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  • TRAVEL

    Agoda spotlights affordable travel destinations around Asia

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 19/04/2024

    » For those looking for a cool trip in April and May, digital travel platform Agoda is providing discounts as many Asian countries are in the midst of vacation months.

  • GENERAL

    Initiative attempts to raise festival standards

    Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 15/04/2024

    » Thailand's soft power committee is aiming to upgrade traditional events to become world-class festivals across all of the country's 77 provinces based on dedicated research and through festival organisation training.

  • TRAVEL

    The charm of Songkran

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 11/04/2024

    » After being listed as a Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage late last year, Songkran is gaining momentum in drawing tourists to Thailand. In an attempt to boost tourism, Thai New Year celebrations get under way today and will last until April 17 in various places.

  • LIFE

    Farewell to a maestro

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 10/04/2024

    » The world of molam has been in mourning since news emerged that Thailand's greatest phin player Thongsai Thap Thanon passed away on March 20 at his home in Warin Chamrap district, Ubon Ratchathani, at the age of 77. The phin is a two- or three-stringed Isan Lao lute that is part of the trinity of molam instruments, along with the iconic khaen (free reed bamboo mouth organ) and the sor (fiddle).

  • LIFE

    'Faith beautifies everything'

    Life, Published on 26/03/2024

    » 'If a serious error was made during the incision of characters, the entire page had to be discarded," explained Em-orn Chawsuan, specialist in ancient languages at the National Library of Thailand (NLT), as she and her colleagues neatly laid out on the table before them the 10 palm-leaf manuscripts that constitute an impressive sample of the extraordinary profusion of Buddhist literary documents that preserve and propagate the Phra That Phanom Chronicle in the intricate Isan dhamma script.

  • LIFE

    TAT tourism festival showcases diversity of Kingdom

    Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 26/03/2024

    » The much-anticipated Thailand Tourism Festival is back with a myriad of attractions, activities and outstanding products from five regions, at Hall 1-4 of Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Ratchadaphisek Road, from Thursday to April 1.

  • LIFE

    Twin inspiration

    Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 18/03/2024

    » When the baby teeth of Sirinart Saiprasart's twin daughters Fah and Talay were growing in, their cheeks turned red like tomatoes. This inspired Sirinart to draw the characters Tomato Girls, which depicts two round characters with rosy cheeks, red bodies and short green hair.

  • LIFE

    Echoes of Isan

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/03/2024

    » Sombat Simla is one of Thailand's top khaen players. He's been bending the notes of his khaen baet (eight rows of double pipes, sixteen in total) for more than 50 years.

  • LIFE

    Guru's Weekly Buzz: March 8-14

    Guru, Published on 08/03/2024

    » Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.

  • LIFE

    Nai Lert Park's flower fanfare returns

    Guru, Published on 07/03/2024

    » After a Covid-induced hiatus, the annual flower and art fair at Nai Lert Park, an oasis in Phloen Chit, is set to return from March 28-31.

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