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‘The red line is shifting’: Environmental journalists in Asia feel the squeeze on freedom to speak truth to power, in Eco-Business

July 26, 2023August 29, 2023tom

For some, environmental issues had felt like safe reporting territory a few years ago, but that is no longer the case. Journalists from India to Thailand share the constraints they face when reporting on powerful governments and corporations. Thailand Tom Vater is a freelance journalist and author based in Bangkok. He has written for Nikkei Asia, […]

The Detective Maier Mystery series at Apple Books for 99 Cents – Limited offer!

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023tom

SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE Detective Maier is ten years old and all three books in my Detective Maier Mysteries series are now available in one volume! And now, for a few short days, Apple Books are selling the entire collection for just 99CENTS!! The Cambodian Book Of The Dead: In this thrilling tale, German […]

Fiction debut exposes dark side of Thailand in Nikkei Asia

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023tom

My latest story in Nikkei Asia is an interview with Mai Nardone, author of Welcome Me to the Kingdom, a most excellent literary fiction collection of touching and brutal short stories on life in Thailand: Western readers are likely to be surprised by the chasm between the well-established Thai stereotypes of beach holidays, spicy food […]

Detective Maier Mysteries Collection out now!

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023tom

Between 2013 and 2018, I published three crime novels featuring Maier, a former conflict journalist turned detective.Based in Hamburg, Maier solves crimes involving Germans who have gotten in trouble in Asia.The first two books in the series, The Cambodian Book of the Dead and The Man with the Golden Mind were published to great critical […]

THE SERPENT – The Day I met serial killer Charles Sobhraj – Live at the Patpong Museum, Bangkok

December 21, 2022tom

Charles Sobhraj (born 6 April 1944), also known as the Bikini Killer, is a French thief, fraudster and serial killer. He preyed on Western tourists throughout Southeast Asia during the 1970s. He was nicknamed The Splitting Killer and The Serpent. Sobhraj allegedly committed at least a dozen murders. He was convicted and jailed in India […]

The conflict in Ukraine and Thailand’s cost of living crisis – for FES

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022tom

“The driving was fine during the COVID pandemic. The roads were empty, the gasoline was cheap and there was a lot of work.” Kate has been a Lalamove driver in Bangkok for the past two years. “I left my previous job in a night restaurant because, as a driver, I could work from 10am to […]

The Green Panthers – Special promotion at Kobo

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022tom

The Green Panthers – Ebooks of my new dystopian thriller are currently 99cents at Kobo. Get your copy while stocks last…. Meet Clara Green, Emerald, Chartreuse, Olive, Hunter, Juniper and Forest. They are The Green Panthers: a privately sponsored, multi-national underground army, on a mission to hold corporate polluters to account. During the attempted rescue […]

Bangkok photo exhibit portrays plight of Myanmar refugees, in Nikkei Asia

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022tom

My latest story in Nikkei Asia is about ‘Endless Escape’, an exhibition currently at BACC in Bangkok, documenting the plight of refugees trying to flee fighting and government repression in Myanmar by crossing into Thailand and getting trapped, pushed back or killed along the border. BANGKOK — “If you exhibit a photo like this (of […]

Thai cave rescue drama returns to screens, again, in Nikkei Asia

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022tom

My latest story in Nikkei Asia. I interviewed Thai film director Pailin Wedel about her Netflix doc, The Trapped 13, which features interviews with the teenage survivors of the 2018 Tham Luang cave drama in northern Thailand. “This is a true story of hope and about how hope and faith paid off. It’s about radical […]

The Green Panthers, out now!

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022tom

The Green Panthers Manifesto The Green Panthers fight against the degradation of Planet Earth by any means The Green Panthers combat the fueling of climate change by any means The Green Panthers safeguard global biodiversity by any means The Green Panthers do not answer to governments The Green Panthers cannot be hired, bought or sold […]