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LIFE

The cost of Bangkok's health obsession

Life, Chavisa Boonpiti, Published on 04/04/2026

» There is a particular kind of Saturday morning that has become recognisable in certain Bangkok circles. Someone wakes at 5am, checks their recovery score on their Whoop band, approves of the number, and heads to the airport. Not for a holiday or a work trip, but for a fitness race in Singapore.

WORLD

Woods told cops he spoke with 'the President' before arrest: bodycam footage

AFP, Published on 03/04/2026

» MIAMI - Tiger Woods told police he was on the phone with "the President" immediately after his car crash in Florida and then expressed surprise when he was arrested, body camera video released on Thursday showed.

BUSINESS

Commercial EVs picked to propel Thai boom

Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 02/04/2026

» Thailand's battery electric vehicle (BEV) market is expected to gain significant momentum this year, with sales projected to surpass 120,000 units partially due to soaring oil prices, says the Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT).

SPORTS

Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

AFP, Published on 31/03/2026

» LONDON — Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are among the Premier League stars "addicted" to chess, helping to spark a surge in the game's popularity among younger people.

WORLD

‘I’ll never be the same’: Iranians coping through war

AFP, Published on 27/03/2026

» After a month of war with Israel and the United States with no clear end in sight, Iranians tell AFP about how life has changed, about watching missiles fall, and how security forces have tightened their grip.

THAILAND

The energy map in 2026: OPEC+ and the Custodial crude paradox

Published on 27/03/2026

» Oil markets are no longer defined by simple shifts in supply and demand. While physical balances still matter, price formation is increasingly shaped by who controls access to barrels, under what conditions, and for how long. What once moved gradually on inventories and consumption trends now reacts abruptly to geopolitical permissions, sovereign decisions, and headline risk.

BUSINESS

Thai hospital boom set to continue despite conflict

Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 27/03/2026

» Though patients from the Middle East are shrinking as a result of war, analysts are upbeat about prospects for Thai hospitals this year as the country has emerged as a medical and wellness hub and is transitioning into a "super-aged" society.

BUSINESS

The BTS ARMY is coming to a city near you, armed with B174bn in spending power

Published on 24/03/2026

» SEOUL - For Maria Herrera, ⁠a utility employee from Vancouver, ⁠the trade-off to watch a ​performance by Kpop supergroup BTS on Saturday in Seoul was simple: Weeks of extra shifts at her job and roughly C$5,000 (118,500 baht) for a week in Seoul.

LIFE

'Perfect Japan' posts spark Gen Z social media backlash

AFP, Published on 24/03/2026

» TOKYO — Take an everyday video on any suburban transport network, add anime-style music and a rosy filter, and it is suddenly a scene from the Japanese holiday of your dreams.