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The year travellers came back
Life, Story: Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 21/12/2023
» Upon the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Covid-19 became a seasonal virus and the world was full of hope again as borders reopened and travellers longed to indulge their wanderlust. This lit the torch for tourism to bounce back.
A generic action flick
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 12/05/2023
» The latest Netflix French action-thriller AKA gives the impression that it is a movie to watch while waiting for better ones. While the plot is familiar and doesn't offer anything out of the ordinary, the storytelling and thrilling action sequences make AKA an entertaining watch and worth checking out for diehard fans of the genre.
Workplace mental support a must
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2022
» The preschool mass shooting in Nong Bua Lam Phu last week has raised a number of controversial issues -- from gun control, journalism ethics and professionalism, to drugs and violence.
Reviving a lost art
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/06/2022
» Sitting in the front row of an independent movie house, Piak Poster, 90, looks at a photo of his original work on screen -- the pulpy handmade bai pid or film poster of Fah Talai Jone (Tears Of The Black Tiger, 2000). However, he could not remember how he made it, let alone its tear-jerking storyline and characters.
Pay homage to actor and National Artist Sorapong Chatree by watching classic films
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 17/03/2022
» Veteran Thai actor and National Artist Sorapong Chatree passed away on March 10 from lung cancer. He was 72 years old.
Art-inspired trauma therapy
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/03/2020
» Noi remembers one thing from the shooting at Terminal 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima that took place last month -- the man who asked: "Shall we turn the light off?" She had spent many hours in the back room of the post office she worked in, hiding from the gunman who killed eight people on the lower ground floor. She never got the name of the man who turned the light off and shared his bottle of water over the many hours they were trapped. His simple actions saved her life, his own, his son's and those of several others who were in the back room.
Preparing for the next tragedy
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 11/02/2020
» An operation to rescue staff and shoppers trapped inside Terminal 21 in Nakhon Ratchasima lasted 17 hours with a gunman on a wild shooting spree ended on Sunday. However, with 30 dead, including the gunman himself, and 57 others injured, this unfortunate incident offers many lessons for Thais to learn from.
A savage pandemic
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 20/01/2020
» The cold and calculated manner with which a gunman shot and killed three innocent people and left four injured during an armed robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri province has left society grappling for answers.
The kids aren't alright
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 08/11/2019
» Crime is not limited by gender or age. Men, women and children can all end up behind bars for committing criminal acts. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Many jurists advocate that laws be reconsidered periodically to determine whether they are still applicable. Some turn into the Blue Laws of yore, still on the books but no longer enforced. Others get overturned.
Reliving an era through film
Life, Story: Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/04/2018
» The 70-year reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej overlaid decades of Thai cinema history, from the golden age of 16mm movies in the 1950s to the country's first and only Cannes Film Festival winner in 2010. To mark the two courses of history, the Ministry of Culture last week announced the "70 Best Films In The Reign Of King Rama IX", an extensive survey that covers seven decades of Thai cinema, essentially comprising the country's cinematic canon.