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Renowned singer Charin Nantanakorn dies aged 91
Online Reporters, Published on 20/08/2024
» Thailand lost one of its most renowned singers with the death of Charin Nantanakorn on Tuesday morning at the age of 91 years.
A handful of golds for Thai pugilists
Sports, Published on 14/05/2023
» Thai boxers ran rings around their opponents as they captured five out of six gold medals at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia on Saturday.
The day the filming had to stop
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/10/2020
» An article headlined "The man, myth and legend" on Wednesday by Tatat Bunnag marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Thailand's biggest-ever film star, Mitr Chaibancha. The actor plunged to his death at the age of 36, while filming a helicopter scene at Jomtien for Insee Thong (Golden Eagle). Mitr had insisted on doing his own stunts and was clinging from a rope ladder dangling from the copter but couldn't hold on. He truly is a legend.
The man, myth and legend
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 07/10/2020
» Thai movie fans remember Oct 8 every year as the day beloved actor Mitr Chaibancha tragically died in 1970 after falling from a ladder hanging from a helicopter over a Pattaya beach while shooting a stunt scene for the iconic film Insee Thong (Golden Eagle).
Rayong locals implored to undergo Covid-19 tests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2020
» The Interior Ministry on Wednesday ordered all provincial governors to survey people who were in Rayong at the same time as a 43-year-old infected Egyptian soldier and offer them tests for Covid-19.
Architects enlist to combat dust, offering safety guidelines
Business, Published on 01/02/2019
» The Faculty of Architecture at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and the Council of Deans of Architecture Schools of Thailand (CDAST) have published a set of guidelines for improving architecture and design of residential units to deal with hazardous PM2.5 dust.
Family business
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 21/09/2018
» The tagline goes "Blasting mountains, torching huts". That's how the action films of Chalong Pakdivijit are usually described, for his legendary productions are known to be full of explosions, gunfire, intense fighting and villages being burned at the hands of the villains before the heroes arrive to save them. For five decades Chalong, now an 87-year-old National Artist, has been Thailand's best-known action auteur, on both the cinema and television screens.