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Private art museum Dib Bangkok opens in Thailand in honour of late collector
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/01/2026
» With his curly hair and thick-rimmed glasses, the late Thai collector Petch Osathanugrah cut a distinct figure. An industrialist, musician and heir to a popular energy drink company, he amassed a vast collection of more than 1,000 artworks and was in the early stages of building a private museum in Bangkok when he died from a heart attack in 2023.
China breaks durian import record
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/01/2025
» LONDON — With China's durian imports breaking records in 2024 - reaching nearly US$7 billion in value - competition for its market, the world's largest, has intensified as Vietnam and Malaysia ramp up their efforts to dethrone Thailand as chief provider of the beloved tropical fruit.
Doctor tried to kill mother's lover with poisoned Covid jab
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/10/2024
» A Hong Kong-born doctor has admitted disguising himself as a nurse and attempting to murder his mother's partner in Britain by injecting him with a poison-laced fake Covid vaccine in a dispute over inheritance of property.
China's Chang'e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on mission to bring rock samples back to Earth
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/06/2024
» China has landed on the moon's far side for a second time, and will soon start collecting rock samples from the oldest lunar basin to bring back to Earth.
Lab-grown diamonds? More sustainable, but less sexy
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/05/2023
» Billions of years in the making, buried deep under the Earth's crust in extreme heat and pressure, diamonds have long been synonymous with rarity and indestructibility. But when you remove that elemental interplay of forces, do diamonds still hold the same appeal?