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Thai football bolstered by ‘God,’ Africa and a former politician in Isaan Robbie Fowler isn’t the only football talent heading to Thailand. A new initiative plans to make Buriram a driving force in the development of The Beautiful Game By Greg Lowe Global football fans were rightly surprised earlier this month when legendary English player [...]

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Apathy and a generally lackadaisical approach to life has, yet again, prevented me from uploading stuff to the blog here for quite some time. Fortunately today, to avoid to more pressing work, I’ve decided to take a break from laziness to post three recent pieces I wrote for the lovely Karla at CNNGO.com. Most recently, [...]

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A bitter-sweet documentary about HIV-infected orphans in Lopburi chips away at the social stigma associated with the virus in Thailand By Greg Lowe One of the things that struck me most about “Living with the Tiger” was the realization I have never laughed so much while watching a documentary about children living with HIV/AIDS. That’s [...]

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Though the city has potential, there are some huge road bumps that ensure it will never be enjoyable or safe for cyclists. Unless you’re a lemming by Greg Lowe I was having a conversation with someone in the pub the other night who explained that Thai for cyclist, “khon ki jakayaan,” also loosely translates into [...]

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Well, okay, this posting is a little bit late, but better late than never. The websites for two publishing projects I worked on are now live, check out BizarreThailand.com for excerpts from veteran feature writer Jim Algie’s book Bizarre Thailand: Tales of Sex, Crime and Black Magic, which takes a look at the some of [...]

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Thailand’s oil palm industry is leading the way for regional biopower projects and is more sustainable than operations in Indonesia and Malaysia which have faced global pressure for devastating old-growth forest and taking a wrecking ball to farming communities, experts say. But while the local sector is breaking ground with its renewable energy projects, inefficiency, [...]

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By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK BUSINESSES that have been hit hard by months of protests and deadly clashes on the capital’s streets say that it is too early to assess the full impact of the recent violence on their operations. Protesters rampaged across Bangkok on Wednesday, torching more than 30 buildings, after leaders of the [...]

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Armed clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters in Bangkok left 16 people dead and more than 100 injured, including three journalists. This timely safety advice for reporters working in this increasingly dangerous city is based on consultation with a local security expert. 1. Consider if you really need to put yourself in the fire-zone [...]

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Much is made of Thailand’s economic fundamentals but the fact remains that the current political turmoil will only dampen economic activity, chase away tourists and investors and weaken the country’s overall performance. Here are a few comments on the likely impact on the economy, these have all been made very recently, but not in response [...]

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by Greg Lowe BANGKOK — Red Shirt anti-government protesters have conditionally accepted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s roadmap for national reconciliation in a move that is expected to end the rallies that have paralyzed parts of the capital for months. Opinions are mixed over whether the plan can bring lasting peace to a country whose unity [...]

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