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Getting soft power right
Life, Published on 08/01/2024
» After three months in office, the Srettha Thavisin government has raved on about populist policies in the guise of digital wallets and soft power projects that will create income to boost our declining economy. With optimism, we learned that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and head of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee (NSPSC), has drafted a budget of 5.1 billion baht to boost festivals and creative industries. It is welcoming news to hear this government is priortising art, music, literature, design, fashion, film, food, games, sports and festivals as essential sources for the creative economy. Where this enormous chunk of budget will come from, like digital wallets, remains to be seen.
A cornucopia of cosmetics
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 16/08/2016
» Overwhelmed by a plethora of beauty products, one can be baffled when finding a high-performance facial cleanser, whether to lather up with an affordable whip foam or invest in a pricey liquid formula.
Will the best films win the Oscars?
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/02/2016
» The Oscar night is also the Oscar-bashing night. It was always the night (or morning, in our time zone) of constant bemoaning and condescension, because the Academy voters, like most voters, always get it wrong, at least to million others around the world who believe, in our collective delirium, that we have a stake in this pageant taking place somewhere in Los Angeles. Things have taken a turn for the worse with the snap judgement made possible by social media; now the outrage and disbelief are so raw since they're aired in real time, on Facebook and Twitter, like I did last year when I was convinced that it was against every law of nature that Birdman, a well-crafted display of pretension and self-obsession, won over the more delicate Boyhood.
Jatuporn: "US intelligence says coup possible"
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/02/2012
» Red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan says latest coup warning serious enough for reds to mobilise.
The Democrats at Ratchaprasong
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/06/2011
» The Democrats took over Ratchaprasong for a few hours on Thursday to hold an emotional but incident-free rally.
Thaksin talks to Post Today
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/05/2011
» See, hear and read what Thaksin Shinawatra said in his interveiw with our sister publication Post Today at his home in Dubai.
More "new" discoveries
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/12/2010
» A new series of photos of the violence surrounding the ending of red-shirt protest last man has been widely distributed on the internet. As usual, it's hard to know what to believe.