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Exploring Bangkok's green lung
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/07/2020
» Grey clouds have been creeping into the sky over Bang Kachao, the green area in Samut Prakan's Phra Pradaeng district, since morning. Sooner or later, rain will blanket the community to cool down a sweltering day.
Always auspicious
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/04/2020
» It will be the quietest celebration for the coming anniversary of Bangkok. The capital will reach its 238th year on April 21. During the past years, the Ministry of Culture hosted traditional performances, light and sound shows and exhibitions to mark the anniversary in various places.
Street art scenes
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/03/2020
» Samut Songkhram has launched Street Art in Muang district to promote tourism.
What 2019 brought to Thailand's strongest industry
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/12/2019
» Life reviews the highlights of the tourism sector during the past 12 months.
Following in Sunthon Phu's footsteps
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 25/07/2019
» All along the Chao Phraya, from Bangkok Noi in the capital to Bang Kruai in Nonthaburi, are several old temples and communities that have stood for more than two centuries. These sites are mentioned in the works of Sunthon Phu, the great poet who lived during the reigns of King Rama I through to King Rama IV (1786-1855).
Flowers for monks
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 09/07/2019
» To mark the annual three-month Buddhist Lent (Khao Phansa in Thai), Wat Phra Phutthabat Ratchaworamaha Wihan in Saraburi's Phra Phutthabat district will host the tak bat dok mai event next week for Buddhists to offer flowers to monks.
A royal discovery
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 03/06/2019
» A decade ago when a male elephant was brought from the southern province of Krabi to live in an elephant conservation centre in Maha Sarakham in the northeast, only Khruba Thammunee Thitadhammo, a monk who founded the centre, believed that it was a white elephant.
Ignore the government hype
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/04/2018
» The Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat recently visited Ratchaburi to promote universal tourism. As part of his trip, he and those who travelled with wheelchairs stopped by Talat Nam Lak Ha (Lak Ha Floating Market) in Ratchaburi's Damnoen Saduak district.
Collaborating on happiness
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 11/12/2017
» Soil has been piled up and from afar it looks like a red hill. Frangipani trees without leaves or flowers stand around the foothill as if guarding it from intruders. From the base where locals laid flowers, one can only see some big umbrellas -- the kind used in monk-ordination ceremonies -- at the hilltop.
From the ring to the screen
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/07/2017
» It is pretty obvious that the famed muay Thai fighter Buakaw Banchamek does not feel comfortable wearing a neck tie.