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Thriving on passion
Asia focus, Published on 12/10/2020
» Sometimes all it takes to find a career calling is a little spark of curiosity. Lothar Pehl is living proof that if one continues to nurture this spirit of inquiry, it could turn into the passion of a lifetime.
Connecting in Covid times
Business, Published on 06/05/2020
» In 2003 when Linden Lab launched the virtual world Second Life, it was a novelty and a huge success, with a community of over a million at its peak. A quaint convergence of unfettered imagination and dollar-powered real life -- through avatars, business, product sales, music, movies, and even news reporting and politics -- its ever-changing and expanding virtual world took off.
Grammy preview: Jay-Z vs Trump
AFP, Published on 29/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Jay-Z, leading nominations for the Sunday Grammy Awards (Monday morning Thailand time), was feted Saturday by music industry heavyweights -- and, in between, was taken to task by the president of the United States.
US election Facebook’s most talked about story
Online Reporters, Published on 13/12/2016
» The US presidential election, Brazilian politics and Pokemon Go were the top three global topics most talked about by Facebook users in 2016, according to the world’s largest online community.
America is divided by race, united by pain
News, Frank Bruni, Published on 11/07/2016
» There aren't any ready answers for how to end this cycle of bloodshed, these heart-rending images from Louisiana and Minnesota and Texas of a country in desperate trouble, with so much pain to soothe, rage to exorcise and injustice to confront.
Steady now, just 'keep calm and carry on'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/07/2016
» For something that sounds a bit like a second-rate breakfast cereal, Brexit has created the most monumental commotion in Britain since David Beckham damaged his precious metatarsal.
Casualties rise in wake of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport attack
Published on 29/06/2016
» ISTANBUL - A triple suicide bombing at Istanbul's international airport left 41 people dead, 13 of them foreign nationals, and 239 wounded, the city governor said in a statement.
Courting controversy
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/01/2016
» When creativity crosses the line into insensitivity, there's usually a pattern of uproar, apology and cancellation. In the past many years, there's been a number of notorious cases of insensitive creativity in Thai commercials, series, films and visual representations that have made international headlines. The offensive issues often involve race, skin colour, ethnicity and historical interpretation. There are many more that never made the front page, for example the casual mockery of minorities and genders that is normalised by the audience, such as jokes on the accents of hilltribe people that often appear in movies and TV series.
Life of reporting live
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 04/09/2014
» Andrew Stevens has covered so many thrilling stories in his three decades as a journalist that few things seem capable of baffling him. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 was, however, an exception.
Obama wins second term
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2012
» My goal today is to help you follow the election coverage in English as much as possible. I'll be updating this throughout election day, focusing mainly on the results of the election, but also on the language used to report the results.