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It's time to test and track in earnest
News, Published on 21/04/2020
» In late January, Thailand was tipped to be worst hit by Covid-19 after China and Hong Kong. Today, Thailand accounts for only 0.03% of recorded deaths worldwide from the pandemic. New cases are on a declining trend.
Safeguarding a saga
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 04/02/2020
» Under the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s, Cambodian arts were almost crushed out of existence. The Royal Ballet was famously revived in the 1980s, but Cambodia also had popular traditions of music, dance, drama and puppetry. In 1998, a group started to revive these. They located surviving artists to teach a new generation of children in villages, schools and temples.
Academic couple win Fukuoka grand prize
Kong Rithdee, Published on 09/06/2017
» Eminent scholars Prof Pasuk Phongpaichit and Dr Chris Baker have been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize 2017 for their outstanding work on Thai society, literature and social transformation.
The 2013 Oscars: Live Report
AFP, Published on 25/02/2013
» 0555 GMT: As the Dolby Theater empties of its glamours guests, AFP is closing our live report from the 2013 Oscars.
Grammys: Live Report
AFP, Published on 11/02/2013
» 0443 GMT: That concludes the 55th annual Grammy Awards. The distribution of little gold gramophones favored no one artist in particular with very few sweeps save Gotye's surprise Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Alternative Music Album awards.
War On Drugs: Hit replay button?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/01/2012
» Nine years after the 2,600 extrajudicial killings of 2003, Deputy PM Chalerm eerily repeats Thaksin's words in TV speech.
Liquor industry: One family control
Jon Fernquest, Published on 28/06/2011
» Liquor industry liberalization happened in 2000 and now "90% of spirit products come from one source - the Sirivadhanabhakdi family."
War on drugs, without extrajudicial killing
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2011
» This time all parties are renouncing the mass-killing of Thaksin's war on drugs in their anti-drug policies.