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    Visitors flock to Klong Ong Ang

    News, Published on 28/03/2021

    » It has been five months since Klong Ong Ang (formerly known as Saphan Lek) of Phra Nakhon district was reinvented as a popular tourist attraction for people to enjoy street art and a weekend night market. The canal has been restored and hailed as a tremendous success by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

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    A sacred day cruise

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/04/2021

    » The seated Buddha image of Phra Buddha Trai Rattananayok, also known as Phra To or Luang Pho To, is majestic. The statue is housed in a vihara (prayer hall) at Wat Kanlayanamit in Thon Buri on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River.

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    Thai Polo win British Open Gold Cup

    Sports, Published on 30/07/2021

    » The Gold Cup for the British Open Polo Championship inaugurated in 1956 represents the heritage, tradition and competition of the sport.

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    Shining in Shanghai

    Life, Noko, Published on 02/07/2021

    » The third collaboration between Cindy Chao and Tom Postma took over three floors of Fosun Foundation, located in the Bund Finance Center in Shanghai.

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    Giving us a break?

    Oped, Published on 26/06/2021

    » There were five PostBag letters on June 24. Not one of them was from Felix Qui, Burin Kantabutra, Kuldeep Nagi or Eric Bahrt. Was it because they didn't write any or because the PostBag Editor finally decided to give readers a break from those guys?

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    Apichatpong's memory of the world

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/06/2021

    » It begins with a bang. Maybe the Big Bang, a culmination of cosmic murmur and subterranean hum that explodes like a burst of revelation, a sonic release of the weight of all human pain. In Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new film Memoria, a woman wakes up one morning in Bogota jolted by a mysterious sound -- a metallic, visceral, bottom-of-the-well bang. The woman, orchid farm owner Jessica (played by Tilda Swinton), wanders the Colombian capital in a daze, haunted by the unshakable aural echo, then leaves the city and heads to the mountains, where the phantom of the bang shadows her.

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    Govt ill-prepared to tackle climate woes

    Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 30/10/2021

    » One and a half hour's drive from Bangkok is Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya. Here, most of the rice fields and entire villages have been under water for the past couple of months.

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    Not your typical ghost story

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/10/2021

    » When it comes to new Asian horror films, no title can beat the hype surrounding The Medium, a Thai/Korean flick that garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews among audiences and critics at its world premiere at the 25th Bucheon Fantastic International Film Festival where it won the best film category. The horror film was also recently picked up as an original feature for the streaming platform Shudder in the US and will be released theatrically in Thailand tomorrow, just in time for Halloween.

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    A staycation for pawrents

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/10/2021

    » Standing 40-storey tall amid leafy surroundings, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok celebrates its first anniversary this month. An oasis in the city where you (and your pet) can escape to for a green respite.

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    The cuckoo-clock tune that went to No.1

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/05/2021

    » It was amusing to see that the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend attracted a grand total of zero votes. However, singer James Newman shouldn't fret too much as not getting any votes is almost a badge of honour in this annual festival of kitsch where music takes second place to gaudy, garish, glitter.

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