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Borders within borders
Asia focus, Nikhil Kumar, Published on 25/05/2020
» Sandeep Singh has been stuck in his sister's house in outer Delhi for weeks. The resident of a village in Haryana state just across the border from the Indian capital, he has not dared to visit his family there since April 28 when the Haryana government sealed its borders with Delhi and banned interstate travel.
Beyond borders
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 18/03/2020
» The two-channel video work by Ampannee Satoh begins with specks of light and ends, naturally, with darkness. Two cameras were attached at the bow and stern of a fishing boat, purportedly the same type used by Rohingya refugees when they fled whatever was hounding them into the sea. The images they captured are wobbly, disoriented, seasick-inducing, and for 20 minutes they simulate the experience of being lost at sea in the middle of the night -- the experience of displaced people unmoored in the lightless sea.
The invisible borders
Life, Story: & ARIANE SUTTHAVONG-KUPFERMAN, Published on 26/03/2018
» In Chiang Mai, a mammoth exhibition has come to town. "Diaspora: Exit, Exile, Exodus Of Southeast Asia", currently on display at the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, brings to viewers the different facets and implications of migratory movements in and out of the region since the Vietnam War, all the way to the current crisis concerning the Rohingya.
Censors without borders
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 17/06/2018
» US President Donald Trump announced last Thursday that the North Korean nuclear threat is over, and that "fake news" is thus the No.1 threat. The men of Asia's only remaining military regime nodded.
Breaking down borders
Life, Published on 09/04/2019
» Thailand's prominent landscape artist Aphirak Punmoonsilp and Beijing's master painter Li Cheng Jie share their philosophy and experience of art through "Borderless Thai-Chinese Art Collaboration", which kicks off today at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and will wrap on April 21.
Chefs without borders
Life, Published on 07/07/2023
» Thai and Chinese people share a great similarity in their gastronomic attitude. Whether it was in the olden days or now, we treat food always with high regard and our kitchens are almost identical. Life recently sat with two chefs from mainland China who love Thailand so much they wish to retire here.
Art without borders
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 29/01/2024
» Organised by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC), the third edition of the international contemporary art festival, "Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai 2023", returns with the theme of "The Open World" from now until April 30. "The Open World" was inspired by the Buddha image in the posture that is called "open world" at Wat Pa Sak in Chiang Saen District.
Breaking down borders
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 15/03/2024
» There was a post-pandemic international travel revival last year after many governments pivoted to a visa-free policy in order to fix their sluggish economies via revenue generated from foreign tourists.
Comedy without borders
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 15/05/2024
» Comedic maestro Vir Das will be in Bangkok as part of his Mind Fool Tour on Sunday at KBank Siam Pic-Ganesha. The evening promises to be full of laughter, wit and profound insights.
Buyers without borders
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 01/07/2024
» The cabinet last month resurrected the controversial issue of offering more welcoming residential property measures for foreign buyers.