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A rainstorm in southern Thailand seen from behind the wheel.

I was first introduced to the melancholy charm of the monsoons by an Indian-American friend, who ...

Thailand / India Kenneth Champeon

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A Failure of Fanaticism

Vanity is a powerful historical agent. - Dirk Van der Cruysse Every now and again, my Thai girlfr...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Tilling the Rice Fields, Tilting At Windmills

A review of Minfong Ho's Rice Without Rain.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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There but For the Grace of God

Popular English books in Thailand tend to fall into three very dissimilar categories. The first i...

Cambodia / Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Two Novels, Two Thailands

Review of two Thai novels: The Circus of Life and The Path of the Tiger.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Letter from America

Sawatdee Khun Daeng! Well, I have been back in the Benighted States for a few months. There is mu...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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How (Not) To Win Friends and Influence People

Perhaps no other era in Thai history is recounted with such relish as the debacle of French-Siame...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Craving Some Hot Buttery Popcorn?

Catching a flick in Bangkok isn't hard to do. The theatres are plentiful and affordable (and ofte...

Thailand Tara Russell

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War and Peace in Thailand

* * * * * Review of David K. Wyatt's Thailand: A Short History , Silkworm Books, 1999. * * * * * ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

When I think of Bangkok, I think of taxis and cement.

We're Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto: Bangkok

I hope I need not explain why I say that Bangkok is one of the most inauspiciously named cities o...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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New Thai spas massage the muscles and zap the wrinkles

A new breed of clinics in Thailand combine the latest cosmetic procedures with the pampering of a...

Thailand AFP/Nanci Bompey

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It Takes a Village . . .

In a famous Buddhist parable, a man who had always observed the five precepts of the lay Buddhist...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Weary Thai tennis ace Paradorn feted as cultural ambassador

BANGKOK, Nov 7, 2002 - Thai tennis sensation Paradorn Srichaphan, the world number 16, on Thursda...

Thailand Agence France-Presse

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