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Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 03/05/2024
» Last July Omega launched its one-year countdown to the Olympic Games in Paris, which previously hosted the multi-sport event in 1900 and 1924.
News, Mae Moo, Published on 25/02/2024
» Clawing back hurt pride
Life, Published on 30/10/2023
» A 14-year-old boy was arrested earlier this month for using a modified gun to open fire on shoppers at Siam Paragon shopping mall. The shooting resulted in three deaths and injury to four others. To prevent such tragic events from happening in the future, media platform The101.world together with Kid For Kids, Child and Family Policy Knowledge Center, recently organised a forum to discuss what people can learn from the event.
Life, Published on 09/08/2023
» Thailand's first 8K documentary The Hues Of Faith is currently available on YouTube to promote local culture and sustainable tourism with world-class digital projection and display innovation.
Published on 28/06/2023
» In this post-Covid era, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Thailand has been on the rise, with FDI inflows and applications for investment promotions increasing 36% from the previous year (approximately $13 billion). Accordingly, Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase from 2.6% in 2022, to a projected high of 3.7% in 2023.
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/04/2023
» Three-wheeled vehicles, or tuk-tuks as they are known, are popular among tourists in Thailand due to their distinctive appearance and ability to provide a unique local experience. However, when start-up company Urban Mobility Tech (UMT) surveyed the pain points of passengers in Bangkok using public transportation, they responded that tuk-tuks did not have a standard price and the vehicles created noise and air pollution. In 2017, UMT decided to launch Muvmi, an electric tuk-tuk company, to provide an environmentally friendly and safe public transportation option to Bangkokians.
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/11/2022
» Bangkok has an image of a gay-friendly city, but LGBTI still face discrimination.
Life, Published on 28/11/2022
» In central locations of three major Asian cities -- Singapore, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City -- stand bronze elephant statues. If they could talk, these statues could tell of imperialism, civil war, invasion, anti-colonial struggle, independence, nationhood, and more recently of rapid urban and economic development. Perched high up on their plinths, the elephants have witnessed some of the key events in the modernisation and emancipation of Southeast Asia, with all its promises and bloodshed. All three statues were gifts made by Thai kings.
News, Mae Moo, Published on 13/11/2022
» A Phetchaburi drunk spent an entire day slumped at the foot of the stairs leading to his second-storey bedroom before his family noticed he was dead.
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» HAVANA: Cubans voted to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption as well as surrogate pregnancies in a referendum over the weekend, the communist country's electoral officials said Monday.