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A tale of two biennales
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/06/2017
» 'Singapore has one, Shanghai has one. So do Taipei, Busan, Jakarta," Prof Apinan Poshyananda says, laughing.
A Japanese restaurant for all 5 senses
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 09/06/2017
» It's a great despair to be at Kyo Bar without an infinitude of time, imagination and mindful appreciation. Or phone for foodie photos.
Making the cut
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/05/2017
» During this time when Bangkok is being hit with unseasonal rainstorms, one of the major concerns many have when commuting and walking through the streets is the long row of trees -- big, tall, green, and with their branches entangled in power lines. It's an embodiment of possible danger ready to strike down unsuspecting souls.
Falling flowers at Don Sao
Life, Published on 01/03/2017
» Falling down the trees like flames, the leaves of red cotton-tree flowers -- Indian kapok -- brighten the Mekong island with their fiery colour. February is blooming season for these red trees. Along the dusty road, children collect the fallen flowers and pick the pollen to sell as a main ingredient for northern Thailand's favourite dish, nam ngiew. The flowers are their seasonal source of income.
Once lost, now found
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/02/2017
» The 69th Cannes Film Festival begins today in southern France with its usual fanfare. Regarded as the world's most prestigious event of cinema professionals, the festival celebrates film as art, commerce, glitz and as cultural treasure. Fittingly, this year Cannes has invited only one Thai film to screen in the Cannes Classics programme -- the recently discovered 1954 Santi-Vina, which was once thought to be lost and has now been restored to its celluloid glory.
Reverence amid despair, brutality
Life, Published on 30/11/2016
» Primal fear leaps from the eye of the buffalo, lying doomed in the dirt with its bound limbs stretched to full extension. Although it's surrounded by people, the beast looks utterly alone as a spear is driven into its body.
Look -- don't touch, God's gift, Mario's funereal day
News, Mae Moo, Published on 09/10/2016
» Storm rages over daughter embrace
Champ falls, Death mystery, Surrogate city
News, Mae Moo, Published on 25/09/2016
» Businessman Anandadvip "Chai" Jayankura na Ayuthaya has won a new court victory in his see-sawing legal battle with a hi-so rival from Chiang Mai, stemming from an ill-fated concert he helped promote four years ago.
Tears of a Cambodian actress
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/04/2016
» A smile is always on her face. She speaks softly and sits with her back straight. When she walks, she does so regally, like a lady. The legendary Cambodian actress Dy Saveth is now 72, but she remains elegant and decorous, with hardly a visible mark of the turbulent life she has lived.
Shelter from the storm
Life, Published on 18/04/2016
» April 25 marks the first-year anniversary of the Nepalese earthquake that killed almost 9,000 people and caused damage in excess of US$10 billion.