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It's mooncake season
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/08/2024
» The Mid-Autumn Festival is observed annually on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it falls on Sept 17. Also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, the occasion is celebrated by millions of people worldwide to express gratitude for family unity, happiness and abundance. It's also an occasion for families to reunite. In celebration of a Chinese festivity that dates back 3,000 years, Life picks some of the best mooncakes from leading hotels around town.
Into the mind of a genius
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 25/06/2024
» Following the success of "Van Gogh Alive Bangkok" and "Monet & Friends Alive Bangkok", Grande Experience, Live Impact Events and Iconsiam have collaborated to present "Da Vinci Alive Bangkok". The exhibition showcases Leonardo Da Vinci's works, featuring an array of large-scale machine inventions, a mesmerising projection gallery, reproductions of acclaimed anatomical studies and Renaissance art.
Charity and collectables
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/06/2024
» As a regular blood donor, Siriporn Plangchatuk, country general manager of Pop Mart Thailand, learned from the National Blood Center, Thai Red Cross Society that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of blood donors dropped from 24% to just 11%. This shortage forced many patients to postpone surgeries and/or medical treatments, which affected their life.
Amal Naj: Taking inspiration from crisis
Life, Published on 06/06/2024
» Once a powerful executive for a worldwide Big Pharma company, Indian-American author and entrepreneur Amal Naj found his true calling in a hospital in Bangkok during the Covid crisis. Suffering from the virus, involuntarily sequestered in strict quarantine during one of this century's darkest times, he had the chance to reflect on what life really means, who he really wanted to be in life, and how he could truly make a difference in the lives of others.
'Faith beautifies everything'
Life, Published on 26/03/2024
» 'If a serious error was made during the incision of characters, the entire page had to be discarded," explained Em-orn Chawsuan, specialist in ancient languages at the National Library of Thailand (NLT), as she and her colleagues neatly laid out on the table before them the 10 palm-leaf manuscripts that constitute an impressive sample of the extraordinary profusion of Buddhist literary documents that preserve and propagate the Phra That Phanom Chronicle in the intricate Isan dhamma script.
Get onboard as FCCT launches Bangkok Station
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/11/2023
» On Nov 23, join UK photographer Tim Russell for the much-anticipated launch of his book Bangkok Station: Seven Years Of Photography From Hualamphong, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) on Phloenchit Road.
Literature Festival highlights regional narratives
Life, Published on 02/11/2023
» The "Bangkok Literature Festival" returns with a platform to spotlight Southeast Asia in the literary world, at Neilson Hays Library, Surawong Road, on Saturday and Sunday, from 9am to 6pm.
Champions of change
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 18/09/2023
» To inspire people to create sustainable innovations to propel the country, the National Innovation Agency annually selects "100 Faces Of Thailand's Innovation Inspirers". Now in its third year, the project presents 100 Thais from various fields who have created innovations that play a role in developing society in a sustainable way. This year's theme is sustainable innovation and the project has been launched as a book and a virtual showcase at nia100faces.com.
Exploring the limits of love
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 19/07/2023
» The art exhibition "To The Moon And (Never) Back" showcases paintings by nine artists -- Art of Hongtae, Art Jeeno, Chubbynida, Munins, Peachful, toddyinthemood, Tum Ulit, UnderHatDaddy and Viput A -- and is attracting many young visitors since they can relate to the exhibition's theme.
Books? Coffee? Heaven!
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/07/2023
» Happening, an art and entertainment magazine, will launch the first edition of a coffee-inspired short story collection on Wednesday to enrich your reading experience with a great cup of Joe in one sitting.