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    Get onboard as FCCT launches Bangkok Station

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/11/2023

    » On Nov 23, join UK photographer Tim Russell for the much-anticipated launch of his book Bangkok Station: Seven Years Of Photography From Hualamphong, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) on Phloenchit Road.

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    High hopes for policy statement

    Published on 11/09/2023

    » As the government spells out its policy statement in parliament on Monday, people have high expectations for it to make good on its promises to deal with bread-and-butter issues affecting their lives and turn the economy around.

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    Bangkok hosts world's first phad kaphrao championship

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 24/08/2023

    » From Friday to Sunday, the promenade along the banks of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem will become a brightly lit-up and animated arena for World Kaphrao Thailand Grand Prix 2023.

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    Fans Tuk Up tuk-tuk cause

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/05/2021

    » The coronavirus outbreak has sounded the death knell for tuk-tuk drivers. No sooner after they had started recovering from the absence of foreign tourists, the third wave of the pandemic kicked in last month. Fortunately, local fandoms are throwing lifelines to them. When passengers are nowhere to be seen, drivers are going around with idol posters on their vehicles.

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    Grin and bear it with Gucci

    Life, Published on 16/04/2021

    » As a prelude to a new collection, Gucci has partnered with IM Jibin, known for his huge bear-shaped installations.

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    Full steam ahead for Ayutthaya

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/07/2020

    » The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will launch a special trip to Ayutthaya with a good old-fashioned steam locomotive to celebrate the 68th birthday of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua on July 28.

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    Eyes wide open

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/05/2020

    » The literature about modern Thai politics is not abundant, and by this I mean a narrative that grounds its characters in the double-whammy of coup d'etat and street protest that characterised the mid-2000s to mid-2010s. The period, plus a few years earlier when Thaksin Shinawatra rose to power, contains some of the most convulsive and era-defining moments that continue to shape the visible and invisible dimensions of Thai society in the present time, and it's astonishing that not more writers find it a rich wellspring of artistic expression (on the contrary, visual artists and theatre artists seem more responsive to the political currents of the same period).

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    What 2019 brought to Thailand's strongest industry

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/12/2019

    » Life reviews the highlights of the tourism sector during the past 12 months.

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    Swimming fools

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 28/11/2018

    » Scandinavian artistic duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset -- two of the world's most admired artists, whose giant, vertical swimming-pool structure is now on show as part of the Bangkok Art Biennale 2018 -- have a penchant for the fun, absurd and provocative.

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    Their story

    Life, Published on 12/07/2018

    » 'I feel like I'm walking into an execution ground," said Thai artist Thasnai Sethaseree at the end of June, a few minutes before the Signature Art Prize 2018 award ceremony in Singapore was about to start. "Personally, when I'm in a position that I'm judged, I feel uncomfortable. It doesn't have to do with winning or not winning. I just don't like getting tested."

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