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Prologue to the past
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 28/04/2022
» Following a massive five-year makeover, the modern red-ochre compound of Ban Kao National Museum rises in the middle of vast green landscapes and rice fields on the banks of the Khwae Noi River, serving as a prologue for a day trip to explore Prasat Muang Sing Historical Park, which is about 10km away.
Les Miserables: The simmering rage of Paris
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2019
» Cannes Day 2 witnesses the rage of Paris -- not the yellow wrath of gilets jaunes, but the brown-and-black anger of rundown suburbs that makes up the complex social structure of modern France.
A meeting of East and West
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/10/2015
» To mark the 81st anniversary of the Old England Students Association under Royal Patronage (OESA), a charity gala dinner concert was held at Napalai Ballroom, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
Signed, sealed, undelivered
Alan Dawson, Published on 31/08/2014
» The United Nations and Myanmar are in the process of proving that a nation on the tipping edge of being controlled by criminals can be rescued and brought back to the road to democracy.
Raising a glass to a vintage year
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/01/2014
» One of the perks of my job is that I get to meet so many interesting people and do so many interesting things. Last week, almost as a prologue to my new work year, I was invited to a wine lunch to meet a pretty, young, second-generation winemaker of the Jean-Luc Colombo wine estate in the northern Rhone Valley, France.
End of the Western road
Life, Published on 06/08/2012
» With the current pursuit of power and harmony in the world, the vulnerability of giants, the rise of new hegemonies, and the democratic clamour of Arab countries _ any curious citizen of the world must be wondering what the world will end up being by the end of this decade.
Cancellara to battle pain and defend Olympic crown
AFP, Published on 30/07/2012
» Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara will fight through the pain of an injured shoulder to defend his Olympic time trial crown on Wednesday.
'Alif the unseen': A Cross-Cultural harry potter for the web set
Spectrum, Published on 15/07/2012
» In an unnamed emirate in the Persian Gulf there lives a young man with Harry Potter potential. He calls himself Alif, for the letter in the Arabic alphabet, but that's not his real name. It's the internet moniker he uses for his work as a hacker, protecting his clients from censors and the secret police. Alif is uncannily good at this. He's not a boy wizard like Harry, but he works magic just the same.
Court takes the stage to shape political future
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/06/2012
» Now that the government MPs have taken a step back and, at least on the face of it, chosen to comply with the Constitution Court's order to halt its endorsement of the charter amendment bill, the political stage has been left vacant with the spotlight focused entirely upon the charter court itself.