Bangkok Post stories

Links to my articles on bangkokpost.com (will open in new window)

Slaughtering the planet — on a farm
Many scientists say animal agriculture is a bigger driver of climate change than fossil fuels, contrary to popular belief (with video embeds)

How has Thailand kept the lid on Covid?
A panel of experts discusses how Thailand, the first country to record an infection outside China, managed to bring Covid-19 under control (with video embed)

Economist calls for ‘blanket rescue’
Bangkok Bank’s chief economist outlines his suggested response to the coronavirus pandemic (with video embed)

Dictating the internet
A new report unveils how governments manipulate tech laws to assault free speech

Reporter’s Notebook: Hong Kong protests – behind the barricade
My reflections after two months in Hong Kong (with video embed)

QuickWrap Newscast
A short summary of some of the week’s top stories (with video embed)

Exclusive interview with ILO director-general Guy Ryder
International Labour Organization chief waxes knowledgeable on everything from fishing slavery to AI (with video embed)

Exclusive interview with Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
I spoke to the Thai billionaire opposition leader before the 2019 election (with video embeds)

Exclusive interview with Abhisit Vejjajiva
I spoke to the former Democrat leader and Thai prime minister a week before the 2019 election (with video embed)

Political explainer: Thailand’s Senate
I describe the complicated, carefully engineered appointment mechanisms for the Thai Senate (with video embed)

China’s heavenly nature
My ‘B’ magazine cover story about Mount Qingcheng, a verdant wonderland known as the historical birthplace of Taoism (with video embed)
See print story

Prachuap Khiri Khan by big bike
I joined a motorcycle tour of one of Thailand’s most beautiful provinces
See print story

Jungle Aid
A Hua Hin-based NGO provides a lifeline to poor Karen villagers

Rabies epidemic is ‘fake news’
Animal activists decry hysteria

Festive skydining
Paid advertorial for a Bangkok restaurant (under pseudonym)

Europe tightens curbs with economic toll worsening: Virus update
An example of how I use embeds to enrich wire stories