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    Statuesque killing, gambler's repent, Thai 'ghost' slaying

    News, Mae Moo, Published on 10/04/2022

    » A Bangkok taxi driver killed his lover with a hammer and tried to pass off her body as a Buddha statue as he prevailed on two men to help him remove the body from his rental room.

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    A place under the sun

    Guru, Worada Elstow, Published on 25/03/2022

    » Though Thailand has a reputation of being accepting of the LGBTQI+ community, legal rights haven't been extended, with existing discrimination and the almost daily fight to be treated as equals continuing. To commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to recognising the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community, which is on March 31, Guru speaks with trans individuals about navigating their lives in the professional world.

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    Fans Tuk Up tuk-tuk cause

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/05/2021

    » The coronavirus outbreak has sounded the death knell for tuk-tuk drivers. No sooner after they had started recovering from the absence of foreign tourists, the third wave of the pandemic kicked in last month. Fortunately, local fandoms are throwing lifelines to them. When passengers are nowhere to be seen, drivers are going around with idol posters on their vehicles.

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    Saving the seas

    Life, Published on 24/11/2020

    » While the Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the global tourism industry, the popular resort town of Phuket is turning the crisis into an opportunity by remaking itself into a smart city and eco-friendly holiday destination.

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    Secret services

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 28/02/2020

    » Bangkok is rapidly becoming a city with innovations that make life much easier. Yes, we at Guru have complained a lot about the city's many negative aspects but we also can't deny that the city has improved. Is there room for improvement? Oh, definitely. But there are many things that we use right now that we simply cannot imagine life without. What would life be without the services of GrabFood to deliver meals to your door or Shopee and Lazada to do your shopping from the comfort of your home? How about the Lock Box storage facilities we see in many BTS and MRT stations that help tourists roam without having to drag their luggage with them? Can we forget about the lifesaving GrabTaxi and GrabBike services? There are more services on the rise that you may not know about and that's what we're here to spotlight this week.

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    Keeping it real

    B Magazine, Published on 09/02/2020

    » Thailand can be dubbed the land of kuay tio (Chinese noodle) dishes. But we know very little about how they came into existence. It is known that kuay tio nuea (beef noodle soup) was created about a century ago in Chinatown, where a large number of migrant Chinese workers sold their cheap labour loading goods using their bare shoulders or pulled carts. Homeless and desperate, they took refuge in temporary shelters or storage warehouses at night. They went for the cheapest food, which was boiled pig or cow intestines with steamed rice. Peddlers sold the food in front of an opium den, where many labourers went to sleep at night after eating dinner.

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    Playground of wonder

    Life, Published on 06/01/2020

    » Siam Paragon will present a myriad of extravagant entertainment to fulfil children's imagination during the "Siam Paragon World Playground 2020: The Magical Children's Day" from Wednesday until Sunday, 10am-9pm.

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