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TikTok, Universal Music Group seal new deal to return Taylor Swift, BTS, other artists to hit short video app
Published on 03/05/2024
» HONG KONG: TikTok is bringing back many of the world's most popular recording artists - including Taylor Swift, BTS and Drake - under a new licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), even as the hit short video platform faces a sell-or-ban ultimatum from the United States government.
Farewell to a maestro
Life, John Clewley, Published on 10/04/2024
» The world of molam has been in mourning since news emerged that Thailand's greatest phin player Thongsai Thap Thanon passed away on March 20 at his home in Warin Chamrap district, Ubon Ratchathani, at the age of 77. The phin is a two- or three-stringed Isan Lao lute that is part of the trinity of molam instruments, along with the iconic khaen (free reed bamboo mouth organ) and the sor (fiddle).
New movies out this week: March 14-20
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 14/03/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
A celebration of cinema
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 06/02/2024
» In the northernmost reaches of Thailand, the third edition of Thailand Biennale is currently unfolding and revealing a plethora of artistic wonders.
Design Week 2024 strives for a 'better Bangkok'
Life, Published on 25/01/2024
» Everyone is invited to help transform Bangkok to be more than liveable and lovable during "Bangkok Design Week 2024", which will bring a myriad of activities to 15 districts in the city, from Saturday to Feb 4.
The sound of a new era
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/01/2024
» It's been eight years since Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band released their last studio album Planet Lam, in 2016. This followed their debut album 21st Century Molam, released in 2014. In early December, the band soft-launched a vinyl version of their new album Arayalam on the Zudrangma Records label.
Rice farmer makes art with plantings that depict cats
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2023
» BAN KHON SUNG, Chiang Rai: A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in northern Chiang Rai, illustrating a traditional proverb about abundance.
Artist highlights ‘silencing’ of Hong Kong youth
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» LONDON - For two decades, British artist Martin Lever took his inspiration from Asia and his adopted home of Hong Kong.
Roger Waters faces Argentina, Uruguay hotel ban amid 'anti-Semitism' row
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - A complaint of "anti-Semitism" was filed against Roger Waters in Argentina Wednesday as the former Pink Floyd frontman, on tour, accused "the Israeli lobby" of barring him from hotels in South America.
New movies out this week: Nov 2-8
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 02/11/2023
» New titles that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.