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Lunar New Year - A Uniquely Asian Celebration

February 15, 2021

Lunar New Year is undoubtedly Asia's most famous cultural tradition. A number of fascinating opportunities exist to show how countries celebrate it, through unique destinations and cultural differences.

Bright sparks amid a bleak year for Thailand

December 31, 2018

Military-backed elite have tightened their grip on power, but cave drama showed citizens can come together

2018: The year of competing dangerously

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018

This was not a year of living dangerously, since most of us want more than ever to live a quiet life. The past 12 months have also not been easy for leaders, as Theresa May knows too well.

Election year befogged by suspicion

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2018

Prime Minister Prayut must promptly clarify what he means by ‘Thai-style democracy’

My international Personality of the Year can bark

TUESDAY, JANUARY 02, 2018

Forget Donald Trump, who has placed democracy in a box stamped “Handle with care”, or Aung San Suu Kyi, who has turned from a global rights icon to a major villain overnight, or any Syrian freedom fighter against the Islamic State. To me, none of them qualifies as “Individual of the Year” for 2017.

2017: The year the bitcoin craze reached Wall Street

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bitcoin burst out of the shadows in 2017, seducing Wall Street and individual investors alike even though many still struggle to understand precisely what it is.

'Feminism' is US dictionary 'Word of the Year'

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017

Runaway monk and a ‘Russian puppet’ were the stars in first half of 2017

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017

Disclaimer: The following year-in-review column doesn’t necessarily feature the events that had most impact. There have been major terrorist attacks around the world this year, but the article makes no mention of terrorism. Instead, the following is mainly a sifting of major events that made waves in Thailand.

Year of the Red Rooster: You get what you deserve

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

I took a close look at the 2017 crystal ball the other day – and the only clear sign staring at me was for uncertainty, chaos and confusion. It’s the Year of the Rooster – and a fiery rooster at that.

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