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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.
Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» HOLLYWOOD, California, US: Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once".
T20 Cricket World Cup - six to watch
AFP, Published on 16/10/2021
» DUBAI - The seventh T20 World Cup gets underway in Oman and the UAE at the weekend with the world's best players queueing up to take the title and the headlines.
Robot assistants rolling into stores
Business, Published on 17/01/2019
» SEEKONK, Massachusetts: A wheeled robot named Marty is rolling into nearly 500 grocery stores to alert employees if it encounters spilled granola, squashed tomatoes or a broken jar of mayonnaise.
Make-up that's a hoot!
Life, Published on 20/09/2016
» While the older generation of Thais may be influenced by Western cultures, the millennial audience literally grew up amid Koreanisation, with them exposed to South Korea's entertainment package of TV dramas, movies and music.
Shot put queen Adams eyes golden hat-trick
AFP, Published on 02/08/2016
» WELLINGTON - Plagued by injury and frustrated at the doping scandals tainting her sport, New Zealand's Valerie Adams says she's intent on winning an unprecedented third women's shot put gold in Rio.
Scouting out new superheroes
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/05/2016
» C.B. Cebulski may have been working at Marvel Comics for the past 17 years, but figuratively, he's been with the superhero powerhouse for 40 years -- becoming a fan the second his father handed him his first X-Men comic when he was five.
Tearful Tendulkar takes final bow
Published on 16/11/2013
» MUMBAI - Sachin Tendulkar walked off with tears in his eyes as the glittering 24-year-career of the world's greatest cricketer came to an end on Saturday at his home ground of Wankhede Stadium.
Kharma's gonna get you
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 11/09/2013
» On the face of it, a subject as weighty as kharma wouldn't take too well to caricature, but the exhibition currently underway at Bangkok's 100 Tonson Gallery, "Karma Police", successfully creates a multicoloured luminosity from this seemingly heavy theme.
The fuss about Furbies
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 18/02/2013
» The hysterical longings _ and a whiff of hatred _ circling the air for the newest generation of Furbies in Thailand is so palpable, it hits you in the face like a purple, fuzzy brick. The hit owlish toy with the iconic googly eyes and a chatterbox nature that can interact with the owner _ personally or through mobile apps _ was first introduced in the US in 1998 and sold over 40 million units within three years, instantly becoming a sensation so sweeping you might have had to send your child to Pluto in order to avoid it.