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    The ghost of pop culture future

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/08/2014

    » Last month, Thai fans had their first Comic Con experience, when BEC Tero and TrueVisions hosted the Bangkok Comic Con at Paragon Hall, an event local devotees of all things pop culture welcomed with delight.

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    Report from the far South

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/01/2018

    » The first issue of The Melayu Review has the clean sophistication of a respectable literary journal. The layout is unfussy, the photographs black-and-white, and the text in Thai, in shipshape blocks. An editor's note on the first page quotes Dostoyevsky: "But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

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    The air we breathe

    Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 16/01/2018

    » Do you have any idea what is in the air that you are breathing? What if air pollution and very tiny particles can be magnified and made visible? What would you do if you found out?

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    The sun always rises

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/01/2018

    » Wandee Khunchornyakong always wakes up around 5am. As chairperson and CEO of Solar Power Company Group (SPCG), she likes to start her day at the top floor of the new 10-storey headquarters in Thong Lor when the Sun rises. Her working day ends late. She goes to bed at midnight. Hard work is her routine, which she has kept from a young age. Born under the sign of the dog, she turns 60 this year, but retirement is not part of the plan.

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    Funny or flippant?

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 21/03/2014

    » Thais are sanook people. We like to have fun and don’t take things too seriously. Although we here at Guru all enjoy off-colour jokes every now and then, there’s a fine line between making light of someone or something and getting a laugh, or doing the same but drawing a big “boo”. This week, we examine five of the most controversial flippant actions that took place in Thailand. Judge for yourself whether they went too far.

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    Strangebook

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 19/07/2013

    » The usage of Facebook in Thailand is getting stranger by the minute, it seems. Besides posting pictures of unfortunate people asking for "likes" to show "support", or scared entities promising auspiciousness to followers, some individuals have set up Facebook pages to promote things you wouldn’t think merit a Facebook following. We’ve selected 10 such pages in case you want to grow up one day and become a page administrator to promote something niche like your collection of belly-button lint (or dandruff collecting). Go ahead since you’ll probably find more followers than you think, like these strange Facebook pages.

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    Pitfalls and curveballs: Common errors expats make

    Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 21/07/2013

    » Ignorance and inertia are often the biggest hurdles expats must overcome when living in Asia. Today we'll look at some of the more common and costly errors.

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    Unwrapping Gaysorn's Most Wanted

    Nikki Busuttil, Published on 03/12/2012

    » Every year, you can be sure of a grand affair, during the festive season, at one of central Bangkok's premiere shopping malls, but none more illustrious than at Gaysorn Shopping Centre. For the last decade, they have been helping shoppers celebrate, find gift ideas and rewarding their patronage accordingly, in a fun and vibrant manner. Décor dangles from the ceiling in the atrium, with presents, tinsel, nutcrackers, presents and baubles on show, and everyone is getting into the Christmas and New Year spirit of giving.

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