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The dangers of digital addiction
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 14/11/2023
» Eddie* has a choleric temperament which made him difficult for people to deal with. When he was just over two years old, he was given a tablet to play with. After that, he spent a lot of time in front of the screen.
Beauty contest cluster sparks outbreak fear
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/07/2021
» Legal action will be taken against the organisers of "Miss Grand Samut Sakhon" beauty contest for violating communicable disease restrictions, according to the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
Court upholds woman's acquittal for murder of Japanese husband
Online Reporters, Published on 27/06/2019
» The Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling acquitting a Thai woman of involvement in the murder of her Japanese husband in 2003, allegedly to collect his life insurance.
BMA to manage Chatuchak
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/09/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will return to manage the famous Chatuchak Market, according to a decision by the steering committee on national security, poverty reduction and environment chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
Thais scoop four silvers at Biology Olympiad
News, Published on 23/07/2018
» Education: Thai students won four silver medals at the 29th International Biology Olympiad in the Iranian capital of Tehran, which saw Vietnam secure first place.
Thai woman acquitted of murder rap
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/03/2018
» A Thai woman convicted last year of colluding to conceal the body of a 79-year-old Japanese companion, killed by her Thai husband in 2014, has been acquitted of involvement in the murder of another Japanese man back in 2003.
Central scraps Zalora, launches Looksi
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 15/06/2017
» Central Group Online Co has rebranded its fashion-focused e-commerce site as Looksi to replace Zalora, which it acquired last year from Rocket Internet in a bid to build its own brand.
Real cut-ups
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 04/06/2017
» Killing someone in cold blood takes a special kind of mindset, where by "special" we mean brutally disordered. Choking and then battering the victim, then saying "Now hand me the saw" is well beyond special.
A look at prison muay Thai
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/05/2017
» Thailand is splashed across the main screen of the Cannes Film Festival this year. A Prayer Before Dawn is not a Thai film, but this UK-France production takes place entirely in Thailand -- precisely in the rancid, violence-prone prison where inmates are crammed into small dormitories and fight to stay alive. Based on a book by ex-convict William Moore, who spent years at Klong Prem Prison for selling ya ba, the film, directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, is an intense look at hard life in the hellhole, before Moore (played by British actor Joe Cole) finds redemption in the prison's muay Thai boxing programme.
From Bangkok to Cannes
Published on 21/05/2017
» CANNES - It was a startling sight on the red carpet of Cannes Film Festival late Friday night: A Thai actor covered from head to toes with tattoos, only inches of his body left un-inked, sauntered down the tapis rouge to shake hand with the festival’s artistic director. Keng Laiprang -- stage name of a Punya Yimaumpai, ex-convict and internet idol -- walked the famous steps of Cannes as part of the French film A Prayer Before Dawn. With him were two other Thai actors starring in the film, Vithaya Pansringarm and Pornchanok Mabklang, and the film’s director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire as well as the lead British actor Joe Cole.