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About time
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2022
» Re: "Cabinet gives nod to polls in city, Pattaya," (BP, March 9).
Pride proud
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 11/06/2021
» Nothing screams Pride month louder than the rainbow palette popping up all over Bangkok. Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community throughout the world annually, June is when people can proudly carry a flag for diversity and visibility of groups of people, who have been mariginalised in daily life. While the LGBTQIA+ community in Thailand enjoys a lot of visibility, it doesn't mean they've never faced any challenges. Guru has gathered noted figures of the community to share their pride with us.
The future of work
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/04/2020
» Co-working was a little-known concept when JustCo began developing innovative office spaces nine years ago in Singapore. But now it's here to stay, says Kong Wan Long, who is on a mission to make his company a global player in the field alongside the likes of IWC and WeWork.
Poj's monk abuse lament, for better or worse, Janie makes up
News, Mae Moo, Published on 31/12/2017
» Director Poj Anon has pulled a controversial scene from an upcoming movie in which a convicted teen abuses a monk, after the public rounded on the young man and the director for setting a bad example.
Remembering cinema's comic heritage
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/02/2015
» A great way to unwind from the Oscar hullabaloo has arrived this week. "Memory! International Film Heritage Festival — Reprise In Thailand" opened last night and will continue until March 6, featuring 11 classic films, from Chaplin to Ozu, Buster Keaton to Jacques Tati, plus a rare Mongolian epic and a Thai comedy classic. For filmgoers who regularly feast on Hollywood's new releases — intensified by the award-season blitz — watching old films on the big screen is an opportunity to find perspectives on cinema history and contemplate the ongoing evolution of the art form.
M16 'snipers' claim they only fired blanks
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/08/2012
» Two army snipers admit to DSI investigators they were deployed above the red-shirt protestors near Lumpini Boxing stadium in 2010, but say they only fired blanks.
Story-telling with Google Street View
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/06/2012
» It is fun telling people about things you really know and with Google Street View you can actually show them what you are talking about. Follow along as I take my trip to work.
Sinkhole probe goes hi-tech
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/03/2012
» City engineers have been attracting attention in the Rama IV area as they use their high-tech gadgets to try to find what caused a Sunday's large sinkhole.
Road inspections ahead
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/03/2012
» The large hole that appeared in Rama IV road on Sunday night is not all that unusual, city officials say – there have been 20 collapses in recent years – and several major Bangkok roads will now undergo inspections
Hole in busy Bangkok road (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/03/2012
» A large crater in the busy Rama IV road last night disrupted traffic and prompted a quick repair job