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Bangkok's clean streets, empty souls
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 10/11/2025
» Banthat Thong used to be a neighbourhood, not a concept. You could live here and find everything: restaurants, bookstores, hardware shops, clinics, banks -- even a place to have your shirts made. It was one of those streets where life unfolded upstairs and business happened downstairs. Today, it is something else entirely.
Put convicts to work
Postbag, Published on 22/09/2024
» Re: "Govt speeds up anti-flood measures", (BP, Sept 16).
Understanding 'Animal Farm' in Zimbabwe
Oped, Beaven Tapureta, Published on 27/04/2024
» I began to notice Animal Farm references start to proliferate in Zimbabwe in 2008.
Who will benefit?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2023
» Re: "Farmers given new title deeds option", (BP, Dec 22).
Tea for two and a sandwich at the Palace
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/06/2022
» There seems to be a consensus in Britain that the best moment of the Jubilee was Paddington Bear taking afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
New narrative needed on getting rich
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/01/2022
» Tips on how to get rich and succeed in business, if not in life itself, are rife in Thai social media, such advice having already occupied bestseller lists in local bookstores for years.
When we don't properly use the web
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 22/04/2019
» Everybody knows the good and bad side of the internet and social media by now. Of course it's easy and very convenient to connect with people or access any information you want within seconds. But if abused, it can also be destructive.
Food for thought
News, Postbag, Published on 31/05/2018
» Re: "US farmers up in arms over additives ban", (BP, May 30).
Amid the behemoths, let's hope Barnes & Noble survives
News, David Leonhardt, Published on 09/05/2018
» Barnes & Noble is in trouble. You hear that, in worried tones, when you talk to people in the book business. You feel it when you walk into one of the chain's stores, a cluttered mix of gifts, games, DVDs (DVDs?) and books. And you really see the problems if you dig into the company's financial statements.
Is Ma's 'magic' really worth weaving?
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/04/2018
» Jack Ma makes a phenomenal success again. During his high-profile trip to Thailand which gained heavy media attention, the businessman announced he would invest more than 11 billion baht in the country.