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Author Archives: Sophie Deviller

Phuket a ‘ghost island’ in tourist-free Thailand

by Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Phuket’s go-go dancers sit playing on their phones in empty bars lining deserted streets as the Thai tourist island reels from the ravages of the pandemic with little sign of any recovery soon. Swimming pools are empty, chairs are stacked high in deserted restaurants and normally packed beaches are so quiet they are even seeing […]

Private pools, gourmet meals in Thai quarantine

by Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Food deliveries add to Thai plastic headache

by Sophie Deviller June 20, 2020June 20, 2020

Thai elephants head home as tourists stay away

by Sophie Deviller June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Thailand’s elephants suffer as tourists stay away

by Sophie Deviller and Dene-Hern Chen March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Shunned by Chinese, Thai tourism braces for slump

by Sophie Deviller October 20, 2019February 18, 2020

‘Thailand’s Greta Thunberg’ wages war on plastic

by Sophie Deviller October 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Culinary rock star Gaggan hungry for success

by Sophie Deviller August 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Cambodia’s surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couples

by Sophie Deviller and Suy Se December 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand

by Richard Sargent and Sophie Deviller October 7, 2018February 18, 2020

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