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The art of rolling out the red carpet
Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/06/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to enjoy the red carpet treatment he received in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang this week. Over the years the Russian leader will have become quite familiar with walking on such plush carpets, but one wonders if he knows why they are red.
No surprises here
Published on 28/08/2023
» Re: "Jatuporn wants CCTV footage of 'sick' Thaksin", (BP, Aug 27).
Sports stadiums echo ancient divisions
Oped, EDWARD WATTS, Published on 20/08/2022
» More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a few thousand to 50,000 in the Colosseum -- using a variety of techniques. The amphitheatre at Pompeii was built in the first century BCE by workers who excavated hillsides, placed terraced seating on the packed soil, and erected retaining walls to hold the rows of seats in place. The amphitheatre in Bordeaux was built nearly 300 years later as a freestanding oval fashioned out of brick, concrete, and cut stone.
Avoid grim ritual of Songkran deaths
News, Leo Horn-Phathanothai, Evelyn Murphy and Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Published on 12/04/2021
» Too many of us have been personally touched in our lives by tragic road crashes that have maimed or killed a loved one. For far too many, Songkran will be a moment not for merriment but for mourning. Thailand has among the highest rates of road fatalities in the world, ranking top in the region. More people die in Thailand from road crashes in two days than have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. And the numbers tragically always spike at times of festivity, including Songkran.
US, EU must tread carefully over Cambodia
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 25/09/2018
» The US and EU must not commit the same mistakes in Cambodia that they made in Thailand. Efforts to pressure strongman Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to follow their suggested paths will not work. Worse still, they could have serious adverse effects, as the country's domestic and external conditions are very different and unique.