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The day the filming had to stop
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/10/2020
» An article headlined "The man, myth and legend" on Wednesday by Tatat Bunnag marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Thailand's biggest-ever film star, Mitr Chaibancha. The actor plunged to his death at the age of 36, while filming a helicopter scene at Jomtien for Insee Thong (Golden Eagle). Mitr had insisted on doing his own stunts and was clinging from a rope ladder dangling from the copter but couldn't hold on. He truly is a legend.
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It seemed a good idea at the time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022
» The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.
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There ain't no mountain high enough
Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/01/2024
» In the final weeks of 2023 the old chestnut of introducing a cable car system on Phu Kradeung (Bell Mountain) national park resurfaced. It came as no surprise when a Bangkok Post headline concluded on the very last day of the year that the project "faces uncertainty".
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Nuan is the cat's whiskers at Apec
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/11/2022
» The most important news emerging from the Apec summit in Bangkok is that it looks like Downing Street's Larry the Cat has finally got some competition in the ranks of feline celebrities. Catching the eye in the Big Mango this week has been Nuan -- a lady cat who has been adopted as the unofficial mascot for the Apec meet.
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End of a sorry saga for mushroom pickers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/05/2019
» The best news of the week is that the mushroom-picking couple have been released from jail following a royal pardon by His Majesty the King. It is a most pleasant surprise and hopefully puts an end to a grim nine-year saga that reeked of social injustice from the very first time it surfaced back in 2010.
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Perils of mushroom picking in Thailand
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/05/2017
» One encouraging piece of news this week was the Supreme Court reducing the sentence of the Kalasin mushroom pickers accused of illegal logging from 15 years to five. But many questions remain.
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Climb every mountain … ford every stream
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/03/2016
» About 18 months ago, I stood at the foot of Phu Kradung (Bell Mountain) in Loei province, contemplating whether I was capable of making it to the top.
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When things didn’t go like clockwork
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/03/2016
» A couple of years ago there was a fuss when it was decided to introduce digital clocks into the Thai parliament. Centre of the storm were 10 parliamentary officials responsible for spending nearly 15 million baht on the clocks, a sum many thought was exorbitant.
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The lady who jumped in at the deep end
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/05/2014
» It was almost three years ago the headline for this column read: "There could be a lady waiting in the wings." It marked the first indication, however unlikely it seemed at the time, that Yingluck Shinawatra could possibly become the next prime minister, which for Thailand was stepping into unknown territory.
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Blowing the whistle on what is still 'Amazing Thailand'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/12/2013
» Well, we've just about scraped through another year, although in recent weeks things have looked decidedly dodgy.
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