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Ambitious library to carry capital's literary ambitions
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2017
» Businessman Boonchai Cheauchanwong was more than happy to hear that the "Bangkok City Library" will be opening in March, two months ahead of schedule.
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Reality? No, thanks. Moviegoers sought escape in 2016
New York Times, Published on 02/01/2017
» LOS ANGELES - The moviegoing masses sent clear messages in 2016. They are most definitely not tired of superheroes. The more animated animals, the merrier. Fantasy worlds of any kind, whether underwater or in outer space, are worth the trip to theatres.
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No roof overhead
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/11/2016
» 'There's something wrong with how our society's structured. The economy's growing and we seem to be developing, but the number of people living in slums and on the streets keeps rising," Boonlert Visetpricha reflects. The Thammasat University professor has experienced this reality first hand in his field work, living as a homeless person in Bangkok. He sees a vast contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor.
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Traditional medicines make a comeback
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 17/12/2016
» As modern medicine holds sway in the treatment of patients, a 70-year-old man with exceptional skills in the use of Thai traditional care holds out hope that one day this local wisdom will become more accepted by society.
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World-famous diamond inspires new and bloody history
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» NEW DELHI - Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world's most famous diamond the Koh-i-Noor surpasses them all, with a litany of horrors that rivals "Game of Thrones".
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The strategy behind King Rama V's travels
News, Published on 01/01/2017
» Krairoek Nana spent over one year collecting accounts of King Chulalongkorn's royal visits to Europe from 1897 onwards, using news reports and clippings from old magazines he had been gathering for around 30 years.
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A tale of fish and monarchs
News, Chananthorn Kamjan, Published on 05/11/2016
» Many countries which have a special relationship with Thailand have reacted with sorrow to the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, but none more than Japan where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, much respected by Thais, undertook three days of mourning.
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'Greek influence' row over China's terracotta warriors
AFP, Published on 28/10/2016
» XIAN, China - Silent and enigmatic, China's emblematic terracotta warriors are at the centre of a bitter row, with local patriots and scholars dismissing as impossible a new theory they could have been inspired by Greek sculpture.
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Reading from the same script
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 02/10/2016
» Rohkiyoh Abu recalls the bad experiences in primary school which she hopes her children will never have to face. Referring to her first months in school, the 28-year-old Muslim mother of two from the southern province of Pattani explained, "I could not communicate with the teacher who spoke Thai in the classroom."
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Songs of the jailbirds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/09/2016
» Thanadda Swangduen's latest book Khang Ying reveals the astonishing life behind bars of women inmates.
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