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Rising rents threaten the vibrant street food scene of the once-booming Banthat Thong Road
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/06/2025
» As night fell, neon signs gradually lit up Instagrammable restaurants and cafes. Despite pouring rain, tourists were taking photos of a dessert shop's logo of a boy holding a bun at an iconic intersection. Some eateries were teeming with customers, with a long queue of them spilling onto the sidewalk. Some, less popular, saw staff sitting idle. Others put up advertisement for lease.
Artists unveil their visions of the future
Life, Published on 28/02/2024
» Art lovers are invited to enjoy new artistic experiences and understand new perspectives of eight emerging artists during "Early Year Project # 7: A Change In The Paradigm", which is running at the Main Exhibition Gallery, 7th floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, until April 21.
Providing education for a brighter future
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/06/2023
» Four years have now passed since the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, impacting almost every aspect of people's daily lives. Education is one of the sectors that have been most dramatically affected by these changes.
Fast, not furious
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/04/2022
» Niche filmmaker Nawapol "Ter" Thamrongrattanarit has a great knack for making small and simple stories into big ones. Most of Nawapol's movies revolve around the daily lives of people in the big city. In 2015, Nawapol defined his first major studio film Heart Attack as "a routine life of a freelance graphic designer". Or Happy Old Year, a high drama film from 2019 in which he simply replied in an interview: "A story about home reorganisation." But most Nawapol fans know that those movies are more profound than the simple definition of the director.
Sarasas case shows flaws in the system
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/10/2020
» What are the roles and responsibilities of teachers and schools? As understood in almost every context, schools are meant to be a second home for children and a place where parents and guardians send them with hope and trust of their mental and physical well-being as teachers are supposed to take care of them, provide knowledge, and train them to develop good habits.
Art of quarantine
Life, Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs, Published on 21/04/2020
» What do artists do when they are locked down at home for self-protection during the Covid-19 pandemic? For those at the Dreambox troupe, the answer was to stage a star-studded short comedy earlier this month on a teleconferencing web-based tool, making it the first time in history that Thai theatre has been performed online.
A grand event
Life, Published on 04/10/2019
» Toru Tsuchiya, senior vice-president of sales at Seiko Watch Corporation, Japan, presided over the opening of the Grand Seiko boutique at Gaysorn Village, hosted by Katsumi Kubota, managing director, and Kenichi Kito, general manager of Seiko (Thailand).
All systems go
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/07/2018
» Unlike other seniors her age, 83-year-old Grandma Siri* can now stay at home alone while her family members go to work worry-free, thanks to an elderly-friendly innovation that is the product of joint research by several Thai universities and a Japanese organisation with an aim to provide senior citizens a better quality of life.