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Overdue return to land of rocket men
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/07/2023
» Last weekend I found myself in the Northeastern province of Yasothon for the first time in more than 20 years. It brought back fond memories as there was a time ''Yaso" was something of a home away from home.
Diving into sex work
News, Leah Carter, Published on 21/07/2019
» Mai Janta, 29, came to Thailand from Shan State with her family when she was a year old. Her brother had been conscripted to the Myanmar army and her family feared that he would never return if he had to join.
Tripping the 'khon' fantastic
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/12/2018
» Meet lawyer Chanok Changrian, owner of the biggest private collection of classical khon masks in Thailand.
'Axe aunts' lose BMA land use court battle
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2018
» The family of the infamous "axe aunts" yesterday lost its court battle against City Hall regarding amendments to its ordinance allowing types of residential buildings other than detached houses to be built close to Suan Luang Rama IX Park in Prawet district.
Motorist in 'axe aunts' case fined
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2018
» A driver who parked her pickup truck near a market in front of a house belonging to two elderly ladies at the Seri Villa Housing Estate in the capital in February, thus blocking access to their car, has been found guilty of causing a public disturbance.
Old boyz n the Charoen Krung hood
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/08/2018
» The boys once ruled Charoen Krung Road -- the boyz from the hood, sons of Chinese merchants and Muslim roti-makers, rough-around-the-edges teen bred and drilled in the network of sois, who leapt into the Chao Phraya every evening and caught catfish when the river swelled every November, who roamed Bang Rak market when it was still sludgy with vegetable scraps and sneaked into the Prince Rama Theatre when it was still showing, err, adult movies.
Prawet vendors complain after court evicts them
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/06/2018
» Five hundred vendors at five controversial markets in Bangkok's Prawet district have moved to a new location after a court ordered their eviction.
BMA tipped to appeal 'axe' case
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is considering appealing the Central Administrative Court's ruling that ordered it to pay compensation to three residents in Seri Villa Housing Estate whose house was surrounded by five markets.
Prawet district hopes to relocate vendors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2018
» Bangkok's Prawet district has vowed to stiffen measures to fend off vendors who returned to the market surrounding the house of the so-called "axe aunts" in the Seri Villa Housing Estate.
A lovely weekend of silly hats, headlines
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/05/2018
» I'm not exactly a fan of weddings, but it was almost impossible to escape last week's knees-up at Windsor Castle with ball-by-ball coverage on the major cable stations. Horses, hats, castles, queens, princesses, lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses and Elton John. Even the weather behaved. The Brits still know how to put on a good show. At least it was more entertaining than the FA Cup final which followed.