• LIFE

  Sun also rises down South

  News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 20/05/2018

  » Getting to the remote district of Betong in the southernmost province of Yala involves travelling from Muang district through the Sankala Khiri mountain range. The district is located in a valley hugged by tall peaks on the border of Malaysia.

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  Manga brings down curtain

  News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 03/06/2018

  » The old-school Lido theatre played its last scene on Thursday, with a Japanese manga movie. The cinema, which has a storied history, opened 50 years ago, on June 21, 1968.

• LIFE

  'Tis the Season for selfies

  News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 15/12/2019

  » The festive season is back with Christmas celebrations now in full swing across the capital.

• LIFE

  Oxen to the races

  News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 24/06/2018

  » >> The annual buffalo race in Chon Buri is a colourful event offering rare insight into the local culture associated with the country's best known beast of burden. The main attractions include a parade of international costumes worn by buffaloes and a blessing rite. The competition also includes a segment focusing on the physical beauty of buffaloes organised to boost the animal's profile in and outside of the country.

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  Beauty and the Boars

  News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 15/07/2018

  » People from all corners of the world were overwhelmed with joy after the last of the group of young footballers was extracted from Tham Luang cave in Mae Sai district in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Tuesday.

• LIFE

  Moving mountains

  B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 18/05/2014

  » Bhutan — the very name is enough to evoke images of temples snuggled against the cliffs as if seeking escape from the mists high in the Himalayas. Perhaps more than anything, Bhutan has come to represent isolation.

• LIFE

  Myanmar shows off its soft side

  B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 12/01/2014

  » On the banks of Kandawgyi Lake in central Yangon, couples sat for picnics or walked slowly with gentlemen holding umbrellas to shield the ladies from the sun. Except for the palm trees and the sight of Karaweik Hall across the water it resembled a scene from Monet. Elsewhere, couples could be seen holding hands near the Sule Pagoda and a pair of lovebirds let me capture them embracing at Yangon Central Railway Station.

• LIFE

  Dressed for protest

  Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 07/11/2013

  » An anti-amnesty bill protester dresses up as he and others take to the streets at Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Amid the political tension, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced she would accept the Senate's decision if it voted to kick out the controversial bill.

• LIFE

  Up for the chop

  Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 22/08/2013

  » These trees, trying to spread their branches out from traffic islands in the middle of Bangkok's Rama IV Road, got a visit from the barber during the rainy season.

• LIFE

  Time turns to rubber

  Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 30/08/2013

  » The Cha-uat station in Nakhon Si Thammarat province turned completely quiet after protesting rubber farmers blocked the railway at the Baan Toon-Cha-uat intersection, obstructing trains from travelling from the southern provinces to Bangkok. The demonstrators want the government to shore up the price of rubber milk to 120 baht per kilogramme. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to handle the protesters' demands.

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