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Will gentrification respect city's people?
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2023
» We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy and Assumption Cathedral.
Woman on night watch rings in the hour
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» From the top of Lausanne's cathedral late at night, Cassandre Berdoz is shouting out, loudly and on the hour, for women's rights in Switzerland, a country that has been a laggard in gender equality.
Aristocrats flock to Russia for rare royal wedding
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» SAINT PETERSBURG: Russia on Friday held its first royal wedding since the 1917 Bolshevik revolution toppled the Romanov monarchy, with aristocrats travelling from across Europe for the lavish ceremony.
Town of peace and tranquility
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 18/09/2020
» Living up to its name, Santiburi is a slice of peace and quiet on the secluded 300m stretch of Mae Nam Beach in Koh Samui.
Super Junior leaves them wanting more
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/06/2020
» K-pop performers are known for working long hours and having little rest. This still rings true during the pandemic as every concert around the world has been prohibited, but K-pop acts kept performing.
Vatican visit: a retrospective
News, Published on 20/11/2019
» Almost 400,000 Thai-Catholics are looking forward to showing their unwavering faith next week when Pope Francis makes a three-day pilgrimage to Thailand for peace and inter-religious dialogue ahead of his trip to Japan.
For the tech-savvy bride-to-be
Life, Noko, Published on 26/10/2018
» In moving with the times, Jubilee Diamond -- gearing up to its 90th anniversary next year -- has introduced a collection of scannable wedding rings connected to a mobile phone application.
A broken spiritual heart
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/08/2015
» The simple act of bringing our palms together in order to ask for something good, which we call prayer, is an act that is as universal as it is inherent in the human psyche.
D-Day 70th anniversary: Live Report
AFP, Published on 06/06/2014
» 16:16 GMT - 'Brave men' - US Secretary of State John Kerry tweets: "In awe of the brave men who saved the world 70 yrs ago/a gift to be in their presence."
100-year-old beggar celebrated as living saint in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 24/05/2014
» A 100-year-old beggar in a threadbare coat, "Grandpa" Dobri, is already celebrated as a saint in Bulgaria -- a symbol of goodness in a country ravaged by poverty and corruption.