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Face masks 'snapped up right away'
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/02/2020
» Despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's assurance about the availability of surgical face masks, some pharmacies and convenience stores in two Bangkok districts were found to be running short on supplies.
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Coldplay across the universe
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/02/2024
» The latest Coldplay concert in Bangkok was a feat of photogenic spectacles designed to bedazzle, complete with light-blinking wristbands, sci-fi-warped animation on spherical screens, balloons in the shape of planets and exploding fireworks above the roof of Rajamangala National Stadium ("The football field not often used to play football on," as a Thai national squad member noted.)
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BTS Group Establishes "BTS Group Scholarship" for Thai Students at CUHK
Published on 03/11/2023
» Mr. Kavin Kanjanapas, Chief Executive Officer of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited, and Professor Waiman Cheung, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the Business School of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on November 2, to establish the "BTS Group Scholarship."
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Year of Turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021
» Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.
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Finding balance
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 20/10/2023
» Both having recently released a new EP, Taeyang and Jeon Somi are busier than ever.
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'Skycycle lane' offers elevated congestion-free travel
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2019
» In a bid to promote the use of bicycles for daily transport, Smart City Innovative Research Academy (Scira), a think-tank on urban development under King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang has come up with an idea it calls "The Skycycle Project".
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The BIG Holiday
Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 29/11/2019
» Brian Yang is a US-born architect/partner in Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), an inventive architecture firm based in Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelona. With 13 years of experience, Yang has been behind many big architecture projects, like the Lego House in Billund, Denmark, and the Shenzhen Energy Mansion in Shenzhen, China. This year, BIG has joined forces with Central Embassy to create festive Christmas-inspired displays throughout the mall's seven floors. Guru talks to Yang to find out about the inspiration behind the first project of BIG in Thailand and what it's like to be part of Central Embassy's big year-end celebrations.
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From past to present
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 24/11/2022
» On a Saturday morning, I strolled through a maze of narrow lanes in quest of a simple brunch at Bang Namphueng Floating Market, located in the Thai-Mon community of Bang Krachao. This was my second visit in two years and this time it was merely a stopover on my way to Samut Prakan.
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Starry nights, inflatable Santa await shoppers at Central Embassy
Life, Noko, Published on 24/11/2022
» Pyramids are often reinterpreted as immersive sculptures by French architect-turned-artist Cyril Lancelin.
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Central Embassy transforms into Christmas dreamscape
Life, Published on 28/11/2022
» Southeast Asia's largest inflatable Christmas tree and a variety of floating wonders are drifting us away to a holiday dreamscape during "Let's Celebrate 2023: Floating Happiness" at Central Embassy, Phloenchit Road, until Jan 8.
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