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  • THAILAND

    Search for two top monks ratchets up

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/05/2018

    » Two senior monks wanted for alleged temple fund embezzlement remain in the country as police are holding talks with their close associates to convince them to surrender, Central Investigation Bureau commissioner (CIB) Thitiraj Nhongharnpitak said.

  • BUSINESS

    Bitter sweet

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/04/2018

    » Chaudhary Rakesh Tikait casts his memory back to 1967 as he reflects on the plight of farmers in India.

  • LIFE

    Squaring off at Cannes

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/06/2017

    » It was "a bad year", "a disappointing year", "a weak year", and so on. Curmudgeonly, typically, sometime jeeringly -- I count myself in the pack -- the critics bemoaned Cannes' official selection in the year it was supposed to be all glory and fireworks as the world's most important film festival blew its 70th candle. To the press corps present, the consensus (or something close) was that the "elite" competition titles were a catalogue of predictable provocations and unrealised ambitions, on top of the more-of-the-same arthouse fare from directors who attract attention by their names rather than by their latest works. It's true. But as always with Cannes, the expectation is too high, the collective hallucination too overpowering, and the four-to-five-films-a-day ordeal took a toll on enthusiasm even to the most passionate out there.

  • THAILAND

    Fake visa schools to be hit with charges

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/05/2018

    » Police will next week press charges against a number of international and language schools with falsifying visa documents on behalf of foreigners.

  • THAILAND

    The Cannes spectacle begins

    Life, Published on 08/05/2018

    » The 71st Cannes Film Festival opens tonight and for the next 10 days its red-carpet glitz, cinematic debates and potential controversies will dominate the news cycle -- exhaust it, to be precise. While security was a talking point last year, the world's largest movie event in 2018 has already invoked discussion through several structural changes -- from moving the opening to Tuesday instead of Wednesday, the revamp of the press screening schedule that has never changed for decades, and notably the selection of films that hints at Cannes' readiness to become less predictable.

  • LIFE

    What happened to Brendan Fraser?

    Published on 10/09/2022

    » Hollywood's beloved action and comedy hero, Brendan Fraser, has made a comeback to the big screen after being away from the movie field for several years. His role in the new film The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky, landed him some heart-warming praise and got him a six-minute standing ovation at the film's premiere in Venice for which the actor broke down in tears.

  • LIFE

    Upbeat eateries

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 16/09/2022

    » I didn't think that I would enjoy dining at Public Market, a new food arcade that occupies a connecting hallway between Central Chidlom and Central Embassy.

  • THAILAND

    NPCT plays down 'Naewna' withdrawal

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/07/2016

    » The National Press Council of Thailand (NPCT) has played down the withdrawal of Naewna newspaper from the council.

  • OPINION

    Snakes can do good

    News, Published on 29/08/2022

    » Re: "Snake encounter reported every 15 minutes in Bangkok," (Online, Aug 27).

  • LIFE

    Rediscovering the mastery of Masekela

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/12/2017

    » South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela has been playing music for over 70 years and is about to release his 44th album, No Borders (Universal), a particularly apt title in these days of rising nationalism. He told City Press of Capetown recently that his new album has "an international diaspora kind of feel … So that people can see we're all the same".

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