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Martha part of TAT revival plan
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 25/06/2010
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will spend 10 million baht to enlist the American household diva Martha Stewart to film her TV programmes in Thailand in September to promote the country to international visitors.
Hope is all they have
Life, Published on 10/01/2012
» Kids all over Thailand will be looking forward to this Saturday, which is National Children's Day when they can enjoy lots of fun-filled activities arranged for them across the country.
Alternative ways
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 03/02/2012
» Although we're all budding non-materialistic Buddhists, we need money and can always use more of it. And while most of us try to get a degree and become a white-collar salary slave, some people have made serious baht in more imaginative ways. Besides drug trafficking (which we strongly advise against), here are six unconventional ways people have generated their dough.
Doubts raised about dung DNA database for jumbos
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/02/2012
» Scientists doubt a plan to create a DNA database of wild elephants will deter the smuggling trade.
Amazing Biodiversity in jeopardy
Life, L. Bruce Kekulé, Published on 26/03/2012
» On Dec 8, 1941, the same day of the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii (Dec 7 in the US), the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Thailand with thousands of troops and settled in. Sometime in 1942, a decision was made to build a railway from Bangkok to Burma and beyond through the thick malaria- and tiger-infested jungles in Kanchanaburi province using Allied and Asian prisoners of war as construction labour.
Bucking a trend
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2012
» E-books have become more than a fashion statement for lovers of new gadgets on the market. For people in the publishing industry everywhere, including Thailand, it's seen as a medium imperative to their survival, the way they conduct business and tap the opportunities it will spawn.
Hold the salt, or not, They're not particular
B Magazine, Published on 22/04/2012
» In the April 8 ''Green Fingers'' I mentioned that Zizyphus mauritiana, or Indian jujube, Cerbera odollam, or teen ped nam in Thai, and plumeria or frangipani are among the trees growing just above the shoreline at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre in Phuket's Cape Panwa. All three thrive beautifully amid the salty sea breeze, but actually they are very versatile trees that can be planted anywhere in Thailand.
This wild kingdom just got a little less kind
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/06/2012
» What a morning. I have returned from a morning jog where I was nearly bitten by a very disturbed stray dog. I write this from beautiful Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok on the border of Myanmar. I'm staying at a resort next to the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.
Satun's land bridge of sighs
News, Published on 30/06/2012
» A recent salah (prayer) worship by Muslim residents in Satun took on more of a political rather than a religious flavour when they asked Allah to bring an end to the Pak Bara deep-sea port project.