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    Restaurateurs adapt to new normal

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/05/2020

    » For Somsak Rattanawanwimon, the owner of Kuai Tiao Pak Mor Yon Yook, a vintage-style steamed rice dumpling noodle restaurant in Bang Yai market, running a food business during the pandemic has been challenging. Once filled with diners and people queuing outside on a busy day, at one low-point during the pandemic, his shop had no customers at all.

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    Taste in transit

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/04/2020

    » Even when Covid-19 leaves us stranded within our own home, one thing we still don't have to worry about much is food shortage. An abundance of food is still being offered by many restaurants, eateries and hotels as they have progressed online and into the delivery scene to make sure we have something scrumptious to dine on during our isolation. From street food to Michelin's award-winning restaurants, the choices seem limitless. At least, that mostly applies if you live right inside Bangkok.

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    The wonder girl grows up

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/09/2019

    » Bangkok's local concert calendar is now a nostalgic affair filled with 90s and millennium playlists. Stepping away from that slightly worn-out path is diva Tata Young, whose upcoming concert next month will be packed with English music from her days as one of the biggest stars from Asia.

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    Managing the mind

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/03/2019

    » A cosy room with some festive decorations was full of cupcakes and pizzas. It looked like a party. Women dressed in blue sang, danced and even rapped. At the front of the room, a man in his saffron robe was smiling and clapping. Such a lively and joyous atmosphere made it hard to believe that all this was actually happening in a prison. Now even some of the guards were dancing along.

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    Tokyo stories

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/10/2018

    » The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival opens today with a fine selection of films from East and West. Held at Roppongi Hills, TIFF, one of Asia's largest film fests, is serving up cinematic treats from Japan and around the world. Opening the festival is A Star Is Born, the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga musical romantic drama. Closing the festival on Nov 3 will be Japanese animation Godzilla: The Planet Eater, the final chapter of the animated monster trilogy.

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    Time traveller

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/04/2018

    » Period dramas, the sources of romanticisation of the bygone, continue to transfix viewers everywhere. From the South Korean culinary tale Dae Jang Guem, to the dramatisation of UK royalty in The Crown, or the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, or even Thailand's own See Pandin (Four Reigns), these fusions of history and fantasy offer an outlook to the past -- glorified or critical -- while also sparking interest and debate over the portrayals of historical accounts.

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    Put your worries on ice

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/03/2018

    » The ice-skating spectacular Disney On Ice is back in Bangkok once again. This year, the theme is "Everyone's Story", which combines the highlights of Disney's timeless stories, characters and songs into a show that can thrill an all-ages crowd.

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    Walking it

    Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 07/10/2017

    » In black tux and bow tie, 22-year-old Philip Thinroj appeared onstage at the grand finale of The Face Men Thailand -- a model-and-actor-seeking reality TV show -- at GMM Live House in CentralWorld, for what would be his victory walk last Saturday.

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    Spooky skyscraper

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/09/2017

    » Director Sophon "Jim" Sakdaphisit likes to create his horror films based on locations. His 2008 directorial debut, Coming Soon, is set in a haunted cinema. The follow-up smash hit Laddaland -- his best-known project, which grossed 117 million baht in Thailand -- is set in a housing estate. And The Swimmers (2014) takes place mostly around a swimming pool.

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    Dignity behind bars

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/08/2017

    » Life in prison is tough. But being a female inmate living in facilities that are mostly designed for their male counterparts where their needs are largely unmet is even worse.

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