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Ring in the Chinese New Year feasting till you drop at food-studded Yaowarat by Nuttaporn Srisirirungsimakul photography by Gregoire Glachant

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Ring in the Chinese New Year feasting till you drop at food-studded Yaowarat by Nuttaporn Srisirirungsimakul photography by Gregoire Glachant (read more...)

Manit Sriwanichpoom is one of the few Thai artists with genuine worldwide recognition. He’s tackled the consumerism of Thai society in his landmark photographs “Bangkok in Pink” and “Pink Man in Paradise.” Manit also just completed work on the “9 Days in the Kingdom” project. (read more...)

With Paradon struggling and Danai still finding his way, golfer Thongchai Jaidee may be Thailand’s greatest hope for fame at the international level in sport. He now ranks No. 75 in the World Golf Ranking 2006 and made it to the US Masters in 2005. Closer to home, the former paratrooper recently represented Thailand as a member of the Asian Team in the Royal Trophy 2007. (read more...)

One man’s trash is another’s livelihood. The scrawny man pedaling through your neighborhood might be a primitive form of urban recycling, but what would we do without him? He pays for your junk and takes it to where it will be given a new life. Vichian Kalamandee, 46, is one of those guys. Think of him as your neighborhood Al Gore. (read more...)

Here’s the latest dispatch from Pancake, our 15-year-old international school correspondent. 

Hey guys! Have you all been paying attention to the news? I mean, like, not every day or whatever but just in general. Because there is sooo much going on in this world that we should know about, not just celebrities and makeup and stuff. (read more...)

Nuttaporn Srisirirungsimakul photography by Gregoire Glachant

Nai Chia

In front of Kasikorn Bank, Yaowarat Branch, 08-6340-1492, 08-1917-8439. Open daily around the clock (read more...)

Dear Mr.KIA: I’ve just given myself a real hard time here. I loaned a friend some money (don’t ask how much—it’s enough to keep me alive for more than a year!) and the person, who I don’t consider a friend anymore, never gave me back a satang. (read more...)

More than anything else, a trip to the Maldives is about colors. The most delicious greens and blues you’ve ever seen in the water and sky; bright white sand; fluorescent coral and fish in yellow, orange, purple that strike your eyes, even through goggles, like lightning. (read more...)