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The new law of the land
B Magazine, Published on 03/01/2016
» Sadly, there was no fresh manuscript neatly wrapped under the Christmas tree. We did get a new Star Wars film in time for the holidays (spoiler: the rolling robot’s the best character), but we still have to wait for the latest gift from the Constitution Drafting Committee.
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Speaking for the silent
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Circumstances make heroes and heroines. The more bluntly and bloodily repressive Thai society acts against the exploited and vulnerable, the more people will stand up to help protect the marginalised.
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Putting a diplomatic foot in it
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/12/2015
» There is a Thai idiom that translated into English means “foot-stirring”. This is the act of deliberately provoking in an obnoxious manner. The Thai word is guan-teen but don’t go throwing that word around the beer bar just yet, dear reader.
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All rivers lead to closed doors
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/11/2015
» The prime minister’s threat to close the country sent all sorts of strange ripples throughout Thailand. This column begins with the ardent hope that you already know this news, because if so I am saved a needless 100 words explaining its background, thus allowing me to extrapolate my watertight theories and opinions on the topic for an extra 100 words.
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The accidental president
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 03/12/2015
» Dressed in simple cream trousers and a burgundy colour blouse, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim seems at home in her new role as the first female president of the Republic of Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean famed for its beaches and lagoons.
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Free bird
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/08/2015
» Hers is neither a story of a pretty canary in a cage, nor a Cinderella-like fairy tale of a girl who will soon get rich and find love.
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The right to bare
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/09/2015
» Commissions and incentives can be tricky topics. My two front counter staff at my new branch in Rayong are working really well together. Karn is a little more outspoken than the more timid Noot, but they are both learning the ropes quickly.
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The number’s up for lottery’s middlemen
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/06/2015
» It’s been a long, hard slog, but the impossible was finally achieved this month when 80 baht lottery tickets went on sale for 80 baht. Is this the only country in the world where such a revelation would make the news?
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Tee-ing up for the draft
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/04/2015
» I haven’t seen Tee and his mother for more than three years, ever since Tee came begging for a loan to help with a down payment on a pickup truck.
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We can rebuild him
B Magazine, Published on 26/04/2015
» Anyone who has taken an older car in for a service will be familiar with the teeth-sucking, audible exhalations of faux-sympathetic sighs and general tutting of the mechanic as he weighs up what needs to be done to make the vehicle roadworthy. If old cars had feelings, I now know how they might have felt.
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