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Advice for Malaysia's new ex-PM
News, Daniel Moss, Published on 17/05/2018
» Dear Prime Minister Mahathir, It has been a while since I have seen you personally.
Neda readies huge loan for Myanmar
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (Neda) plans to issue long-term bonds worth 15 billion baht this year to refinance retiring shorter-term debt, says its chief.
BoT opts to stand pat on benchmark rate
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Bank of Thailand's rate-setting committee held firm on the policy rate yesterday, saying it was not in a rush to match the global tightening after some of its counterparts in Southeast Asia recently raised rates after the US Federal Reserve's normalisation.
Liberated by film
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/05/2018
» Liberation Day, the 2016 film by Norwegian filmmaker Morten Traavik, has a name that rings in contrast with its Bangkok screening date.
Nothing to prove
Life, Published on 17/05/2018
» When Amer Hlehel first saw the name Taha Muhammad Ali on a book, he asked his brother, a novelist, who he was. "Why do you live if you don't know Taha?" was his brother's reply.
Bus driver battle
News, Postbag, Published on 17/05/2018
» Re: "Brawling No.8 bus drivers fined, suspended" (BP, May 16). I have a problem with the polarising and false statement of there only being two genders, male and female, because there actually are three.
Out of the shadows
Life, Joe Cummings, Published on 17/05/2018
» Khruangbin, a trio from Houston, Texas, who came together over a common love of 60s and 70s Thai funk, electric molam and "Shadow music" (Thai bands influenced by British instrumental band The Shadows), are landing in Bangkok for a rare performance this coming Sunday at EmQuartier.
Thailand looks to its artistic big brother
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 17/05/2018
» In the past two decades, Bangkok has sprouted several big and small international performing arts festivals -- Bangkok Theatre Festival being the largest event for local productions and Bangkok's International Festival of Dance and Music being the largest for international productions. Then there are emerging festivals spearheaded and run by new bloods like the Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting that launched last year and the biannual Bangkok International Children's Theatre Fest now in its second instalment.
Join the royal party for Harry and Meghan
Life, Published on 17/05/2018
» This Saturday is the big day for Prince Harry, the sixth in line to the British throne, his fiancée Meghan Markle and everybody around the world who is excited to see their royal wedding ceremony at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in London.
Muslim minority faces modern Orwellian nightmare
News, Peter Apps, Published on 17/05/2018
» In China's northwest Xinjiang province, the predominantly Muslim Uighur minority have nowhere to hide. Facial recognition software reportedly alerts authorities if targeted individuals stray more than 300 metres from their homes and workplaces. Residents face arrest if they fail to download smartphone software that allows them to be tracked, according to social media users. Simply wishing to travel outside China can be cause for arrest, with Beijing detaining family members and using its political clout to force extradition of those abroad.