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As hope fades for missing Thai sailors, ship’s safety is scrutinised
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2022
» The water rushed into the warship in darkness. As the Thai naval ship rocked in the rough waters and began to tilt, the 105 sailors on board scrambled for life jackets, knowing that they were 30 short.
‘Captain Condom’ turned the tide in war on Aids, overpopulation
New York Times, Published on 06/08/2022
» Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from the Aids epidemic — and he responded to both crises the same way: with condoms and his own considerable charisma.
Myanmar ambassador, who opposed coup, is target of assassination plot
New York Times, Published on 07/08/2021
» NEW YORK: Two Myanmar citizens living in New York plotted over the past month to attack and potentially kill the country’s ambassador to the United Nations who resides in Westchester County, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Friday.
Unmasked Songkran parties dent Phuket’s reopening hopes
New York Times, Published on 26/04/2021
» PHUKET: Around the corner from the teeth-whitening clinic and the tattoo parlour with offerings in Russian, Hebrew and Chinese, near the outdoor eatery with fried rice meant to fuel sunburned tourists or tired go-go dancers, the Hooters sign has lost its H.
Outrage grows after brutal murder of elderly Thai man in San Francisco
New York Times, Published on 28/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Weary of being cooped inside during the pandemic, Vicha Ratanapakdee was impatient for his regular morning walk. He washed his face, put on a baseball cap and face mask and told his wife he would have the coffee she had prepared for him when he returned. Then, on a brisk and misty Northern California winter morning last month, he stepped outside.
A popular hangout for bats, tourists and now Covid sleuths
New York Times, Published on 17/01/2021
» RATCHABURI: The bat caves reeked of bat.
Thai fruit: serious effort, sublime reward
New York Times, Published on 23/06/2020
» All across Bangkok, fruit juice is dripping off chins, dribbling down arms and splashing onto the city’s pavements.
Some Thais trust spirits more than social distancing
New York Times, Published on 14/06/2020
» These spirits were not wearing face masks. They appeared well fed, untroubled by the hunger pangs that have afflicted some Thais during the lean times of a pandemic.
Jewellery designer Yupadee, dead of Covid at 51, remembered
New York Times, Published on 18/06/2020
» Yupadee Kobkulboonsiri made fantastical jewellery — neck cuffs with silver springs ending in pearls that looked like asteroids, necklaces that looped over a shoulder and erupted in diamonds and pearls. She won awards at every trade competition she entered.
Barbers back in business - for schnauzers too
New York Times, Published on 10/05/2020
» When the coronavirus lockdown in Bangkok eased a bit after six weeks, the first appointment my family made was not for a medical check-up or a walk in a park.