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A group that went forth and prospered around the world
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 28/04/2013
» China's influence is felt far outside its borders. The country is an agenda-setter in this region and its impact - political, cultural and economic - can be felt around the world. Here, generations of Chinese-Thais have played a formative role in shaping modern Thailand. They have changed the political, economic and cultural landscape, and they have made contributions in fields as diverse as business, public service, the arts, academia, religion, the media, the military - even organised crime.
Outback inspiration
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 26/04/2013
» Its association with aviation has included a British aerobatic helicopter display team, a Swiss Air Force hunter team and a daring Reno air racing team, whose achievements and flying machines have inspired a series of pilot watches.
Space Oddity
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/04/2013
» The vast, wasted and elegantly desperate post-alien-invasion world is the setting of Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion. In the science-fiction film that opened in Thailand yesterday, Kosinski puts Tom Cruise in the role of Jack Harper, a patrolman and drone-fixer left to station Earth after everyone else has headed for the safe haven of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Kosinski's debut feature in 2010 was Tron: Legacy, a film that picked up the hallucinatory imagination of sci-fi devotees nearly 30 years after the original.
Asia's alter ego
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 29/03/2013
» Two upcoming film showcases explore the many faces of Asean and offer a close look at Thailand.
When worlds collided
Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 29/03/2013
» The late Utis Narksawat, who died in 1982, was a man of two worlds.
Read the label
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 20/03/2013
» When RS Promotions branched into luk thung music in 2001 with its R-Siam label, few people took much notice. But in the decade since, it has steadily gained a stronghold on the grassroots country music genre, and given it a facelift _ in terms of presentation, sound manipulation and content _ in the process. The offshoot currently houses more than 90 solo artists and groups _ the biggest stars of the luk thung circuit among them.
Anchored in Angkor
Life, Published on 11/03/2013
» Since his first visit to Angkor Wat in 1969, former Washington Post correspondent John Burgess was captivated by the beauty and mystery of the world's largest religious monument. Ten years in the making, his latest novel, Woman Of Angkor, peels back the layers of time to reveal the personal histories of the people living in Angkor during the 12th century.
The German films are coming
Life, Published on 18/02/2013
» The past week has been a fruitful time for cinema lovers. After the French and Japanese film festivals, today sees the opening of German Film Week 2013, hosted by the Goethe Institute Thailand and Paragon Cineplex.
The wind beneath Wing
Life, Published on 13/02/2013
» Internationally acclaimed photographer Wing Chan knows how to make the ordinary extraordinary. The Hong Kong artist's abstract photomontages find unexpected beauty in urban landscapes, textures and the dynamism of city life. Chan sees the world as brimming with potential, an iceberg with enormous secrets submerged beneath.
Film critic with a penchant for murals
Life, Published on 04/02/2013
» Amiable Pornchai Wiriyaprapanont has lately spent his time pondering mural paintings and exploring the nooks of old temples. But for movie-goers who grew up at the turn of the century, he's one of the foremost art and film critics who's been writing on the subjects for 23 years. Today, Pornchai still has regular columns in Season and Filmmax magazines, and every Sunday at 10pm, he co-hosts a radio show Nang Na Mai ("Film on Microphone") on FM98.