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China ships enter Japan waters
Kyodo News, Published on 29/11/2015
» Three China Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said.
The killjoys are winning
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/11/2015
» While the world was in lockdown over the threat of global terrorism this past week, here in Thailand we were in lockdown too, but for different reasons. Our lives were not in danger from crazed AK-47-wielding suicide bombers. Our danger came in the form of banana leaves, joss sticks and a candle.
The heart continues to bleed
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 29/11/2015
» Hold on to your tissues — Adele is back and her new album is jam-packed with tearjerkers.
Who let the dogs out?
B Magazine, Duangkamol Panya, Published on 29/11/2015
» It’s that time of the year when the cinema becomes animated, with cartoon dinosaurs and robots providing family fun in time for the holiday season. But this year there’s a difference — it will be domestic animators who are trying to wow us. Khun Thong Daeng: The Inspirations, which hits cinemas on Thursday, is a film version of a 2002 biography illustrated by HM the King about his favourite adopted pet dog.
The search for the real phat Thai
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 29/11/2015
» Anyone who makes phat Thai for sale and can’t produce a tasty version of the dish probably shouldn’t try to cook anything else, because preparing this favourite properly is no great feat. The ingredients needed to make it are all easy to get hold of: kuay tio sen lek (thin rice noodles), shallots, tofu, peanuts, small dried shrimp, chopped salted Chinese radish, eggs, bean sprouts, kui chaai (garlic chives), vinegar or sour tamarind water, palm sugar, nam plaa, ground dried chillies and fresh vegetables to eat with the noodles — banana flower, spring onion or bai bua boke (leaves of the Asian pennywort plant).
Raising a peep
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 29/11/2015
» Grant Howlett is an Australian expatriate with a reasonable knowledge of things botanical in his home country. But when it comes to Asian plant life, “alas, I have lots to learn”, he wrote. “I did reside for many years in the tropics of northern Australia, and many plants there are also here, like the foxtail palm which is originally from Australia but now prolific here in Thailand, but when it comes to trees I am lost.”
Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 29/11/2015
» Foofoo was in a bad condition when rescued from the street. This pleasant two-year-old male has now been groomed and brought back to good health.
Diplomats see wat it’s about
B Magazine, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/11/2015
» A quick trip to three ancient temple sites on the Thai-Cambodian border is a rare opportunity, but one group of Bangkok-based ambassadors from some 20 countries recently took advantage of.
The rights and wrongs of protests
Spectrum, Published on 29/11/2015
» Outgoing National Human Rights commissioner Niran Pitakwatchara pondered for a moment when asked if he could have done anything better during his past seven years in office. During his tenure, the country has seen the highest numbers of casualties from political demonstrations.
The pageant where the babes are happy to be called pigs
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 29/11/2015
» In a world where beauty is all about attaining “perfection”, Kaewta “Gataew” Chalaem, 22, finds it hard to live it up to mainstream standards. Weighing in at 170 kilogrammes, the XXL girl can’t help but wonder how it feels to be seen as pretty, just for once in her life.