Most Bangkokians' only experience of freezing weather will be inside a movie theatre or an office block with a broken thermostat. During the brief Bangkok winter, anything below 20 degrees Celsius...
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Negotiating Bangkok's congested main roads on foot, you soon learn to dodge the usual hazards: boiling-hot soup vats, fruit stalls, dazed tourists. The soupy air and honking traffic adds to the...
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Raids on underground gambling dens have a familiar pattern. A special police unit leads the charge, followed by the press pack which captures the villains on camera. The 'big boss' accused of...
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Banda Aceh has not had much to celebrate lately. Its shorefront lies in ruins after the December 26 tsunami. Many survivors still huddle in tents at night, or squeeze into communal wooden...
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Inside his donated tent on the tsunami-battered shoreline outside Banda Aceh, Irfandi has a stunning ocean view and little else.
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