his first trip outside Bangkok in two years, to revisit a site in Ayutthaya where he initiated the monkey cheek project 16 years ago.