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  • News & article

    Put Thais before THAI

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/06/2020

    » I fully agree with Chartchai Parasuk in his June 18 article that "Thai Airways will require 100 billion baht to make up for past and future losses. Without an initial cash bailout, it is almost pointless to discuss business restructuring.

  • News & article

    Eating insects: Sudden popularity

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2013

    » Everyone is eating insects nowadays, even expensive restaurants (US, Thai, Japanese) but the old traditions of collecting & cooking insects haven't changed much.

  • News & article

    The S.L.P. Experience

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 15/09/2019

    » When Sergio Lorenzo Pizzorno came out with his first solo single, Favourites, back in June, we were pleasantly surprised. The song, an unlikely collaboration with UK rapper Little Simz, gave us an early glimpse into what could be expected from Pizzorno's solo project -- a whole lot of wacky swagger coated with a good amount of sonic experimentation. Listening to it closely, you can easily detect that indie impishness of his band Kasabian as well as the genre-hopping tendencies of Gorillaz. It's an impressive balancing act of breakbeat backdrop and funky basslines that sounds entirely new and familiar all at once.

  • News & article

    The meat of the matter

    Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/09/2019

    » Late last month, KFC launched Beyond Fried Chicken, a plant-based chicken substitute at a single location in Atlanta, USA. According to a New York Times report, the chicken giant sold as many plant-based wings and nuggets in only five hours as its popular popcorn chicken in an entire week.

  • News & article

    Signs of the times

    B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/06/2018

    » A brand new community mall opened at the end of my soi in leafy Samut Prakan.

  • News & article

    Screen grab

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/12/2018

    » How many people these days watch TV with one eye on the big screen and the other on their smartphone? Quite a lot, but reaching this "multiscreening" audience effectively is a growing challenge for marketers.

  • News & article

    Gee, what comes after G?

    B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/05/2018

    » Little Potae came to stay with me over the school holidays. His parents went to the South to work on a construction site. Could he stay at my place while they were down there?

  • News & article

    Beacon of hope

    Asia focus, Published on 24/07/2017

    » Sitting down with Hyeonseo Lee at a coffee shop in the Jongno district of central Seoul, one can easily understand why anyone who doesn't know her would mistake her for someone from the upper echelons of South Korean life.

  • Forum

    Weekly ‘Sanook’ column

    By modsquad, Created on: 08/11/2010, Last updated on: 08/11/2010

    » Andrew Biggs writes the weekly ‘Sanook’( roughly translated sanook means fun ) column which appears in the Sunday Brunch section. A fluent Thai speaker and long time resident, his columns explore the sometimes humorous and subtle traits of the Thai people. Forum readers might enjoy re-visiting...

    • 0 replies, 103,096 views

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    America bashing at Esplanade Mall

    By gohmer, Created on: 09/05/2010, Last updated on: 11/06/2011

    » I putting this post up because it is related to international relationships with American citizens living and visiting Thailand. It illustrated to me that little is known about America by most people in Thailand, in fact, I think that few in the world truly understand what America is about and how...

    • zydeco commented : [quote="itsatucson":2cd1wcnx]It is quite likely that this current anti-American sentiment was encouraged by the Thai Government's calling a high official of the United States State Department on the carpet for sponsoring a breakfast last Saturday to which not only several Thai Government representatives were invited but also a leader of the Red Shirt demonstrators as well as a lawyer for former prime minister Thaksin. [/quote:2cd1wcnx] Of course. How dare anyone question the motives, intelligence, and manners of a high ranking envoy from the Dalaibama. Otherwise, rude T-shirts will spin out of thin air to appear in shopping malls in a matter of hours. Shopowners and average people will suddenly turn nasty, being nothing more than the unthinking puppets of a massive government conspiracy to create ill will towards money-laden American tourists and expats desperately searching for the next KFC.

    • 119 replies, 154,424 views

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