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New movies out this week: Feb 29-Mar 6
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/02/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Disney's 'Shogun' has a lot to teach the West
News, Published on 28/02/2024
» One of the most famous tales ever set in Japan is back. Walt Disney Co is spending millions on a glossy new adaptation of the James Clavell saga Shogun, the story of the Englishman who arrives in 1600s Japan and goes on to become a samurai.
New movies out this week: Jan 25-31
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 25/01/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Another thriller from Down Under
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/05/2023
» Shortly after the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival this year, Netflix announced it had acquired the rights to an Australian psychological horror titled Run Rabbit Run.
Spooks and kooks on a Japanese island
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» Most Japanese schoolchildren know the kappa as a trickster who looks like a cross between a frog and a turtle with an indented head. If you're not careful, it could drag you into the river to drown. The tengu, identifiable by its bright red face and long nose, lurks in the woods. Beware of the tanuki, a supernatural variation of a raccoon dog, for it may make a fool of you when it crosses your path.
Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.
Official says 33 scholars guilty of academic fraud
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2023
» The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) has found 33 academics from eight universities guilty of academic fraud after having paid for their names to be associated with areas of academic research. The MHESI said it will also investigate 100 more lecturers believed to have done the same.
A creative accounting
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/02/2023
» Sophie, a young pianist, dreams of performing at a concert hall. When she gets an invitation letter, she feels overjoyed and begins to prepare for a debut, though with a sense of foreboding. On concert day, the sound of music comes from nowhere. She finds that it is created by the ghosts of past performers, yet continues to play her instrument. Her performance brings the ghosts peace, and they gradually disappear. As time goes by, Sophie becomes a successful pianist, but she never forgets the event.
New rule to end academic ghost-writing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/01/2023
» The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation (MHESI) has approved a rule that college lecturers must cite community-based studies when applying for academic positions.
A grim year rescued by Paddington Bear
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/12/2022
» It is customary at this time of the year to take a not-too-serious look back at the events of the past 12 months. It is not that easy because it's been a pretty miserable year highlighted by the madness of the war in Ukraine.