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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with special treats
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/01/2025
» As the ancient Chinese proverb goes, "To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven." What to expect in the Year Of The Wood Snake? Guru By Bangkok Post has a list of food and beverages, and events to join.
A day at Khao Kheow Zoo
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 07/11/2024
» Even though it was nearly midday, I found myself stuck in traffic for several kilometres en route to Khao Kheow Open Zoo. It turned out to be the outcome of families trying to spend the last few days of school break with Moo Deng, the superstar baby pygmy hippo.
Welcoming the Lunar New Year
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/02/2024
» The Year Of The Wood Dragon brings with it a hope of calmness, loyalty and reliability, akin to the personality of the spirit animal. Get into the spirit of the season with sumptuous festivities.
It seemed a good idea at the time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022
» The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.
Israeli girl, 6, survives box jellyfish sting
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/10/2022
» SURAT THANI: A young girl from Israel stung by a box jellyfish was resuscitated after her heart stopped beating and then emergency airlifted from Koh Phangan to Surat Thani Hospital on the mainland for treatment.
Harnessing deadly venom to create a cure
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 22/05/2022
» In a small room in a building at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the invertebrate keeper, Emma Califf, lifts up a rock in a plastic box. "This is one of our desert hairies," she said, exposing an 8-centimetre-long scorpion, its tail arched over its back. "The largest scorpion in North America."
Lighting up our spirits
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 31/03/2022
» When the night falls, the neighbourhoods of Charoen Krung, Talad Noi and Soi Nana in Yaowarat are once again flooded with young visitors snapping selfies. Until Sunday, ancient buildings and ethnic communities along the banks of the Chao Phraya River are being lit up to provide cheerful sentiment as Awakening Bangkok returns to the City of Angels for its fourth edition.
Drifting into trouble? Tiny ocean creatures with a global impact
AFP, Published on 25/10/2021
» PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom: The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination.
VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories September 3
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/09/2021
» This week: Phuket crisis, dining in, jellyfish warning and airport woes
Child dies from box jellyfish sting
Published on 30/08/2021
» A nine-year-old Israeli boy died Saturday after being stung by a box jellyfish in the surf off Koh Phangan island.