Category Archives: Bangkok

BANGKOK DANGEROUS

August 14, 2008 – 12:59 pm

Nicholas Cage, one of Hollywood’s most prolific actors, will star in the Pang Bros. remake of BANGKOK DANGEROUS in which Cage plays a hitman on a job in Bangkok. The Thai version feature a deaf-mute killer, but the 2008 film will change this handicap to allow Cage to convey his heart-felt sincerity with words instead […]

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Bangkok Diamond Hoax Redux

August 4, 2008 – 2:01 pm

Last week Bangkok Post reported the theft of a 2,100-carat diamond worth 315 million. The theft was committed by a middle-aged man who escaped on a motorcycle. Don Muang police responded to the robbery reports and questioned the supposed owner, a 71 year-old Chanthaburi native, who claimed to have purchase the stone from a friend […]

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Bangkok Fake Diamond Theft

August 1, 2008 – 11:01 am

On July 30, the Bangkok Post reported the theft of a 2100-carat ‘diamond’ worth 315 million baht. The story sounded very hinky and today the ‘diamond’ was returned to its owner, who was told that it was a fake diamond or cubic zirconium by Thai diamond experts.

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Bangkok Diamond Theft?

July 30, 2008 – 8:54 am

This weekend an elderly Thai man showed 2 very large African diamonds, worth almost Bt500 million, to two well-turned out men who ripped him off for his gems and fled on a motorcycle. Police are investigating the crime which occurred in Bangkok at a small four-story building owned by a female diamond broker.

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Bangkok Gridlock Extinct

July 17, 2008 – 10:25 am

Oil prices dropped on the commodity market over $10. A sure sign of profit taking by speculators fearful of the bubble bursting. I invested $20 yesterday in the market. The gas at the pump was .05% more expensive this morning. My wife called from Chai-nat to complain about the pump prices. “Over 40 baht a […]

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