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Learn Thai: Yantra returns
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/04/2014
» Controversial former monk Winai La-ongsuwan (Phra Yantra) was front-page news before he left for the US 20 years ago. His return was considerably quieter.
The model of a charmless monk
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 27/04/2014
» It was like revisiting an old friend. The reappearance of a monk known as Phra Yantra in Thai newspapers last Wednesday sent me hurtling back in time.
Dancefloor delights without the cliches
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 27/04/2014
» The Norwegian DJ and producer finally releases his debut album, and in the process gives the intensively commercialised, hands-in-the-air dance music craze a run for its money.
All hail the snakehead fish
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 27/04/2014
» A growing availability of freshwater fish is making them mealtime darlings in Thailand. Local types such as pla raed (rhino fish), pla nin (black tilapia), pla tubtim (red tilapia) and pla khang (redtail catfish) are all raised on farms where they grow quickly and to a good size, and as a result they are inexpensive for consumers.
Leisurely look at nature
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 27/04/2014
» My family has made it a tradition to travel together, either to our country home near Loei or to my daughter Nalinee’s workplace in Phuket, at least once a year. It is our way of spending quality time together. Even when we are driving to her place, Nalinee flies into Bangkok to join us for the trip. Driving 900km to Cape Panwa in Phuket is not everybody’s idea of fun, but it was not as bad as it sounds as we made stops along the way when we went there during the long Songkran holiday recently.
Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 27/04/2014
» These five female puppies were born in front of a house whose the owner will soon place them in a temple. They are very healthy and friendly.
Fragrance of a tropical paradise
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 27/04/2014
» The launch of such an exotic fragrance as Sisley’s Eau Tropicale could not have taken place in a better location than the lush gardens of Swissotel Nai Lert Park.
Behind the wheel on hell ride
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 27/04/2014
» It’s Bangkok’s most notorious bus route, earning a dubious reputation for its erratic drivers — some unlicensed — who hurtle through traffic at breakneck speeds in congested areas in defiance of the road rules.
Ladyboys on parade
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/04/2014
» With her long hair, fair skin and delicate feminine body, Bee, a 21-year-old transsexual, draws attention wherever she goes. As much as she may appear to be a woman, Bee has had no surgery or implants, but she does take female hormones. But there are still those who see her as no different than a man with long hair.
Prisoners of their tortured pasts
Spectrum, Published on 27/04/2014
» The men who came to arrest Boe Daw Khin Win handcuffed him with his hands behind his back. They took him to an interrogation centre and attached an electric cable to his hand. “They powered the cable again and again, until I lost consciousness. When I woke up, they did it again,” Khin Win said. His strangely bent little finger is a reminder of this torture.