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Classical music event in Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/01/2011
» With violinist Jonathon Glonek (Chulalongkorn) and pianist Eri Nakagawa (Mahidol).
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Graduation season has arrived: Big business
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/06/2013
» From rehearsal to graduation ceremony, a time for big spending on gifts, flowers, hair, make-up, clothes with everyone from Facebook showing up as guests.
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Taking down The ‘Third World’
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/09/2014
» In 1974, Mao Zedong decided China was part of the Third World, not the Second World as categorised by the Communist block. Mao's idea of the Third World deviated from Cold War-era political ideologies and discounted the history of colonialism and imperialism. His "Third World" was a band of non-aligned nations falling behind those which were more rich and powerful — the US and Soviet Union in the First World; Japan, Canada, Australia and the rest of Europe in the Second World.
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A cultural crossroads
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/01/2015
» In the trailer for the currently running Channel 3 TV series Bang Rajan, the formidable Somchai Kemglad bellowed: "I'll fight with my body and blood for the my fellow Thais, for them to be at peace, whether awake or asleep."
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Raising your value at work
Business, Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 23/02/2015
» Just as competition and evolution have shaped the natural world, so it goes in the business world. "Adapt or die" is a mantra that holds true just as much for multinational companies as for humans and animals.
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Shakespeare on tour
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 21/05/2015
» Perhaps the most widely interpreted play in the history of theatre, Hamlet is now enjoying even more exposure as Shakespeare's Globe, a renowned theatre troupe from London, plans to visit every single country in the world with their production by the end of 2016, coinciding with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
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Pinch of literary spice
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 01/06/2015
» For the first time in India, local language authors such as Chetan Bhagat and Amish Tripathi have become marquee names in terms of sales, eclipsing even mainstream Western writers on the market. Books using local, vernacular language are edgy and have a huge following among young readers.
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An education in 'Thainess'
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/07/2015
» Nithiwat Tharatorn stood beside the poster of his film Kidthung Wittaya (Teacher's Diary). He smiled broadly. The reason was not just that he was in front of the cameras, but also because he was glad that his romantic comedy film, which came out in Thailand last year, was selected as the opening movie for the first Thai Film Festival at the theatre of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London.
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Global disarray as institutions falter
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/08/2015
» The international system as we know it is unravelling. Rules and institutions that were set up seven decades ago no longer hold the same weight and authority as they used to. As we grapple with an exacerbating global disorder, established powers and players and old rules and institutions need to be revamped and reinvented to accommodate new realities. Otherwise global tensions will mount, most probably accompanied by confrontation and conflict.
Thainess revealed
By Jorgen, Created on: 22/06/2015, Last updated on: 22/06/2015
» Ahhhh, finally the answer to “Thainess”! The FCCT uncovers the secret. We live in Thailand. We speak Thai. We eat Thai food. We have Thai manners. But do we know what so-called Thainess is? And can we see how "Thainess" has evolved over time? This is a perennial problem that marks...
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