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Suspect 'tried to shut down bomb plot'
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 22/03/2015
» A volunteer nurse accused of helping to plan a string of bomb attacks across Bangkok has denied any role in the plot, and said she warned her alleged co-conspirators against embarking on a campaign of violence.
Asean waits for China to present AIIB "structure"
Published on 22/03/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Handadzlah said Saturday the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is still waiting for China to present the "structure and model" of its proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
China raps ADB for being bureaucratic
Published on 22/03/2015
» BEIJING — Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei on Sunday criticised the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for what he described as its bureaucratic management, saying the regional lender was not the best example of its kind.
Keeping abreast of Thai culture
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/03/2015
» In my next life I would like to come back as a high-ranking civil servant in the Culture Ministry’s Culture Watch. Is there a better job to be had in Thailand? You are not required to do anything; just “watch”.
The Inner Workings of Matthew E White
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 22/03/2015
» The multi-talented Virginian troubadour ups the ante on his second solo album.
Painting out of a corner
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 22/03/2015
» Frame by frame, Mance Thompson ran a cloth across each of the artworks in his first international exhibition. Any trace of a fingerprint was wiped away and all 33 photographs were set in perfect alignment. It was a quiet but muggy Sunday, the sort of afternoon that brings out more mosquitoes than aficionados, but the artist’s enthusiasm was clear.
The fruits of eating flowers
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/03/2015
» In Thailand, people have found a use for every part of the banana plant. If we were to describe every way in which each part of the plant has been put to use, the result would be a thick book.
From small seeds grow fig ideas
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 22/03/2015
» I know I promised I would not write about Chatuchak plant market again in a long while. But when reader Ian Windsor wrote to ask where one could find fig trees in Thailand, I felt obliged to find out.
Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 22/03/2015
» Many mother dogs give birth to puppies at the shelter. They all need homes and are ready to give you unconditional love.
A pier into the past
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/03/2015
» Once a bustling but run-down pier on the Chao Phraya River, Tha Maharaj has recently received a face-lift and is now a trendy little community mall that boasts a Thai-modern look with colonial fusion architecture.