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Congress clears spending bill to avert shutdown
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2017
» WASHINGTON: The Republican-led Congress narrowly passed a temporary spending bill Thursday to avert a government shutdown, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punting disputes on immigration, health care and the budget to next year.
N. Korea unmoved as world unites against nuke ambitions
Associated Press, Published on 16/12/2017
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea's friends and enemies joined forces Friday in opposing its determination to be recognised as a nuclear weapons state and calling on leader Kim Jong Un to negotiate the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, but the North gave no sign of budging on its nuclear ambitions.
Vulgarity on display
News, Postbag, Published on 09/12/2017
» While watching some poor old half-naked, badly deformed saleng struggle to push his empty ramshackle cart along the road this morning, I thought of the vulgar ostentatious display of wealth by our clearly insecure deputy prime minister this week.
Travelling Thaiger
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 01/12/2017
» We first interviewed Thai-German Michael Biedassek for his role as the co-founder of bangkokvanguards, a unique travel agent which explores undiscovered paths in Bangkok. Michael is also involved in raising awareness on preserving local communities and organising the "Santa Cause" (http://fb.com/SantaCauseBangkok) event every year to provide gifts and necessities for less privileged children and their families. We wondered what he had been up to lately and what the upcoming Santa Cause would entail.
Voices of a nation
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 10/11/2017
» From local creations, such as Master Key Vethee Jaeng Gerd, Mike Thong Khum and Banlang Sieng Thong, to adaptations of foreign formats such as La Banda Thailand, The Voice Thailand and The X Factor Thailand, the surging number of singing contests has been apparent in the Thai television industry.
Scholar for life
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/10/2017
» I met Prof Dr Satya Vrat Shastri on the evening of Sept 26 for an interview at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. A day earlier, the renowned Sanskrit scholar had had lunch with Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, when he reminded his former Sanskrit student about his birthday on Sept 29.