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Young Thai chefs shake up Bangkok's food scene
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» Thitid Tassanakajohn has a degree in economics from Thailand's top university but turned his back on a stable career in finance to launch a high-end restaurant in Bangkok -- a city famed for its street food.
Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LONDON: Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
Extreme piercing cleanses souls at Phuket vegetarian festival
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» Taoist devotees had body parts pierced with objects ranging from skewers and swords to a model ship on Tuesday as Phuket's Vegetarian Festival returned from a two-year Covid-19 pandemic hiatus.
Streaming giant shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.
WWE-style wrestling hits Bangkok - with a Thai twist
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» A fighter bursts through a flimsy tarpaulin curtain and bounds into the ring wearing a helmet and the unmistakable bright orange jacket of a Bangkok motorbike-taxi rider -- it's Thailand's take on WWE wrestling.
Overcoming hate, Brazilian heads to Trans Miss Universe
AFP, Published on 12/06/2022
» SAO GONCALO, Brazil: Looking resplendent in a bejewelled red ball gown, Brazilian beauty queen Eloa Rodrigues knows how lucky she is: in the world's deadliest country for trans people, she is daring to live out her dreams.
Blood and bruises: Welcome to Bangkok's real-life fight club
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» Harsh spotlights and street lamps illuminate a vicious brawl between two furious shirtless men as the screams of a crowd echo beneath a Bangkok underpass: Fight Club Thailand is on.
'The bottom line': Scuba divers help preserve historic Bangkok mansion
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» A 200-year-old Chinese mansion in Bangkok's heart isn't an obvious place for a scuba school, but in a city relentlessly demolishing its architectural heritage the business is helping preserve the historic home.
SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» Wearing sunglasses and a tiger print dress as she raps into a mic, Malaysian hip-hop artist SYA calls for empowerment while taking a sledgehammer to stereotypes of Muslim women.
Excitement as Cannes Film Festival reopens after pandemic hiatus
AFP, Published on 06/07/2021
» CANNES (FRANCE) - The famed Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday, and despite social distancing subduing some of its signature glamour, excitement is rife for the first fully fledged film festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.