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Pheu Thai's big gamble
News, Published on 27/01/2024
» With the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) study on the 500-billion-baht digital wallet scheme now made public, the ruling Pheu Thai Party stands at a crossroads, according to political observers.
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Classic musical about global politics
Life, Published on 26/06/2018
» Earlier this month Somtow Sucharitkul was invited to conduct Giuseppe Verdi's much-loved opera Aida at Singapore's Esplanade Theatre with the Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO). It was an unprecedented event, as Maestro Somtow was the first Thai conductor to be invited to undertake this task.
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Teaching tolerance is the order of the day
Life, Published on 09/02/2017
» Somtow Sucharitkul's latest production in the Dasjati series, Nemiraj: Chariot Of Heaven, is a sumptuous feast for the senses. Aptly chosen to commemorate the 100th day of the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, last month's premiere at the Thailand Cultural Centre embodied profound spiritual thought, introspection and great beauty.
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Somtow Sucharitkul goes big in production of Carmina Burana
Life, Published on 02/08/2016
» Prolific Somtow Sucharitkul likes things big. Witness his "Very Big Music Festival", Gustav Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, and several other sumptuous productions that he has staged. As of now, he's bringing the opera Dasjati to two European cities, and last month, he presented the 200-strong cast of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a show certainly big in heart and soul.
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Intimate opera keeps Anne Frank's spirit alive
Life, Published on 05/05/2016
» According to Aristotle, pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work, and Bangkok Opera's powerful performance of The Diary Of Anne Frank, an opera by Russian composer Grigory Frid and performed here last month, is an example of just that.
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Ex-Democrat boss dies at age 102
News, Published on 04/03/2016
» Former Democrat Party leader Thanat Khoman, who played a key role in establishing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 1967, passed away at the age of 102 yesterday in Bangkok.
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Asean last 'Founding Father' dies
Published on 03/03/2016
» Thanat Khoman, the last surviving "Founding Father" of Asean, has died at Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok at the age of 101.
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NACC lobbies cabinet to end e-auctions
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/05/2015
» National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chairman Panthep Klanarongran on Tuesday asked the cabinet to seek the government's approval to stop using e-auctions for state construction projects as it fails to stop monopolies and causes the projects to be poor quality.
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Govt seeks B900bn for water plan
News, Published on 08/01/2015
» The government has proposed a raft of new national water management projects and wants to boost investment to a massive 900 billion baht under a 10-year plan.
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Minding Thailand's business
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» Pranom Kowinwipat never missed any of the 60 general meetings during her five years on the audit committee at Bangchak Petroleum Plc.
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