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Familiar faces or rogues gallery?
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/02/2018
» The entire wall is covered with faces -- a zoo of faces, if you will, each of them caged by a square frame. Naturally, upon entering Artist+Run Gallery visitors engage in a guess-who game: these are familiar faces of politicians, celebrities, athletes, monks and coupmakers, and yet some of them aren't instantly identifiable. Is that the government spokesman? From which coup? Who's that pretty face? Is that reddish thing Thaksin Shinawatra? That's easy -- it's Aung San Suu Kyi.
Republicans rebuff students' call for stricter gun curbs
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - Republican leaders rebuffed calls for major changes in US gun laws Tuesday, blaming the mass shooting at a Florida high school on a "colossal breakdown" of law enforcement rather than the easy availability of assault rifles.
Thailand sets sights on spearheading IoT alliance
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 27/02/2018
» The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) says Thailand is planning to lead an international Internet of Things (IoT) alliance, strengthening the potential of the country's IoT initiative that will be driven by tourism, agriculture and the automotive sector.
AP continuing high-end push
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 27/02/2018
» SET-listed developer AP Thailand Plc plans to continue launching new condominium projects in Bangkok locations to into tap the middle- to upper-end segment, where purchasing power remains strong.
Trumpbrag: 'I'd run in' to a school shooting
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he would have rushed inside the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead earlier this month, whether he was armed at the time.
Nigeria admits missing schoolgirls have been 'abducted'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» ABUJA - More than 100 girls missing for a week after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria were kidnapped, the government said for the first time on Monday.
US Congress faces mounting pressure to act on guns
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers returned to Congress Monday under pressure to address the nation's gun violence epidemic following the Parkland mass shooting, as staff make an emotional return to the Florida school where 17 people were killed.
High-speed rail linking 3 airports wins first nod
Online Reporters, Published on 26/02/2018
» The Eastern Economic Corridor Board has approved in principle a 260km high-speed train project seamlessly linking Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-Tapao airports at a cost of 200 billion baht.
Merkel quells party rebellion ahead of coalition deal vote
AFP, Published on 26/02/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will put a hard-fought coalition deal to a vote Monday by her conservative party, which is expected to give its approval after she moved to quash a right-wing rebellion.
REIC: Bangkok's vacant plot prices rise 13.2%
Business, Published on 26/02/2018
» The Real Estate Information Center (REIC) says the vacant land price index in Greater Bangkok last year was 165.6, a gain of 65.6 points from 2012, the base year, and increase of 13.2% from 2016.