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A note on Thailand Biennale
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/01/2019
» One recent morning at Nopphrat Thara beach, the high tide flooded the lower part of a strange, interwoven structure. Rising from the blue water of the bay, it looked like an island, a new, unmapped island of Krabi visible from this popular spot where tourists visit and board tour boats to outlying islands.
From Azerbaijan and Taiwan, films about pain and growth
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 16/06/2017
» The Royal City Bangkok Film Club will be screening two movies from Azerbaijan and Taiwan for free (with drinks and snacks) at River City Bangkok. This is a rather new screening venue, established with the aim of becoming a space for alternative cinema. The location, by the river near Si Phraya, is also a change of atmosphere.
Exhibition tracks journey along Mekong River
Life, Published on 28/08/2014
» A unique collection of photographs portraying the natural beauty of the Mekong River will be displayed at CentralPlaza Chiang Rai from tomorrow until Sept 4.
No rest for the nomads
Life, Published on 12/05/2014
» The native home of the Evenki, the most widely scattered “nomads of the mountains”, is near Lake Baikal in southern Siberia. Imperial Russia of the 17th century began expanding ruthlessly into this remote area by sending the cossacks — border patrols — of Tsarist governments to impose a fur tax on the Evenki tribes. Although some rebelled, the Evenki generally realised that peaceful contact with Russia was a necessity to its survival. Two centuries later, after an ambivalent relationship with Russia and other tribesmen, some Evenki migrated southward and eastward to Mongolia and Manchuria.
Reflecting the nation's lifeblood
Life, Published on 25/06/2012
» The Red River and the Mekong, the Irrawaddy and the Chao Phraya _ Southeast Asia is characterised by big river landscapes like no other place in the world. Yet these lifelines and vital ecosystems are acutely endangered by the consequences of socio-economic development and climate change. The riverscapes, and with them the livelihoods of millions of people, face the threat of destruction.
Eco-tourism route proposed
Business, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 30/08/2010
» Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as eco-tourism routes linking the three countries rather than focusing on the highways as a trade route competing with Route 9.