Tom Vater

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Correspondent, Writer, and Editor, Freelance

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, Travel, U.S.

As seen in: CNN Travel, MSN, MSN UK, The Telegraph, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Barnes and Noble, Nikkei, Nikkei Asia, Audible Blog and

Covers: Culture, lifestyle, arts, environment, minorities, business, tourism, economy, politics

Doesn't Cover: Sports, conflict

Asia based writer of crime fiction/non fiction & writing for @NikkeiAsia, @Telegraph, @TheEconomist etc. New true crime thriller SHARKMAN. lnk.bio/NVUZ

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Pride and Procession

A centuries-old event celebrated in the Kathmandu Valley to commemorate the dead goes contemporary, with a li…

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Fighting for life in Thailand's 'Democratic Jungle'

BANGKOK -- "There are thousands of invisible workers out there who power our daily lives, both Thais and fore…

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Tom Vater

Tom Vater has lived in Bangkok for a decade - he has written about the city for many international publicatio…

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Smashing down walls for Asians in Hollywood

BANGKOK -- "I was so happy when Michelle Yeoh won the Oscar (for her lead role in the 2022 hit 'Everything Ev…

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Book review: Fiction debut exposes dark side of Thailand

"We came with the drought. From the window of the train, the rich brown of the Chao Phraya River marked the t…

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A Thai pop star uses her music to critique her homeland

Known for her "dystopian pop", Pyra has been driven out by Thailand's conservatism | Culture

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Asia's coral gardener on a quest to save the world's imperilled reefs

Coral reefs are fast disappearing. Malaysian oceanographer Anuar Abdullah has developed a simple, effective w…

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My chilling encounter with serial killer Charles Sobhraj

As The Serpent draws to a close, one writer recalls interviewing the serial killer in prison - and his shocki…

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