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  • OPINION

    MFP must dare to rebuke dubious deals

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 04/03/2024

    » Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's first foreign visitor since his release on early parole from Police General Hospital on Feb 18 was Cambodian Supreme Privy Council President Hun Sen.

  • LIFE

    Travel notes

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 23/05/2023

    » Cambodia, like many Southeast Asian countries, enjoyed a golden era of popular music during the 1950s and 1960s, when Phnom Penh, known as the "Pearl of the Orient" became an important cultural centre, a breading ground for the meeting of Western rock and pop and Cambodian music. Author Dee Peyok in her fascinating new book Away From Beloved Lover: A Musical Journey Through Cambodia (Granta, UK, 2023) notes that "the music of East and West merged across Southeast Asia to the most fascinating mélange of instruments, attitudes and expressionism".

  • GENERAL

    Medical service takes to the skies

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/03/2024

    » Dr Kornprom Saengaram, medical director of Saint Louis Hospital, has started an air ambulance service to capitalise on the country's ambition to become a regional medical hub.

  • LIFE

    Preserving heritage

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/11/2022

    » Field recordings of ancient, traditional music in the Southeast Asia feature in this column. Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand – Kantrum Dongman (Animist Records, 2022) covers the traditional music of "Northern Khmer" people in provinces like Surin, Buri Ram and Si Sa Ket that straddle the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand's lower Northeast, while Exploring Gong Culture Of Southeast Asia: Massif And Archipelago (Sub Rosa, 2022) covers traditional gong music from 50 different ethnic groups in the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Vietnam's highlands and northeast Cambodia.

  • OPINION

    Move beyond nationalism

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/08/2022

    » The emergence of ultranationalist sentiment in Cambodia following the box-office success of the Thai period romcom Love Destiny, or Bupphesanniwas 2, is very unfortunate.

  • THAILAND

    4k US navy personnel join 'Cobra Gold'

    News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/02/2024

    » The USS Somerset and USS Miguel Keith with more than 4,000 personnel will be deployed during Cobra Gold 2024, a joint military exercise to be held in Thailand from Feb 26 to March 8.

  • THAILAND

    Illegal workers to be caught, returned

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/03/2022

    » Police are firming a plan to work with Cambodia authorities in an operation to arrest Thais working as call centre scammers there while the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) will arrange a ship to bring those arrested back to Thailand.

  • GENERAL

    NTT Data renews vow for Asian leadership

    Business, Published on 06/01/2024

    » NTT Data Inc, a leader in technology services, has outlined its new global operating model, while repledging its commitment to the Thai market.

  • GENERAL

    SET listing powers ANI's regional growth

    Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/12/2023

    » With fresh funding mobilised from the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Asia Network International Plc (ANI) aims to expand its network of cargo general sales agents (GSAs) across Asia and beyond, partly through mergers and acquisitions.

  • THAILAND

    Renowned journalist John McBeth dies at 79

    News, Published on 08/12/2023

    » New Zealand-born John McBeth, one of Asia's preeminent journalists with a record of scrupulous and ground-breaking reporting, has died after a short illness in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was 79.

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