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Creative resilience
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/02/2026
» Bangkok Design Week 2026 returned for its ninth year last month. This year, BKKDW2026 claims that, the festival is a systematic platform driving the city-level creative economy. Organised by the Creative Economy Agency, the event asserts that designing is a practical tool which must be applied to elevate standards, create new opportunities and forge new pathways for survival of the city, the economy and Thai businesses.
Awakening Festival returns to Phra Nakhon district
Life, Published on 18/12/2025
» The historic Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok is being illuminated in the dark during Awakening Bangkok 2025, which is running daily from 6pm to 11pm until Dec 22.
Practising purity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2025
» The annual Vegetarian Festival returns in this ninth lunar month. This year, the 10-day festivity falls from Oct 21 to 29. Every year, vegetarian options become more diverse and vibrant given that consumers increasingly opt for veganism due to various reasons.
More than just condiments
Life, Story: Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 14/10/2025
» Thais have several ways of adding flavour to dishes. Even simple dishes like kai jiao (omelette) and kai dow (fried egg) can be seasoned with condiments like ketchup, chilli sauce, soy or fish sauce.
Waves of change
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/08/2025
» Most people would still be in bed at 6.30am on a Saturday, but not for a group of volunteers who gather weekly at Rusamilae Beach in Pattani province. With bags and a tong in hand, they set out on an important mission which they've been consistently doing for the past nine years -- picking up trash.
Pay it forward
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 23/08/2025
» Wipraporn Jongprasert and Wanikul Kaeohong are typical teens who could have slept in on the weekends and played video games all day, but on a recent Sunday, they decided to get up early to distribute handmade items to impoverished patients.
Molam master passes
Life, John Clewley, Published on 15/07/2025
» World Beat journeyed to Roi Et province last week to attend the funeral of Assoc Prof Jarernchai Chonpairot, who passed away on the July 5 aged 83.
Unpacking postmodernity
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 09/07/2025
» Singaporean artist Heman Chong is a bricoleur. He does not care about the purity of a system and uses materials at hand for creation without regard to their original purpose. It comes as no surprise then his solo exhibition's title declares such provisionality -- "This Is A Dynamic List And May Never Be Able To Satisfy Particular Standards For Completeness."
A story told through art
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/05/2025
» As a bustling neighbourhood in Singapore's East Coast, Bedok Town Square has experienced a kaleidoscopic turn of events. No sooner had it hosted a polling station earlier this month than it conjured a transient art space, inviting everybody to find their place in an ever-shifting world at the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA).
Leafing through life's unread stories
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/05/2025
» What should you do with books bought or given, but left unread? Visitors to Singapore can donate them to The Library Of Unread Books.