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The price of progress
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/06/2025
» Ongoing construction at the former site of Scala is opposite a major predecessor. Opening in 1985 at the corner of Pathumwan Intersection, MBK Center is located on a plot of land leased to Mah Boon Krong Drying and Silo Co Ltd. It features a 20-storey office building and an eight-storey shopping mall.
Move Forward, Pita down but not out
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/02/2024
» With a court sentence that handed Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Pita Limjaroenrat a suspended jail term for his role in a flash mob in 2019, the power games between the old powers and the left-leaning party have intensified to another level.
Move Forward: Pita's PM candidacy intact
Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2024
» The prime ministerial candidacy of Pita Limjaroenrat, chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, will remain intact even though he is facing a jail sentence, according to a spokesman for the main opposition party.
Pita now ineligible to be PM, according to academic
Published on 06/02/2024
» Move Forward Party prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is disqualified from the premiership after a court gave him a suspended jail sentence for his role in a flash mob protest in Bangkok in 2019, according to a prominent law academic.
Suspended jail terms for Pita, Thanathorn over flash mob
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/02/2024
» Pathumwan District Court on Monday sentenced Pita Limjaroenrat, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and six others each to four months in prison, suspended for two years, over a flash mob protest in Pathumwan district in 2019.
Spine-tingling fun awaits at Central malls
Life, Published on 31/10/2023
» The Halloween festival comes to its peak today with a line-up of spooky and ghoulish activities presented as part of the "Thailand's Halloween Fest 2023" at all Central shopping centres nationwide.
Flying the rainbow flag, loud and proud
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 31/05/2023
» The spirit of Pride Month is about to unfold in every corner of Bangkok, inviting people of all stripes to join hands and hearts in embracing the spectrum of human diversity.
'Beginning of the end': Iran activists call for new protests
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, as the movement entered a fifth week on Friday despite a crackdown that has killed dozens.
'Get lost': Iran schoolgirls lead protests over Mahsa Amini death
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» PARIS - Iranian schoolgirls have come to the fore in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
US opioid crisis doc wins top prize at Venice film festival
AFP, Published on 11/09/2022
» VENICE: A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the US opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.