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    Behold, the exam results god

    News, Published on 27/02/2023

    » Travelling to a revered location and worshipping sacred items is catching on among the young, with Buddhist and Hindu temples popular domestic tourist attractions, a new report says.

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    Curtains for Chinese opera?

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/02/2023

    » "Hurry up," shouted a crew member who climbed up onto a makeshift stage. Casting sidelong glances, performers, half-clad, looked in the mirror and concentrated on applying layers of make-up. Nearby, a motley bunch of musicians and technicians double-checked their instruments. A stream of chatter from a growing audience -- without any partition between the theatre and real life -- put unintended pressure on the band.

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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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    How to be a 'neighbourdude'

    Life, Published on 18/06/2020

    » Making friends with a stranger in Beijing, having an appointment with an Indian friend at an unfamiliar venue and cooking takoyaki with a lovely family in Japan are parts of the travelling book Pra Thed Baan Puen (Neighbourdude Country) written by Nath Suppavatee.

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    Of the people, for the people and by the people

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 19/06/2020

    » Locall Thailand connects small, individually-run shops, and even food vendors, with customers while creating a sense of community. Peangploy Jitiyatham, co-founder of Locall Thailand and civil society network Satarana's management team member, has introduced an online delivery platform that is created "by the community and for the community".

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    A glimmer of hope in dark times

    News, Published on 23/02/2020

    » The recent wave of shootings and constant fear over the coronavirus recalls what Claudius said in Hamlet: "When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions". And these "battalions" of sorrow have been plunging Thais into deep depression.

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    All things Thai food

    Life, Published on 03/06/2019

    » Siam Square's main thoroughfare once again will be turned into a delicious foodie haven, where top bites from around Bangkok and beyond will be served daily, 11am-8pm, from Friday until SundayJune 7-9.

  • News & article

    At home in Asean

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/02/2018

    » The first thing that impressed me about Hideaki Iwasaki, country director for the Thailand Resident Mission of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was his fluent English. I assumed it was the result of his educational background.

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    Life's no drag for Natalia Pliacam

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/05/2018

    » Where do you fancy meeting a drag queen for the first time? At a performance, a show's backstage or in a bar, perhaps?

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    Project Singapore gathers pace

    News, Alan Dawson, Published on 23/04/2017

    » Bangkok is a semi-province under the central regime, "governed" (literally) by a police general, Aswin Kwanmuang. He was working at City Hall when the general prime minister tapped him on the shoulder last October and dubbed him Baron of Bangkok, lord of all that the military regime doesn't want to bother with.

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