Awarded: By Amnesty International to former Bangkok Post reporter Paritta Wangkiat, a trophy for a coup-era story on a fearful village in the North. The story on May 28 of last year showed the fearful state of Ban Kong Phak Ping village after a soldier murdered 17-year-old native son Chaiyaphum Pasae, and the army then concocted a lying, impossible story to try to justify and cover it up.
Sanctioned : By the United States government on its growing list of banned North Korean firms and people, Gooryong Shipping Bangkok. The firm, located on an obscure sub-soi off Pattanakan Soi 44, runs a single ship, now known as the Gooryong but previously called Athena.
Announced : By Bangkok-born halfie and US Senator Tammy Duckworth, an expected new arrival in April. Ms Tammy, a Thai-speaking hero of the Iraq war where she lost both lower legs, will be 50 when the baby's born. It's her second, but she will be by Songkran the only serving US senator in the history of the solar system to have a baby.
Updated : By the US government and the Trump administration, a list for travellers on the world's best markets for pirated goods. None are in Thailand. President Trump's Trade Representative office has enhanced it with a list of the best pirate websites along. Download the official 'Notorious Markets List' at www.goo.gl/bLMDu5.
Won : By Ratchanok Intanon in her first tournament of the year, the Malaysian Masters of badminton. But it got better for Nong May. She overcame two match points and beat the world No1, young Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan.
Opened : By 800lb conglomerate gorilla Amazon, a modest supermarket in Seattle called Amazon Go. The only claim to fame of the 7-Eleven-sized store is that there are no lines -- no checkout counters, clerks, etc. You need a smartphone app and you are monitored constantly to see what you take, and then you just walk out, billed later.
