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Guru's Weekly Buzz: May 19-25
Guru, Published on 19/05/2023
» Guru By Bangkok Post's weekly pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and hotel deals.
Women in Thai gastronomy
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 08/03/2023
» It's International Women's Day and what better way to celebrate it than to honour the women in an industry that was once a man's domain. Guru By Bangkok Post speaks to women who not only make a toque look good but have turned up the heat in hotel kitchens.
A place under the sun
Guru, Worada Elstow, Published on 25/03/2022
» Though Thailand has a reputation of being accepting of the LGBTQI+ community, legal rights haven't been extended, with existing discrimination and the almost daily fight to be treated as equals continuing. To commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to recognising the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community, which is on March 31, Guru speaks with trans individuals about navigating their lives in the professional world.
Speciality beans head to virtual coffee auction
Life, Published on 29/09/2020
» Up to 45 producers and 56 types of speciality-grade coffee from 12 countries will join the first "Singapore Virtual (Micro Lot) Specialty Coffee Auction" on Thursday from 2pm to 4pm Bangkok time.
Lush life
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/09/2020
» As the night descended, we went out with binoculars in hand. Amid tall trees, flashes of light illuminated a pair of red eyes, which experts quickly identified as belonging to nang ai -- or Sunda slow loris -- a nocturnal primate native to southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The animal, perching on a faraway branch, is currently listed as "endangered" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
Welcome to the Asian century
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 06/03/2020
» 'The man who finds his homeland sweet is still a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is as his native one is already strong; but he is perfect to whom the entire world is as a foreign land." Hugh of Saint Victor.
Entrepreneur in overdrive
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019
» Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.
Bangkok hosts Asean medical expo
Life, Published on 10/07/2018
» A comprehensive range of medical devices, technologies, services and general healthcare will be presented during the "Medical Devices Asean 2018" at Impact Exhibition Hall 1-2, Muang Thong Thani, from tomorrow to Friday.
Feeding the world
Asia focus, Published on 02/04/2018
» Alan Willits has been a busy man since he arrived in Singapore in mid-2014 to oversee the continued expansion in Asia Pacific of Cargill, one of the world's biggest agribusiness and commodities trading businesses.
In the heart of the city
Life, Published on 22/11/2017
» It's often said that the success of an art biennale, which, by definition, makes selections and therefore excludes, can also be found in the success of the "off", which utilises and gathers the energy of those not selected. Last Friday Apinan Poshyananda, chief executive and artistic director of the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB 2018), announced the first 15 artists -- of more than 70 planned -- who will participate in the citywide show, whose venues include historic temples and modern galleries.