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Romantic evening for Her Majesty
Life, Published on 12/08/2019
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra presents "Romantic Piano Celebration For The Queen Mother", a concert to celebrate HM Queen Sirikit's 87th birthday. Organised on Aug 22 by the Department of Cultural Promotion, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, the concert features works by Mendelssohn, Grieg and Schumann, three of the greatest of the Romantic composers.
Sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall: Indonesia president
Published on 28/07/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense of urgency to a slow-moving and politically contested mega project.
Hong Kong police: Anger swells against 'Asia's Finest'
AFP, Published on 30/06/2019
» HONG KONG - Once dubbed "Asia's Finest", Hong Kong's police are fighting allegations of using excessive violence against protesters, their headquarters besieged twice in the last week as calls for an independent inquiry into their tactics swell.
Pattaya's annual struggle to stay above water
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 16/06/2019
» Pattaya City municipality plans to ask the new cabinet to approve a 665 million baht flood prevention project which has been shelved for years due to repeated changes in government water management policy.
Protests swell in Hong Kong
News, Published on 10/06/2019
» The Royal Thai Consulate-General in Hong Kong yesterday issued a warning for Thai visitors to beware of protests that are heating up.
Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» HONG KONG: Huge protest crowds thronged Hong Kong on Sunday as anger swells over plans to allow extradition to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years.
With wild abandon
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/06/2019
» Over the course of nearly a decade, we have on more than one occasion gushed about how UK outfit Wild Beasts were top-shelf purveyors of erudite indie-rock. Even though they regrettably called it quits in 2017, they remain one of the very few rock bands who managed to strike an impeccable balance between indie and art-rock. Ranging from baroque to barbaric, their five-album discography charts leftfield territories with strutting confidence. Not many rock bands are able to incorporate geeky literary allusions into their songwriting and still look pretty damn cool doing it.
Credit inquiries climbing as household debt swells
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/04/2019
» Credit inquiries at the National Credit Bureau (NCB) are expected to hit another record high this year amid mounting anxiety over swelling household debt.
Giddy up, boy
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/04/2019
» On Mitski's latest album Be The Cowboy, the cowboy image that's classically reserved for American white males is, even though for a fleeting moment, suspended and transferred to the Japanese-American singer-songwriter. According to Mitski, this is part of her mantra, "be the cowboy you wish to see in the world", a joke with herself that she uses to combat feelings of imposter syndrome. Though meant as a joke, it's a kind of joke that digs deep into the firmly rooted notions of masculinity, race and femininity.
Indonesia's first subway opens in its gridlocked capital
Associated Press, Published on 24/03/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's long-awaited first subway opened Sunday in the country's capital with the aim of relieving crippling traffic gridlock in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.