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Twenty-nine beloved celebrities the world lost in 2025
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/12/2025
» This year, we lost some of the icons who shaped pop culture, from Hollywood legends to beloved musicians and television stars, including Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Val Kilmer. We honour their memory by celebrating their lives and their enduring works.
Lumphini Park: where cats and nature bring joy to Bangkokian hearts
Nonthawat Phakham, Published on 19/12/2025
» Step into the heart of Bangkok and discover a hidden paradise where nature and feline charm collide. Lumphini Park isn’t just a century-old green escape — it’s home to more than 50 adorable stray cats that have captured the hearts of locals and visitors alike. Ready for some purr-fect therapy? Let’s explore!
K-pop group Kard returns to Bangkok for concert
Life, Published on 17/09/2025
» Kard, a South Korean co-ed group, will return to Bangkok for the second time after seven years for another unique and energetic concert titled "Kard 2025 World Tour In Bangkok", at Lido Connect 3, Rama I Road, on Sept 28 at 5pm.
Hi-viz for deep dives
Life, Published on 22/08/2025
» The recently-refreshed Seamaster Diver 300M collection boasts new mesh bracelets, domed sapphire crystals and oxalic anodised aluminium bezels.
6 decades of tough
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/06/2025
» The 1960s saw Seiko entering the realm of sports timekeeping for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, followed by the development of diver's watches and the world's first quartz wristwatch.
Prospex party on the Sirimahannop
Life, Published on 13/06/2025
» Last Thursday, Seiko Thailand celebrated the 60th anniversary of its diver's watch on board the three-masted Sirimahannop, docked at Asiatique The Riverfront.
Be:First set to make Bangkok debut
Life, Published on 12/05/2025
» J-pop boy band Be:First will make their Bangkok debut as part of their first world tour, at Samyan Mitrtown Hall, 5th floor of Samyan Mitrtown, Rama IV Road, on May 24 at 7pm.
When minimalism gets a bold twist
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/03/2025
» If the restaurant’s name doesn’t give it away, perhaps the menu will. Inja is India’s first Indian and Japanese restaurant in New Delhi.
Microsoft's quantum conundrum
Life, James Hein, Published on 12/03/2025
» If you've been keeping up with quantum computer news, you will have seen the Microsoft Marketing announcement on topological q-bits and a potential quantum computer in a few years. I was planning to write about this in some detail, but it turns out the reality may not meet the marketing. Surprising, I know, but the announcement implying Microsoft has q-bit technology ready to go and scale is speculative. They don't have any physical models, just some tests and a theory that has already been challenged by the physics community. It will take a while to go through all the published data, but the Microsoft quantum computer could be decades, not years, in the future, if ever.
Taiwan's Barbie Hsu, hugely popular in East Asia, dies of flu
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2025
» TAIPEI - Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden", has died of influenza aged 48, her sister said on Monday.