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Somkid will need help to revive Otop
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 07/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak should invite Japanese mascot Kumamon to be his guest once he gets serious about giving the One-Tambon-One-Product (Otop) project another push.
'Fifty Shades' fans mob New York book signing
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» NEW YORK - They camped out overnight, arrived in trains caught at dawn and devoured the first pages on the sidewalk.
Casualties of war
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 18/06/2015
» When we watch Thanapol Virulhakul's conceptual contemporary dance work, we are never only a member of the audience. We are witnesses to, sometimes even implicit in, the transgressions that are being played out on the stage — transgressions that are often masked in seemingly neutral and harmless images.
Playing at the fringes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/06/2015
» Last week I attended a stage play here in Bangkok that gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Flawed yet beautiful
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/05/2015
» Cixi Taihou The Musical, a stage adaptation of MR Kukrit Pramoj's historical novel, has returned with a new cast, a more concise script, 30 brilliant songs and a 40-piece orchestra. Yet a few shortcomings are noticeable.
Mad Men's Don Draper a 'very weak man'
AFP, Published on 20/04/2015
» PARIS - Don Draper, the central and serially seductive character of the hit TV show "Mad Men", is actually a "very weak man", his creator told a Paris audience on Sunday.
Ladies, lies and languages
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 09/04/2015
» A pair of screeching nang itcha (female antagonists, literally "jealous women"); a beauty pageant full of eccentric, barely literate contestants; one ballad after another; and a romantic Pretty Woman-like ending.
It's time to talk about mental illness
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 31/03/2015
» My family has a history of mental illness. My father has eight siblings. His elder sister and youngest brother were sick for a long time. They were not diagnosed or treated until much later in their lives. My aunt, now 61, lives with bipolar disorder. She is on medication. She works and she travels. She is strong. Years ago, she taught my brother and I to speak Mandarin. Years from now, she will teach my nephews and nieces to add and subtract. Now, some days are good. She gets up. Other days, she says she feels hopeless even in her sleep. We don't talk about it very much, almost not at all.
PM media ire worsens mess
News, Published on 27/03/2015
» Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's rage against journalists for exposing Thailand's problems is not helpful to him or the country.
Painting out of a corner
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 22/03/2015
» Frame by frame, Mance Thompson ran a cloth across each of the artworks in his first international exhibition. Any trace of a fingerprint was wiped away and all 33 photographs were set in perfect alignment. It was a quiet but muggy Sunday, the sort of afternoon that brings out more mosquitoes than aficionados, but the artist’s enthusiasm was clear.