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...BANGKOK Cappellini's curvy S chair ($1,258) by Tom Dixon may not look as if it supports much weight, but that hasn't slowed its success on the sales floor...
...loathe the fact that precious hardwood trees have to be cut down for it? Then consider a piece by Osisu, osisu.com. This small Thai company takes reclaimed teak (as well as discarded plywood, bottle caps and juice cartons) and fashions it into sleek furnishings that sell from its Bangkok head office and outlets in Paris and Los Angeles...
...smelly durian is like a thornless rose. It's really cutting out the soul.' BOB HALLIDAY, Bangkok-based food writer, on a Thai scientist's development of an odorless variety of durian, a popular Asian fruit so pungent it is banned from some airlines and hotels
...roofed pavilions with old equipment and nary an electric fan in sight. But looking to tap into Muay Thai's increasing popularity, Thailand's top boxing promoter, Songchai Ratanasuban, has opened the One Songchai Institute of Muay Thai, tel: (66-2) 618 5314, a school attached to the new Bangkok Boxing Stadium. Courses are offered at a range of levels. Curious newcomers can attend ringside lessons (from $45) that involve light sparring with professional boxers. One-day to one-week courses (from $20) are offered to dabblers, while the hard core can take the plunge with rigorous three...
...East Timor. Timor-Leste. Timor Lorosae. Timor Timur. No wonder the world is confused. My travel agent in Bangkok was baffled, too. When I asked him to book a ticket, his computer gave up and returned only one word: "Error...