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Southern museum eyes multiculturalism
News, Published on 31/07/2022
» The Museum of Islamic Cultural Heritage and Al-Quran Learning Center will provide a window to the far South as a multicultural melting pot through the pages of the holy text, observers say.
From mansions to mangrove forests
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/07/2021
» Like many others, I am not in the mood to travel during the partial lockdown but that will not stop me from exploring. From my computer screen, I can explore various sites in Bangkok and also other parts of the country. This will at least give me an idea of places to add to my itinerary in the future.
Crime and culture
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 04/01/2016
» As a New Yorker, my friends and neighbours sent me off to Asia, via Japan, to do my duty in the Korean "Police action". The continent got into my blood and I resolved to head back after receiving my honourable discharge from the military, which I did as a backpacker six years later.
Early 20th-century Southeast Asian recordings a real joy
Life, John Clewley, Published on 13/05/2014
» The US-based record label Dust-to-Digital has released a number of beautifully illustrated CD compilation packages that cover the earliest recorded music in places that have been ignored. Africa was one of the first releases and last October, the company released a wonderful eclectic four-CD compilation of vintage Southeast Asian music, Longing For The Past: The 78rpm Era In Southeast Asia.
Art when it alteration finds
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/11/2013
» From now until February next year, Singapore has a lot more to offer than Orchard Road, the water-spouting Merlion and crunchy Garret popcorn. The fourth edition of the Singapore Biennale, arguably the biggest art festival in all of Southeast Asia, is now in top gear, and the Bras Basah and Bugis Street areas have been transformed into an artistic hub where visitors, local and foreign, can soak up art in all its possible incarnations.
A sonic bang for your bucks
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 18/08/2013
» Among the stars arriving for Bangkok's inaugural Sonic Bang festival on Saturday is one band that is no stranger to Southeast Asia. Frequent visitors to the region, Placebo have brought their reflective, gender-twisting or drug-exploring lyrics, their androgynous look, their dark, melodic instrumentals around the world, and now to Bangkok for the third time.
Staying in touch
Life, Published on 11/02/2013
» Years after living in Bangkok, Kris Gomeze, publisher of Bicycles United Magazine, had always been working as an international media specialist in marketing industry. The media specialist-turned-publisher had no interest in cycling until two years ago. The Hong Kong native became interested in the alternative mode of transport when she had to do a marketing research for Bicycles United Magazine, a free bi-lingual publication about lifestyle cycling launched last month. With her responsibility at the magazine, Gomeze has to update herself with the cycling culture around the world through books and e-books. Since then, her bookshelf has been filled with bicycle-related books and magazines. However, her choice of reading still covers diverse topics, from novels to coffee table books.
Film festival needs direction
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/02/2012
» If the Red Carpet works, the film festival works. That seems to be the motto of the hype machine behind last weekend's Hua Hin International Film Festival, which proudly paraded stars down the sandy, horse-free beach of the InterContinental while the cinemas were haunted by ghosts. Nothing's wrong with using a movie festival to support tourism, as long as some attention is paid to what it's all about: film, and the film-going experience.