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Singer, national artist Santi Lunpae dies, aged 88
Online Reporters, Published on 10/12/2024
» Nationally acclaimed singer Santi Lunpe passed away on Tuesday at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital at the age of 88, according to the Department of Cultural Promotion.
The importance of empowerment
Published on 31/01/2022
» As a leader and avid student of leadership, I find it fascinating to watch how real-life leadership is transforming in many Thai organisations. I believe the current drive by organisations to empower their people is essential.
Contemporary mediocrities
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 03/05/2021
» At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture's (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture's contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee's Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural mandates between 1939 and 1942 during the premiere of Phibul Songkhram that aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and newness into Thai life.
Scum of the Earth
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 24/02/2019
» At the Bangkok Post Forum on Feb 7, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said it would be splendid if Thailand had green shirts with four stars who favour democracy. He called for a review (English translation: cancellation) of the recent, 2.3 billion-baht purchase of 14 more Chinese main battle tanks. Oh, and Thailand should halt conscription.
Melodious and odious
News, Postbag, Published on 21/02/2019
» Re: "Army chief sings out hateful blast from gory past", (Opinion, Feb 19).
Apirat urged to remain neutral
News, Published on 20/02/2019
» Politicians demanded Tuesday that the army chief remain neutral in the lead-up to the March 24 general election after he rebuked them for calling for defence budget cuts and revived an anti-communist song as a sign of his military fervour.
No fooling crafty crows on best plants for tool-making
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» PARIS - Like master artisans selecting the finest raw materials for their showpiece designs, New Caledonian crows identify the best plants for fashioning hunting hooks from among myriad shrubs in the forest undergrowth, researchers said Wednesday.
Action-packed
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 15/06/2018
» When a popular author passes away, his/her estate seeks a replacement to keep generating income. Hopefully, one who can step into the shoes with nary a squeak. Alas, there have been more than a few squeaks and the replacement -- a competent scribe for the stories he's accustomed to writing -- is unable to make the change. The estate may try others with the same result.
Myanmar takes aim at graft
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 04/06/2018
» Myanmar's government is declaring war against corruption and preparing for significant cabinet changes amid the biggest political crisis since it took power two years ago.
The Heart Stays Broken
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 08/04/2018
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