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Celluloid sleuths more fun in the old days
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/03/2023
» I was watching a US cops and robbers film the other day in which the police were using those large portable phones that were around just at the start of the cellphone revolution. Nothing dates a film more than the type of phones they are using. Those unwieldy early portable phones look quite comical these days and seem more cumbersome than convenient.
500kg crystal meth concealed in phone booth call boxes
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/12/2020
» Half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine, 1.2 million speed pills and other drugs were found concealed in phone booth call boxes ready for delivery from the Northeast to the South of Thailand.
Beefing up Korean relations even more
Life, Published on 02/09/2019
» Relations between Thailand and Korea will be beefed up even more during the "Annyeong Thailand, Sawasdee Korea 2019: Discover And Enjoy Korea", which will take place at the Zpotlight at Zpell, Future Park, Phahon Yothin Road, on Saturday Sept 7 from 11.40am-7.20pm.
'Phone booth' offices for people on the go in Japan
Business, Published on 02/08/2019
» Tokyo: Call it co-working, Japan style. People on the go will soon be able to find a quiet place to sit down and tap away on a laptop, thanks to phone booth-sized offices that will be popping up at train stations, airports and skyscraper lobbies.
Last light at Lido
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/05/2018
» The Lido Theatre opened on June 27, 1968, a 1,000-seat movie palace in the fast-modernising neighbourhood of Pathumwan. The first title on the marquee was Guns For San Sebastian, a cowboy film starring Anthony Quinn.
German Election: Live Report
AFP, Published on 22/09/2013
» 1837 GMT: AFP's Frédéric Happe reports that the SPD's Peer Steinbrueck is stressing that Die Linke would not be suitable coalition partners.
Bangkok's best taxi drivers
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 14/09/2012
» Hailing a cab in Bangkok is like playing reverse Russian roulette - you want the unlikely to happen to you. The reality is that you never know if the first driver will agree to take you to your destination; or the second, or the third....