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Facebook's agenda and worrying hold on the news
News, Farhad Manjoo, Published on 13/05/2016
» Facebook is the world's most influential source of news.
Piracy report is hypocritical
News, Published on 06/05/2015
» The United States has published its annual list of intellectual property pirates. To no one's surprise, Thailand is grouped with a dozen others as the worst offenders. The report goes through the usual and obvious litany of pirated movies and software, and it accuses Thai officials of ennui over the issue. It also gets to the real reason Thailand is on the "Section 301 priority watch list": hypocrisy.
Piracy wars misdirected
News, Published on 11/02/2015
» The tepid response to a highway raid on lorryloads of counterfeit goods seems to carry a message. Police say they were acting on a tip-off when they decided to inspect three parked lorries on a secondary road just outside Korat last Saturday night. They said they found 44,000 individual items, almost all of them knock-offs of brand-name handbags, shoes, ornaments and the like. The goods were supposedly smuggled in from Laos. The media and the public showed little interest.
Death of Barbie − and her allure − has been greatly exaggerated
News, Published on 29/01/2015
» Mattel chief executive Bryan Stockton resigned this week after a five-quarter sales slump and three years of flagging sales of the company's best-known brand, Barbie. It is, however, definitely not the end of the Barbie phenomenon, or, at any rate, of what Barbie stands for: An unattainable ideal of princess-like femininity that is all about looks, not brains. I know — I have a four-year-old daughter.
Big changes begin down on the farm
News, Published on 08/12/2014
» A giant feast was laid out before me. There were too many dishes to count, but I could vividly remember my favourite picks: Grilled chicken marinated with wild red ants (the urine of the red ants is supposed to give the dish an added tangy flavour), whole roasted Nile Tilapia fish in a salt crust, grilled field crabs and, of course, steamed chemical-free rice.
China races to close the quality gap
Asia focus, Published on 05/08/2014
» A decade ago, many of us were apprehensive about buying a product made in South Korea. Today many consumers wonder whether they should purchase a Chinese product or not. Let’s be frank: how many of us have had good experiences with every ‘Made in China’ product we’ve owned?
My black coffee,my black heart
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/11/2013
» Coffee _ black and strong _ is my morning ritual that enables me to stay awake and ready for the day.
Postbag: Trash entry fee idea
News, Published on 23/10/2013
» Re: ''B500 foreigner-entry fee on the table'' (BP Online, Oct 21).
Booze study flawed
News, Published on 11/10/2013
» The study of young Thais' drinking patterns and alcohol branding (BBQ booze branding 'lures young to drink', BP, Oct 9), should not be considered serious science. Or, at least not the way the study results are being interpreted.
Sunk by saffron scandals
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 03/07/2013
» Recently, the unbecoming behaviour of certain Buddhist monks has become the talk of the town. Probably the most scandalous case is the luxurious lifestyle of a famous phra, who uses brand-name products and travels like a billionaire on a private jet.