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  • BUSINESS

    Meet the Hedge Fund Boss Who Just Bought Tribune's Newspapers

    Business, Published on 26/05/2021

    » Six weeks ago, it seemed as if hedge fund boss Heath Freeman was losing his grip on Tribune Publishing Co. But he never let go -- and now he has his prize.

  • THAILAND

    Prawit denies senior police helped 'Boss'

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2017

    » Senior police officers did not assist Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya in evading justice over the hit-and-run case in which a policeman was killed in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has insisted.

  • TECH

    Is the new Twitter just like the old?

    Life, James Hein, Published on 01/02/2023

    » The Twitter situation is complex and somewhat confusing. On the one hand, all kinds of people from The Babylon Bee satirical website to former US president Donald Trump have been allowed back on the platform. The stated aim is to allow freedom of speech to be supported by Twitter once again. On the other hand, you can be banned by linking to a public photo of a public person on a public platform. The rule for the latter appears to only be for friends of Elon Musk. A YouTube channel I enjoy watching, The Quartering, did this after someone else had been banned and was also almost instantly banned himself. This is of course wrong in every respect especially given the individual in question, apparently now hypocritically, is always banging on about freedom of speech. Update, the ban is permanent.

  • LIFE

    Can't touch this

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 23/10/2020

    » Thailand is known as "The Land Of Smiles" because everyone here is happy and joyful all the time... right? As true as that is, there are certain things you can do here that can turn that smile upside down.

  • BUSINESS

    Serving two worlds

    Asia focus, Published on 23/03/2020

    » Doanh Chau has a big plan for Vietnam, the country where he began his life, even though he has not lived there for decades.

  • BUSINESS

    What's in a name?

    Asia focus, Published on 25/02/2019

    » Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has never hidden his nostalgia for the iron-fisted rule of Ferdinand Marcos, and now he has revived one of the late dictator's favourite crusades.

  • LIFE

    Zombies as a mid-life metaphor

    B Magazine, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 25/03/2018

    » Most of us still remember her from E.T. -- and that was 36 years ago, when she was seven and playing a girl who connects with the wrinkly extraterrestrial on a quest to go home. She also went on to play a sexy seducer in Poison Ivy (1992), one of Charlie's Angels (2000), a girl with a short-term memory in 50 First Dates (2004), and an accidental songwriter in Music and Lyrics ( 2007).

  • BUSINESS

    Change starts from the top

    Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 02/11/2015

    » 'Khun Somchai, what do you want to discuss today?"

  • OPINION

    When textbooks get it oh-so-wrong

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 26/05/2017

    » Textbooks are meant to inform learners of facts -- not alternative forms of fiction -- on a particular subject. They also provide students with information on things relevant to them, helping them to navigate their lives and make sense of the world.

  • BUSINESS

    Stepping out of the shadow

    Business, Published on 17/03/2018

    » Her life has been a continual effort to forge a path outside of her family's "overbearing shadow". Her name, she says, is a double-edged sword that lends her company credibility, but also leads some to discredit her efforts.

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