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Thousands of revellers attend Wuhan music festival
Published on 02/05/2021
» WUHAN, China: Thousands of people attended the first day of the Wuhan Strawberry Music Festival on Saturday.
Hollywood box office revenues slumped in US in historic 40-year low
Life, Published on 15/01/2021
» Hollywood movies suffered an unprecedented 80% slump in box office revenue in North America in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic closed movie theatres and studios held back the release of scores of new films.
World's longest-running TV soap, Coronation Street, turns 60
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» LONDON - The world's longest-running TV soap opera, Britain's cosy working-class series "Coronation Street," celebrates 60 years on screen on Wednesday, defying social changes and the pandemic.
BAB in Brief
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/11/2020
» Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 is in full swing, showcasing more than 200 artworks by 82 artists at 10 venues until Jan 31, 2021. River City Bangkok was the last to be added as the tenth venue. If you don't know where to begin, allow me to present a cheatsheet to help you discover pieces that you shouldn't miss from BAB.
South Korea's K-pop culture boosts Netflix's international growth
Life, Published on 22/10/2020
» A zombie drama, a TV series about a supernatural nurse and one about an antisocial children's book author helped turn South Korea into one of Netflix's biggest source of growth in the international markets, a source familiar with the matter said.
K-pop colossus BTS eyes Grammys with Dynamite
Life, Published on 04/09/2020
» Fresh from scoring Korea's first-ever No.1 hit on the main Billboard music chart, K-pop juggernaut BTS on Wednesday set its sights on a standalone performance at next year's Grammy Awards -- and maybe a trophy or two.
K-pop's BTS first all-South Korean act to top US singles charts
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» NEW YORK: K-pop sensation BTS has become the first all-South Korean act to rule the top US singles chart, industry tracker Billboard announced Monday, with their English-language "Dynamite" hitting number one.
Ready, set, Zoom: India gypsy dancers take their art online
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» JODHPUR, India: As a blackout plunged her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asked her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she could continue teaching her Zoom class, outside.
Championing unbiased media
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/08/2020
» On May 22, 2014, a coup d'etat by the Royal Thai Armed Forces was declared. At that time, well-known film director Chulayarnnon Siriphol, director of Ten Years Thailand, who was reading and watching the news from traditional media -- newspaper and television -- realised that the media was not reporting on the real events that he saw on social media and the internet. It was at this time that it dawned on him that traditional media was under some control of the junta government.
TikTok says stopping app operation in Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok said late Monday it is stopping its popular video snippet-sharing app from working in Hong Kong due to "recent events".