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Thai TV drama firm seeks global soft power
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/04/2024
» Be On Cloud, a company known for producing popular Boys Love or Y Series TV dramas, aims to promote Thailand's soft power and local products on the global stage through its series.
East beats West
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/12/2023
» Re: "How to assess COP28's outcome", (Opinion, Dec 20).
Pope returns from Mongolia trip dominated by China
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis returned to Rome Monday after the first papal voyage to Mongolia, expressing admiration for its people and those of neighbour China while acknowledging such trips were getting harder to make.
Thailand-bound Chinese activist nabbed in Laos
Published on 29/07/2023
» BEIJING: A Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested in Laos while en route to Thailand, and activists and family members fear he could be deported back to China and face prison time.
False Eden, real hell
Life, Published on 24/05/2023
» Sometimes Cannes pulls a poker face and smacks a big surprise down on its famous red carpet, all without a blink or a wink. This year, it comes in the form of a three-and-a-half-hour documentary about Chinese sweatshop workers, shot entirely in a crummy garment district on the mainland's eastern coast.
10 films to watch out for
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/05/2023
» A fierce hijab girl, a Vietnamese pilgrimage, a Scorsese-DiCaprio team up and a new Cate Blanchett drama, Cannes Film Festival opens today with an eclectic taste of world cinema.
Thai diplomacy has come full circle
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 18/04/2023
» After eight arduous years, Thai diplomacy has come full circle. With 26 days to go before the next general election on May 14, the international community is wondering whether there will be any change in the country's overall diplomatic outlook. Since the dark days leading up to the intervention in May 2014, Thailand has undertaken an extraordinary journey given the state in which the country was caught with its deteriorated standing in the global community. Critics varied in their assessments of Thai foreign policy under deep stress. Indeed, the long winding diplomatic road revealed both the strengths and weaknesses of strenuous efforts to protect national interests amid the competition of the great powers and in tackling the unavoidable ripple effects caused by an increasingly polarised world.
Chinese Christians arrive in US after Thai detention
Published on 09/04/2023
» More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were detained for overstaying their visas in Thailand have arrived in the United States where they will seek permanent asylum in Texas.
Chinese Christians ‘to be sent to third country’
Published on 07/04/2023
» More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were arrested in Pattaya a week ago for overstaying their visas are expected to be sent to a third country next week, says a senior police official.