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Top drama from Down Under
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/06/2025
» What if you were responsible for a tragedy that changed someone else's life forever? Guilt drives you to leave home, but it follows you, lingering like a shadow. And when you finally return -- hoping that time has buried the past -- you discover the thing you feared most has been there all along, waiting.
In a Ukrainian strip club, war is laid bare
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» KHARKIV, Ukraine - When Lisa, 20, laces into her ultra-high heels for her shift at a strip club in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, she knows that aside from dancing, she will have to comfort traumatised soldiers.
Labubu doll fetches $150,000 at auction as demand rages
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2025
» BEIJING — A human-sized Labubu doll fetched a whopping 1.08 million yuan (US$150,000) at an auction in Beijing, in a testament to the popularity of the collectible toy flaunted by celebrities.
‘Four Goes’ campaign to spur Thai businesses
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/06/2025
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is speeding up the "Four Goes" campaign to help businesses survive and grow amid economic uncertainties, especially those caused by changes in international trade.
Why faith is indispensable to global development
Oped, Published on 04/06/2025
» For nearly two decades, I have worked at the intersection of development, health, and security. In roundtables with heads of state, emergency briefings, and donor forums, I have noticed a glaring pattern: faith-based actors are often excluded from global strategies. When present at all, they are sidelined, treated as symbolic figures rather than as genuine partners. This isn't just a blind spot. It's a strategic failure.
Foreign aid, the powerful US soft power, is gone
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 23/05/2025
» 'Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." When Joni Mitchell sang that line in 1970, she was lamenting the destruction of the environment, but the sentiment applies to many issues. Today, we can add official development assistance (ODA) to the list.
US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalised gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
Monitor lizard seen feeding on child’s body in Samut Prakan
Online Reporters, Published on 14/05/2025
» SAMUT PRAKAN - A monitor lizard was found feeding on the remains of a newborn child behind a workers’ housing area in Bang Phli district.
All barked out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/05/2025
» Re: "Dogged logic", (PostBag, May 12) & "Oh, for a quiet street", (PostBag, May 11).
Reshaping industrial real estate
Business, Published on 02/05/2025
» Fstoppers, a US-based photography gear company, faced a stark reality: producing a simple component domestically would cost over $80 per unit, compared to $7.50 in China, a more than tenfold increase. Their choice was not whether to reshuffle their supply chain but whether to continue selling the product at all.