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Welcome back
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 22/12/2022
» As the world has recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic's three-year assault, the Tiger will hand the baton off to the Rabbit. The 2022 countdown celebration was ultimately toned down when Omicron infections quickly spread and the number of new Covid-19 cases in Thailand exceeded 20,000 in February.
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Monks' city walk criticised, defended
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2012
» Criticised by a senator, the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple's mass thudong pilgrimage through downtown Bangkok has been defended by the Office of National Buddhism.
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Horror haunts
Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 25/10/2019
» For countless generations, superstitions have loomed large in the Thai psyche, often interweaving themselves into hundreds of horrifying tales, both factual and fictitious. Regardless of one's inclination to believe in them, there is no denying that a few real-life events in our fine city send shivers down the spine. Guru has listed places in the city with purported paranormal activity and macabre pasts. If you dare to experience them, you have been warned: proceed with caution.
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Keep a lid on Songkran
News, Editorial, Published on 13/04/2017
» The Songkran Festival officially begins today. Unlike previous years, the water splashing activities especially in Bangkok will take place in regulated calmness thanks to a series of state orders that are driven by the need to promote road safety and curb traffic-related fatalities.
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Censorship: Preah Vihear documentary
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/04/2013
» Cambodian soldier interviewed in film may have wrong information that may be threat to national security.
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Prayers, no fireworks to usher in 2017
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/12/2016
» The government has promised the upcoming New Year countdown will be "historic" in that the celebrations will mark a departure from the traditional boisterous revelry in favour of a more subdued affair to mourn the late King's passing.
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The (sur)real world
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/03/2015
» Chulayarnnon Siriphol can't keep his jokes to himself. He has the boyish — some might say nerdy — looks of a milk-fed goody two-shoes mama's boy, but in his films, the 29-year-old often thrives on pranks, satire, mischief and a brand of droll, childlike humour that cuts through the slough of hypocrisy.
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Journalist clears King's Guard
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/03/2013
» A French journalist insisted Monday that the King's Guard unit which he followed during the army's crackdown on red-shirt protesters in 2010 was not responsible for the deaths of six people at Wat Pathumwanaram.
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Model citizens await fate in military court
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2014
» Two bailed defendants allegedly involved in the so-called "Khon Kaen model" of red-shirt resistance insist they are innocent and had nothing to do with past red-shirt rallies.
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Evenings in a museum
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 17/12/2015
» The National Museum Bangkok will open for visits on Fridays-Sundays, 5-8pm until March next year. According to Fine Arts Department director-general Anan Chuchote, the programme will encourage Thais and foreigners to learn more about Thai culture and history.
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