One of the downsides of Songkran is the association with road deaths, however statistics show that the ‘seven dangerous days’ are no worse that usual.
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I had one student here recently who was devastated to hear that she had contracted HIV. She kept telling me it was impossible as her boyfriend was a policeman and
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An interview with Pol. Col. Thapanapong Chairangsee, Superintendent of Chiang Mai Regional Police Traffic Centre.
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Chiang Mai's homeless community may be small but they still need help and hope.
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If you do me harm, I will do you harm. It is the concept of revenge and personal justice without any social consideration.
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Perhaps some vocations are actually more attractive to males, such as a man’s clichéd proclivity for fixing up cars.
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We saw him take detailed notes on his ever-present map; we watched him, camera in hand, ready to record snapshots of Thailand as he saw it through his lenses
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“We even set up mini water treatment facilities so those in remote areas have access to clean drinking water without having to travel to buy bottles,”
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In fact, newspapers headlines had been screeching increasingly panicked headlines for weeks, “Ping River Dried Up!”
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As a teacher and father of bi-lingual children, Gary Ilnes gives some perspective on the controversy of over English language proficiency in Thailand.
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If we don’t use all the water we save up before the monsoon, then there will be nowhere for the new water to go.
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Pim Kemasingki is in despair about the sign pollution that is endemic in Chiang Mai. Do we really want our beautiful city to be a big billboard?
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