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Emerging Thai artist explores subjectivity of memory
New York Times, Published on 02/09/2023
» SEOUL — Sometimes a painting can be adjusted slightly and suddenly take on a new meaning for the artist. For Prae Pupityastaporn, a Thai landscape painter whose works are being presented at Frieze Seoul by the Nova Contemporary gallery in Bangkok, working with two similar paintings side by side can depict the delicate balance between memory and the present moment. An image can change ever so slightly, and ever so profoundly.
Reported missing in Maui topping 1,000
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2023
» Officials overseeing the effort to identify victims of the fire that destroyed the Hawaiian coastal town of Lahaina said Tuesday that 1,000 to 1,100 people remained unaccounted for, and that some of the missing may never be found.
At Asian weddings, cash is king
New York Times, Published on 12/08/2023
» SEOUL: When I received a wedding invitation from my friends Jiyeon Kim and Olof Norlander this year, I knew exactly where I would pick up their wedding present: the bank.
YouTube streamer faces riot charge after park erupts in chaos
New York Times, Published on 05/08/2023
» NEW YORK: A popular social media streamer faced a charge of inciting a riot Friday when an event at Manhattan's Union Square Park where he planned to give away video game consoles descended into mayhem, drawing a crowd estimated at several thousand young people.
So what do we call Twitter now anyway?
New York Times, Published on 03/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: With a simple name change, Elon Musk has created confusion in social media.
Chinese zoo denies bear is person in suit
New York Times, Published on 02/08/2023
» ZHEJIANG: Sun, moon, grizzly, black, spectacled, sloth: Bears all over the world can stand, shuffle, totter and walk on two legs, although they usually prefer four.
Swedish Embassy in Baghdad is set afire
New York Times, Published on 20/07/2023
» BAGHDAD: Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday and set fire to part of the building, ahead of another planned burning of the Koran in Sweden, which has angered many in the Muslim world and drawn condemnation from the Swedish authorities.
N. Korea detains US soldier after unauthorised border crossing
New York Times, Published on 19/07/2023
» SEOUL: An American soldier who crossed into North Korea without authorisation Tuesday has been taken into custody by North Korean authorities, according to United States officials.
In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror
New York Times, Published on 01/07/2023
» NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.
Pentagon announces $500m in military aid for Ukraine
New York Times, Published on 28/06/2023
» NEW YORK: The Pentagon will send more ammunition to Ukraine from its stockpiles, including Stinger and Patriot air-defence missiles, guided rockets for HIMARS launchers, and artillery ammunition, defence officials said Tuesday.