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The volcano that erupted quietly
B Magazine, Published on 12/10/2014
» Meuk resigned last Friday. He filled out the official resignation form, scrawled a thank you note to a colleague, then disappeared … off the face of the Earth.
Lending a hand
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/06/2015
» During school lunch break, Yada Chinachote was alone in her homeroom class, preparing teaching materials. Packs of students were outside, speaking to one another on classroom balconies. Yada could not hear them.
Farang correspondent
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/06/2019
» Standing as tall as his name, Andrew Biggs is arguably one of the most famous farangs in Thailand. On big screens and small ones alike -- or beaming from the covers of his many books and the pages of the Bangkok Post on Sunday -- his humbly charming manner and easy smile mark him as a local who has earned his spurs.
Italian top wine summit amid the Alps
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 11/09/2015
» One of Italy's most prestigious wine events, VinoVip Cortina 2015 took place recently at Cortina D'Ampezzo, a famous tourist town situated amid the Dolomite Alps in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The town, nicknamed "Queen of the Dolomites" is one of Europe's most popular ski resorts with its magnificent Unesco World Natural Heritage landscape.
They've got game
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/08/2015
» Game Casters are online celebrities who inhabit unique pockets of YouTube — "pockets" may not sound large enough when the most popular of them has 38 million followers. To "cast game", as the activity is known, is for these people to play through a video game (say, Minecraft) accompanied by humorous, irreverent and sometimes swear-ridden commentary, and their whole subjective experiences are recorded and broadcast on YouTube channels for their fans to watch.
Directing Twelve Angry Men
Guru, Catherine Faulder, Published on 07/10/2016
» Loni Berry, the man behind Bangkok's multicultural, English speaking theatre, Culture Collective, is set to be putting on Twelve Angry Men towards the end of this month, the first of a string of plays the theatre will be staging this season. We're uber keen to see what he's got up his sleeve for this one, considering his Lisbon Traviata won Best Production at the 2015 Bangkok Theatre Festival. And personally, we did love his musically witty Death of Miss America. From Asian stereotypes and homosexuality, to nudity, Berry's performances always tackle prickly topics that make viewers stop and think. We thought it's wise to dig a little deeper into the artistic director who's making such great, mind-altering and risky moves for theatre in Bangkok.
Banking on the future
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/08/2014
» Everybody from the Baan Koh Tiab fishing community in Chumphon knows Jang Fungfeung.
No room for child abuse
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/10/2020
» News regarding abuse of students at the Sarasas Witaed Ratchaphruek school, which has dominated headlines since last month, has raised concern among not just parents but also the public in regard to how young children should be treated by people who are supposed to be their role models.
No beauty shines brighter
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/07/2019
» When Paweensuda "Fahsai" Drouin was announced Miss Universe Thailand 2019, the hall erupted in a thunderous cheer. Fans were jumping up and down, screaming and hugging one another. Some even had tears down their faces as they finally got to witness this beauty queen's eventual moment of success after having been rooting for her for a long time.
Say hello to 'Buppha Arigato'
B Magazine, Duangkamol Panya, Published on 01/05/2016
» Buppha Arigato is meant to send a chill down the spines of the audience, but it also did that for the cast and crew. On location in Japan, the temperature was well below freezing as they went about filming a scene on a ski slope.