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Ask the Ajarn: School tips for the newbies

Ask the Ajarn: School tips for the newbies

Another new school year has arrived; there are loads of new teachers in the classroom and many are new to Thailand. We were all there once, so why not help them out with a few words of advice? Here are our six tips for surviving your first year of teaching in Thailand.

Exciting times in low season

Exciting times in low season

Meet the man behind Phuket’ s newest radio show.

Culture: The Tang Sam Prang mystery

Culture: The Tang Sam Prang mystery

This famous belief has been passed on through generations, with only the frightful memories as proof that Tang Sam Prang has taken many lives for decades.

Phuket death bungee ordered closed indefinitely

Phuket death bungee ordered closed indefinitely

PHUKET: The World Bungee Jump where a Kuwaiti tourist died on Wednesday (May 27) has been ordered closed until further notice.

Culture: Inspiring tattoo masters

Culture: Inspiring tattoo masters

In a cramped Bangkok room filled with statues of deities and plumes of incense smoke, a master is at work.

Verdant vistas vision

Verdant vistas vision

These days there’s a lot of talk in Phuket and tourism circles about going green and eating organic, but let’s face it, organic gardening and agriculture are hard to come by in Thailand, never mind Phuket, where most of the food cultivation and farming heavily relies on nasty chemicals produced in factories. But as an enthusiastic, holistic organic chef in Phuket, I have a dream and vision that I want to share – to help Phuket to become green and organic again like she once was 30 years ago, when the whole island was 100 per cent organic in agriculture. Together, we can make this dream come true.

Mile high in the Orient

Mile high in the Orient

How much do you about three sides of one coin called Hong Kong ?

Ex-PM may be stripped of police rank

Ex-PM may be stripped of police rank

A police panel is expected to recommend that deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra be stripped of his police rank of lieutenant colonel for fleeing a criminal trial.

Balance needed to solve migrant crisis

Balance needed to solve migrant crisis

Nations involved in finding solutions to the Rohingya problem are seeking a balanced approach to reduce irregular migration, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) says.

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