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    A mini-Russia gets squeezed by war

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 29/05/2022

    » At the Back in the USSR cafe, it is like the Soviet Union never collapsed.

  • News & article

    Nepal, Thailand and Buddhism

    News, Published on 16/05/2022

    » According to the lunar calendar, Sunday, May 15, was a full moon day, which coincides with the birthday, enlightenment day and passing away of Gautam Buddha. Therefore, it is the most important day for followers of Buddhism all over the world.

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    New York's 'Zen mayor' blisses out

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022

    » He shares a meditation mentor with Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, adores books with titles like Becoming Supernatural and You are the Placebo and has tried to battle the toxic aspects of social media by leading a Twitter campaign to fight "negativity in this space".

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    Bangkok Noi bling

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 25/02/2022

    » There's no doubt that Thai wooden houses possess a quaint and charming character you'd be hard-pressed to replicate elsewhere. Therefore, it's somewhat aggravating that they don't enjoy the same fawning over that neoclassical or colonial buildings in Bangkok do when it comes to preservation. Rickety, stilt wooden houses alongside the river may seem common and "normal" for the average Thai, but Bangkok-based Filipina entrepreneur Irma Go has always loved these structures, especially while taking visiting family and friends on boat tours on the sleepy canals of Bangkok.

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    US lawmakers often unite when war looms. Not this time

    AFP, Published on 24/02/2022

    » WASHINGTON: There is a longstanding custom in US politics that, whatever squabbles are dominating the domestic agenda, Democrats and Republicans rally around the flag when crisis looms overseas.

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    Time to bury the laissez-faire zombie for good

    Oped, Published on 22/12/2021

    » 'The return of the state" is a phrase seemingly on almost everyone's lips nowadays. Given the global challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, the argument goes that it is governments, not markets, that should be responsible for allocating resources. New Deal-style state intervention is back.

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    Stolen gods: Nepal seeks to bring home lost treasures

    AFP, Published on 30/11/2021

    » KATHMANDU - When Virginia Tech professor Sweta Gyanu Baniya saw an ornate 17th-century Nepali necklace in the Art Institute of Chicago, she burst into tears, bowed down and began to pray.

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    Rediscovered splendour

    Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 25/11/2021

    » On a sunny day, I spent about 50 minutes riding the Airport Rail Link and taking advantage of the extension of the MRT Purple Line to travel from Bangkok's eastern suburb to the old town of Nonthaburi in the northwest.

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    Lighting up the sky

    Life, Published on 18/11/2021

    » After the much-loved Yi Peng Festival returned to the northern town of Lamphun last week to celebrate the beauty of Lanna heritage, Bangkok rings in the festive season with the first edition of the International Lantern and Food Festival, which will light up the Ancient City Museum until Dec 6.

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    Vibrant Afghan radio reduced to religious relic

    AFP, Published on 16/10/2021

    » FARAH (AFGHANISTAN) - Radio station Urooj once teemed with journalists producing news bulletins, but since the Taliban came to town, Ebrahim Parhar sits alone, broadcasting hours of religious sermons.

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