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The long and brutal voyage
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2025
» In 1521, when his galleon finally cut through the treacherous Pacific Ocean, when the island of Cebu first appeared in his sight at the edge of the horizon, when its slender coconut trees and thatched huts and maybe its half-naked inhabitants came into view, when he lays eyes on all of these, what went through the mind of Ferdinand Magellan?
Cannes 2025: What's on our watch list
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/05/2025
» The 78th edition of Europe's biggest film festival starts today. We take a look at some notable titles across different sections -- Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week -- including a Thai film.
Nine killed as driver plows into Filipino festival in Canada
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - Canada said Sunday that a man staged a deliberate attack by driving his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival and killing nine people, but the assault was not considered to be terrorism.
Nine killed as driver ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - A driver killed at least nine people when he ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said Sunday.
Shopping the next frontier for TikTok
Published on 08/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Inside a shophouse in Northeast Jakarta, dozens of salespeople take turns peddling cosmetics, contact lenses and hair accessories. A woman helps a potential customer choose the right shade of lipstick for her skin tone, while a man yells out the latest markdown on vitamin tablets.
From birds to bullets: they've seen it all
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» Few things in science appear to be as delicate or precarious as the giant mirrors at the hearts of modern telescopes.
A giant telescope grows in Chile
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» To walk among the observatory domes of the Atacama Desert is to brush your hair with the stars.
After chaos comes calm
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 08/11/2022
» The third edition of Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 (BAB 2022) with its theme "Chaos: Calm" reflects obstacles that mankind encountered during the Covid-19 pandemic. Both chaos and calm are temporary states that are interchangeable according to situations and conditions.
NASA announces two new missions to Venus
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth's nearest planetary neighbor became a hellscape while our own thrived.
Fantastic voyage
Life, Published on 15/01/2020
» To mark the 500th anniversary of the circumnavigation of the Earth by Ferdinand Magellan, Siam Society is screening Henry Of Malacca -- A Malay And Magellan on Jan 22 at 7pm.