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The empty chairs of Buri Ram
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 13/05/2018
» The general prime minister packed his kit for yet another two-day trip to the provinces, an adoring welcome and ownership of every front page in his country.
The other woman
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/10/2017
» On the day the Supreme Court threw That Woman out of politics for good, judges from the same Dika Court dealt with a second fugitive.
Thailand's richest couple
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 30/07/2017
» YOU can get RICH with an internet BUSINESS website!
Double tap confounded
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/05/2017
» The images haunt. A mother, with a wounded face, clutches her daughter and hunkers down beside the detergent shelves. A blackened battery and two wheels, all that is left of the stolen pickup crammed with cooking gas cans. Social media simply taking over the corporate Facebook pages of Big C to post thousands of photos, videos and messages.
The Big Issue: Those pesky tourists
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/02/2017
» If you need to watch a rant or even start a hot dispute, pick an expatriate, any expat, and say "double pricing".
You've been gouged
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 05/02/2017
» How can we fleece you? Let me count the ways. That probably wasn't an unusual week, just a more transparent one.
Corruption and cover-ups
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 29/01/2017
» As they say in Narathiwat, it never rains but it pours. Wow! Sure, we asked about corruption, but we weren't expecting to be flooded out.
The big issue: 301 hypocrites
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/05/2016
» Thailand got on the United States list of the "dirty dozen" worst pirates in the explored galaxy for the ninth consecutive year. By doing that, it stayed off the list of worst hypocrites.
The big issue: Belgian waffles
Alan Dawson, Published on 03/04/2016
» At a time of universally sapped morale, the forces of evil and enemies of decency have gained a temporary upper hand, while the forces of decency and enemies of evil are wondering if they can grab a victory somewhere from the jaws of setbacks.
The big issue: Breach of common sense
Alan Dawson, Published on 18/10/2015
» Arbat means, literally, “breach”. In Buddhism it describes the un-holy acts committed by the monks of the original version of the movie now called Arpat and, of course, by many monks in real life.