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Environmental art
Life, Published on 25/09/2024
» In 2022, Imhathai Suwatthanasilp created the exhibition "Plankton Star Virus" for the Biennale of Sydney, which ran under the theme "rivus" and means stream in Latin. Trapped during the Covid-19 lockdowns, Imhathai was unable to conduct field research, so she gathered information online and watched videos and documentaries.
Pata Zoo denies acquiescing in deal to sell prized ape
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/10/2022
» Pata Zoo has denied there is a deal in place to sell the country's last gorilla, Bua Noi, for 30 million baht so she can be relocated to Germany, saying her management never thought of putting a price on the cherished animal to gain profit.
Pata Zoo denies gorilla 'Bua Noi' is for sale
Online Reporters, Published on 22/10/2022
» Pata Zoo has denied there is any deal to sell the country’s last gorilla, Bua Noi, for 30 million baht so that she can be relocated to Germany, saying its management never thought of putting a price on the cherished animal to gain profits.
'Bua Noi' may finally make ape escape
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/10/2022
» After three decades in captivity at a private zoo in Bangkok, the well-known gorilla, Bua Noi, may finally be granted a return "home" to where she was born in Germany, if the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's plan to repatriate her is a success.
Mall zoo prices Thailand's last caged gorilla at B30m
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/10/2022
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans fund-raising events to buy the country's last gorilla, held caged at a shopping mall in Bangkok that has put the price at 30 million baht.
Saying goodbye to cultural giants
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/01/2022
» The world of Thai country music (pleng luk thung) was reeling from news of the death of luk thung legend and National Artist Waipoj Phetsupan last Wednesday. Waipoj, 79, was one of the Big Four central Thai luk thung stars -- Chaichana Boonachote, Chai Muang Singh and Kwanjit Sriprachan, all National Artists, are the others -- all of whom are masters of all the central folk styles.
21 more staff at Bangkok karaoke shop found to have Covid
Online Reporters, Published on 30/12/2020
» Twenty-one more employees of a karaoke shop in Bangkok visited by an infected person from Nonthaburi province have tested positive for Covid-19.
BMA looks for customers at eatery, karaoke shop
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/12/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has asked people who visited an Isan-food restaurant and a karaoke shop near Pata Pinklao department store to urgently contact health officials after an infected person from Nonthaburi visited the places.
Gorilla in the mist
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 03/02/2020
» For several years now, there has been a campaign calling for a better life for Bua Noi, Thailand's last gorilla. What that better life would look like, however, remains unclear.
BMA lets vendors back on the streets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/01/2020
» City Hall on Tuesday started to allow vendors back on footpaths in selected areas after 600 vending areas throughout Bangkok were scrapped two years ago under the "pavement-management policy" of the now-dissolved National Council for Peace and Order.