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Cooked perfect potatoes
July 14, 2018
You cook potatoes with sea salt, writes Ronald van Veen. Eigenheimers 20 minutes, bintjes 17 minutes, and opperdoezers no longer than 16 minutes and 28 seconds.
A Political Christmas Story
December 24 2015
Christmas in Bangkok. A wonderful morning. I'm up early as usual. My Thai wife is still sleeping as usual. We stay in a comfortable hotel on the banks of the Chao Phraya.
Corruption in Thailand
By Ronald van Veen
Posted in Column, Society, Ronald van Veen
Tags: Official, Corruption, Prayut Chan-o-cha
Posted in Column, Society, Ronald van Veen
Tags: Official, Corruption, Prayut Chan-o-cha
May 3, 2015
Although Thailand has a legal framework and set of institutions to deal effectively with corruption, Thais continue to suffer endemic from corruption.
