Bangkok is well known for its oddities, so it should come as no surprise that it has its fair share of peculiar restaurants. Here are...
The Monkey King of Beijing Opera
Reader’s Digest November 2011 The Monkey King of Beijing Opera...
Plenty of true grit in the city of sandbags
Guardian, October 27: Bangkok is a city of sandbags where instant noodles are like gold dust and bottled water like vintage wine. Amid the panic-induced...
On Yer Bike Bangkok
Tiger Tales September-October 2011 On Yer Bike Bangkok...
TIMOR-LESTE: Working to Tackle Unemployment
DILI - Tackling unemployment has been one of the main stumbling blocks in the statebuilding process in Timor-Leste, a half-island nation of about 1.1 million...
The price of volunteering in Thailand
What are the differences between paid and unpaid programs? Volunteers and organizers weigh in Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to...
Timor-Leste and a Lethargic New Generation
The Irrawaddy By MATT CROOK JULY 14, 2011 DILI—It was a humid night and I wandered home in the dark, cursing the government of Timor-Leste for yet another...
I Go, You Go, We All Go to Bingo
Mouth London, July 12, 2011: Britain’s been bingo-ing mad for a while now, so with that in mind I ventured to Mecca Catford one Saturday...
10 easy ways to look like a tourist in Bangkok
So you wanna go to Bangkok, but you're worried about not fitting in with the other tourists? Those fears are understandable. The choices are overwhelming: what...
TIMOR LESTE: Future Lies in the Young Nation’s Hands
DILI - Timor-Leste is a young nation in every sense. Nine years after achieving formal independence in 2002, ending 24 years of savage occupation by...
High hopes for tuberculosis in Bangladesh
Reader’s Digest January 2011 High hopes for tuberculosis in Bangladesh...
Fragile states speak up on aid spending
Guardian Poverty Matters blog, Friday 1 April 2011 — About a year ago, officials from seven fragile states met out of donor earshot to compare...
Emilia Pires
Monocle Issue 41 Emilia Pires Finance Minister...
Countdown to coup
LONDON: There's a familiar tension simmering in Thailand. Growing dissatisfaction among the middle and lower classes is close to ruining a bubbling political hotpot in...
East Timor’s ‘Nuniversity’
The Irrawaddy By MATT CROOK JANUARY 18, 2010 LAUTEM — The nuns were creating an almighty din. In one room there was a sister getting down with a...