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A bitter farewell
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/05/2023
» The Robot Building on Sathon Road is a childhood superhero that comes to life. Standing on staggered floors, the chunky android is studded with nuts and bolts. Its head boasts metallic-lidded eyes and two communication antennae and its frontal body is outfitted with black glass and blue stripes like armour. It is ready to fight a monster in the urban jungle.
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City heritage needs new conservation law
Oped, Published on 18/08/2022
» Bangkok's claim to fame is undoubtedly its cultural heritage. Magnificent sites like the Grand Palace, Temple of Dawn and Temple of the Golden Mount delight visitors and make Thais proud.
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Safeguarding a saga
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 04/02/2020
» Under the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s, Cambodian arts were almost crushed out of existence. The Royal Ballet was famously revived in the 1980s, but Cambodia also had popular traditions of music, dance, drama and puppetry. In 1998, a group started to revive these. They located surviving artists to teach a new generation of children in villages, schools and temples.
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Old town plan to get govt reset
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/06/2017
» The government is revising its master plan for Rattanakosin's conservation which aims to help old communities continue living where they are and avoid eviction, academic Yongtanit Pimonsathean says.
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Bangkok's Chinatown: Subway & big changes coming soon
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/05/2016
» Bangkok's historic Chinatown with its bustling, vibrant maze of old alleyways to get subway connection to rest of city soon, so big changes coming.
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Developers zero-in on historic Chinatown
AFP, Published on 04/05/2016
» For nearly a century Thanuan Amnueilap has watched history sweep through the bustling maze of alleyways that make up Bangkok's Chinatown, one of the city's few districts yet to be devoured by malls and high-rise condos.
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Fears charter cuts will hit environment
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2016
» Communities risk being stripped of rights and environmental protections could be scaled back under the new constitution, academics have warned, as the junta pursues major changes to laws governing state-backed infrastructure projects.
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Out with the old, it seems
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/12/2015
» Over the past year, several neighbourhoods in Bangkok's old city have undergone big changes. Saphan Lek, Tha Phra Chan, Tha Tian, Khlong Thom and Woeng Nakhon Kasem, for instance, have made headlines since these old-school quarters have been cleared and upgraded, with the removal of street vendors and the moving in of developers. We can expect a more visible facelift next year.
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Focus on old Phuket and Peranakan culture
Life, Published on 02/06/2014
» When people these days think of Phuket, images of beautiful beaches and fine resorts come to mind. But the history of the island long predates its development as a tourist destination.
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Vintage community's last stand
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 02/07/2012
» Sujitra Assavavirairat always remembers her mother returning home with heaps of joss paper whenever she came back from a shopping trip to the nearby Charoen Chai community.
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