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  • THAILAND

    Tourist map expands to Doi Kloselo

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/01/2023

    » Doi Kloselo in Mae Hong Son's Sop Moei district will be developed into a tourist attraction in what is seen as a move from locals to oppose the planned construction of a hydropower dam in the Salween River, locals say.

  • LIFE

    Access for all?

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/11/2016

    » Visitors have returned in their droves to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha after it was temporarily closed for two weeks following the passing of His Majesty the King -- Europeans, Chinese and others, many of whom are dressed in dark-coloured clothing. Some of them are also disabled.

  • OPINION

    Pass the smell test

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/05/2022

    » Re: "Waste-to-energy plant shut as locals gripe over foul smell", (BP, May 2).

  • OPINION

    Break the mould

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/05/2022

    » Re: "Dove seeks to end forced haircuts," (BP, May 6).

  • LIFE

    Travelling post-Covid

    B Magazine, Published on 05/07/2020

    » With the government's Rao Tiew Duay Gan scheme launched to boost domestic tourism as well as the recently-announced Songkran holidays which were moved from April to the end of this month, vacationers are drafting some itineraries to satisfy their wanderlust as many leading hotel chains and tourist attractions are offering several options of specially crafted holiday packages with extra benefits.

  • THAILAND

    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.

  • LIFE

    In her art, religion and ruins

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 19/01/2017

    » Last Friday inside the Singapore Art Museum, Pannaphan Yodmanee tiptoed around her giant art installation, an arrangement of ruins and pagodas scattered on the floor, as she tried to find the best spot for a portrait. Once able to set her feet down properly, the commotion started.

  • OPINION

    BMA's Mahakan mess

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/01/2017

    » It is with deep disappointment that we have read Peerawat Jariyasombat's strangely ill-informed article, "A lesson in development" (BP, Jan 16, 2017). In a move that seems calculated to pander to the greed of developers rather than nurture the human resources represented by local populations, Khun Peerawat hails the efforts of Korean authorities to replace an existing population with an artist colony, but says nothing about the fate of the original residents.

  • BUSINESS

    Thailand and India prepare to mark a milestone

    Asia focus, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 14/11/2016

    » As India and Thailand prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year, the Indian ambassador to Thailand has urged the two countries to expand economic cooperation after years of stagnation.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Big trees of Bangkok

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/03/2011

    » The older and bigger a tree gets, the more people seem to love them...until one day they are thoughtlessly cut down.

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