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Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» YANGON - Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
Is Aussie political madness catching?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/08/2018
» I happened to be in Canberra last Friday, speaking to a room full of journalists at the National Press Club, when the news came in, halfway through lunch, that Australia had a new prime minister. The moderator pointed out that the year is already two-thirds gone and it is "only three prime ministers till Christmas" -- and the China Daily's headline read "Australia changes its prime minister again, again, again, again, again".
Icons for charity
B Magazine, Published on 19/10/2014
» It was a full house once again for the popular annual charity concerts organised by hotelier Kamala Sukosol. Held this year under the theme "Icons", the concerts at The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, served to raise funds for the Thai Red Cross Society's Craniofacial Center.
The pursuit of happiness
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/07/2013
» 'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The United States Declaration of Independence states that these are the "unalienable rights" that all human beings have been given by their creator.
Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 22/02/2013
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!
Hula hoop world record for Thailand
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/02/2013
» More than 4000 Thai contestants, many of them young school children, are celebrating after setting a world record for the most people dancing in one field with hula hoops, simultaneously.
Thailand sets world hula hoop record
Published on 12/02/2013
» PATHUM THANI - Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants are celebrating after setting a world record for the most people dancing in one field with hula hoops, simultaneously.
Queen's jubilee concert: live report
AFP, Published on 05/06/2012
» That's it for tonight on the third day of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, at the end of a spectacular, star-studded concert outside Buckingham Palace. In case you missed it...
Talent show buzzes with drama
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 25/05/2012
» From 9am till 1 the following morning, Jirayut 'Joe' Wattanasin found himself watching 50 to 60 acts, and he actually enjoyed doing that for eight days. "It's a fun job," Jirayut said of being Thailand's Got Talent (TGT) new judge. "But there's the pressure of whether to push the buzzer or not, and when we do, we have to find words of consolation. And you will see that I'm not at all a tough judge."