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EXPAT SCENE Ambassador at large

09/02/2012 : He roams the streets of Bangkok and suburbs on his 3,000-horsepower motorbike. While posted in Vietnam he formed a rock band with himself as the guitarist. He was ambassador to Iraq for two years before moving to Bangkok last year. Mikael Hemniti Winther, Denmark's point man in Thailand, has a lifestyle that few would expect of a high-ranking diplomat.
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09/02/2012 : People look on as Ramlo the monkey follows instructions from his madari or handler named Janubhai on a street in Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat, India.

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INTERVIEW
Looking beyond Thailand
08/02/2012 : The name Sunhavut Thamchuanviriya might not ring a bell (yet) in business circles other than the fact that this young entrepreneur operates a successful BMW dealership and built what was once the world's largest Mini showroom located at Sukhumvit soi 63.
SMALL PEOPLE
Enviable Equilibrium
07/02/2012 : As I was trying to take a shot of this man working in the Mae Klong delta in Samut Songkhram province, I learned something new: extracting fish from a river is a lot harder than picking them up in the market; to be successful, one needs to have a very good sense of balance and be adept at throwing a net.
FACES&PLACES
A flood of interest
06/02/2012 : During the floods in Thailand last November, I took an extended holiday in Myanmar. I visit the country once or twice a year, finding it the most interesting and unique in all of Asia. When I go to the town of Nyaungshwe in Shan State, near the famous Inle Lake, I always drop by Shwe Yan Pyay Kyaung, one of the old monasteries in town. It's an eye-catching old teakwood building with huge oval windows, and the novice monks in residence are always friendly. When I visited this time I wanted to tell the monks about the floods in Thailand. Rather than trying to explain the flooding to them, I used the old "a picture is worth a thousand words" idea and brought copies of the Bangkok Post that had colour photo spreads of the deluge. I couldn't tell what the young monks were saying in their Pa-O dialect, but they seemed fascinated by the pictures.
PEOPLE
Privileged to do business
06/02/2012 : Thailand Tatler recently honoured Daranee Charoen-Rajapark as the woman who has made a significant difference for Thai business and society in the field of marketing. Receiving the prestigious award encouragingly starts off her 30th year in market research.
'Top' happily no longer in poll position
05/02/2012 : If Varawut "Top" Silpa-archa could have just one wish, this is what it would be: "I'd really want to give all the judges a kiss on the cheek." He's referring to justices from the Constitution Court who on Dec 2, 2008, disbanded his Chart Thai Party and banned its executives, Top included, from politics for five years.
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Heeding the call of history
04/02/2012 : It is one of those sensational, semi-stupid questions that a journalist sometimes cannot summon his wit and restraint from asking: Would she, Michelle Yeoh, have made the same decision as the character she plays, Aung San Suu Kyi?
Businesswoman in Bloom
03/02/2012 : HOW DID YOU GAIN INTEREST IN SPA BRANDS?
PROFILE
Giving by design
03/02/2012 : Stephen Pimbley said his original dream was to be a designer for films. But now he is a renowned architect.
ON THE JOB
The man behind the screen
02/02/2012 : Pattrakorn Chomaksorn's job starts only after sunset and finishes before midnight. Despite working only a few hours a day, Pattrakorn earns a handsome income each month.
INTERVIEW
Making it count
01/02/2012 : The title "inspector-general" exudes the aura of an all-powerful person, yet tends to carry with it the stereotypical connotation of an innocuous, paper tiger left out in a void within the realm of the civil service in Thailand.