Showing 1-10 of 66 results
-
‘Summer Sonic' could draw 350,000
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/03/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is confident that Summer Sonic, a music festival from Japan that will be organised in Bangkok in August, will attract 350,000 people out, just as it regularly does in Japan.
-
‘Empower, Inspire, Transform’
News, Published on 11/03/2024
» Marking International Women’s Day this month, 10 extraordinary women from a wide range of fields who have empowered, inspired and transformed change in their communities through their pursuit of excellence have been named the Bangkok Post’s Women of the Year 2024.
-
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.
-
Very soft Thai power in the making
Life, Published on 20/09/2023
» Since the recent return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of self-exile to Bangkok and the parliamentary selection of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's 30th prime minister on the same day, politics and culture have unfolded with drama and excitement.
-
Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
-
Class is in session
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/05/2023
» Last Saturday, a crowd of children with their families, as well as politicians and their supporters, braved the blistering summer heat to gather at the "Candidate Classroom" event where representatives of six political parties discussed Thai education and the rights of children within schools. Styled as a game show, "Candidate Classroom" saw politicians face off in a lively debate with cheers, boos and music filling the One Arena at Stadium One in Bangkok.
-
Caught short, errant mate, spooky theft, gift of the gab
News, Mae Moo, Published on 23/10/2022
» An Udon Thani woman is afraid for her safety after a young customer paid for a 10-baht snack with a meth pill.
-
'Personal reasons' prompt Sitala to leave H1-KEY
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 26/05/2022
» Sitala Wongkrachang, a daughter of late actor and director-turned-activist Saranyu Wongkrachang, has left her Korean girl group, citing personal reasons, says the South Korean label GLG.
-
Institutions of capitalism
Life, Published on 23/03/2021
» Make-or-break entrance exams began over the weekend despite some high-schoolers asking the Central Administrative Court to postpone the troubled Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) last week. However, the agency dismissed the petition because it was not clear whether rescheduling TCAS exams is legal or not and that abruptly postponing the exams would affect many students and the organisers.
-
Minda not money-hungry, Top denies fraud, Kan fires up temper
News, Mae Moo, Published on 13/10/2019
» Minda denies cash demands
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links
Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?
