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  • OPINION

    Five years into Rohingya crisis, what's the plan?

    Oped, Published on 26/08/2022

    » Myanmar's violent ethnic cleansing programme, which forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marked its fifth anniversary yesterday.

  • OPINION

    Sports stadiums echo ancient divisions

    Oped, Published on 20/08/2022

    » More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a few thousand to 50,000 in the Colosseum -- using a variety of techniques. The amphitheatre at Pompeii was built in the first century BCE by workers who excavated hillsides, placed terraced seating on the packed soil, and erected retaining walls to hold the rows of seats in place. The amphitheatre in Bordeaux was built nearly 300 years later as a freestanding oval fashioned out of brick, concrete, and cut stone.

  • OPINION

    Thailand's kookiest competitions

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/07/2022

    » Every country has its own share of kooky competitions, and that's also true for Thailand. From the search for a Guanyin avatar to the Peta-would-surely-disapprove swimming competition, here are a few for your entertainment.

  • OPINION

    Tea for two and a sandwich at the Palace

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/06/2022

    » There seems to be a consensus in Britain that the best moment of the Jubilee was Paddington Bear taking afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

  • OPINION

    Time to move on from Zero Covid

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2022

    » It's finally time for Shanghai residents to breathe easier and feel a greater sense of freedom. After nearly two months of lockdown, the commercial hub of 25 million started to allow more people to go out to buy groceries for the first time last Thursday after a fifth straight day of no new Covid-19 infections outside quarantine areas.

  • OPINION

    You can't beat mangoes and sticky rice

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/05/2022

    » I was tucking into some delicious khao nieo mamuang (mangoes and sticky rice) at a friend's house the other day and the conversation inevitably turned to teenage Thai rapper Milli, (Danupha Khanatheerakul) and her eye-catching performance at the Coachella music festival in California.

  • OPINION

    Look beyond Sea Games

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2022

    » The delayed 31st Southeast Asian Games (Sea Games) will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam next month, and as in previous games a crucial event will be men's football.

  • OPINION

    In defence of the Yank chimney-sweep

    Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/03/2022

    » A Londoner who lives in Bangkok has made a spirited defence of Dick Van Dyke's much-maligned cockney accent as a chimney-sweep in Mary Poppins, which was mentioned in last week's column.

  • OPINION

    Assault on the game

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2022

    » 'Shocking moment footballer FLOORS opponent with Muay Thai elbow", "Thai footballer fired for brutal elbow attack on rival", "Thai footballer sacked by Bangkok FC after shocking attack".

  • OPINION

    End student hazing rituals

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/03/2022

    » Freshman year should be a highlight of teenage life but for many first-year students hazing rituals -- a "rite of passage" at Thai universities -- is a nightmarish experience.

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