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Thaksin's 'high noon'
Postbag, Published on 01/06/2025
» Re: "Whitewash on way?", (PostBag, May 30).
Smoker's rights
Postbag, Published on 05/01/2025
» Re: "Milan says no to all outdoor smoking in Italy's toughest ban" (BP, Jan 1).
Hollywood on Thames is UK's chance to shine
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 10/09/2024
» Hollywood loves a happy ending, preferably after a few twists and turns along the way. The British version has another chance to write its own after Marlow Film Studios, backed by Avatar director James Cameron and a host of UK creative talents, said it will appeal against the rejection of a planned complex in the country's movie heartland west of London. Suspense turns on whether the two-month-old Labour government will intervene to greenlight a project that so clearly aligns with its mission of stimulating economic growth.
Is AI out for your job?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/05/2023
» Science fiction is an ideal genre for people who wonder about, hope or fear for what can become real one day. One of the most famous themes in this genre is a dystopian future where technology develops malicious intent, and decides to take over the world with catastrophic consequences for humanity. While we're still not there yet, fiction is no longer fiction, and such wild imaginings have become reality, or at least some of them.
Use satellite tech for farmers in crisis
Oped, Kamphol Pantakua, Published on 10/02/2021
» Ask any Thai rice farmer to describe government assistance when they are hit with natural disasters. Their answers will most likely be the same: Too little, too late.
In Zimbabwe, literature is protest
Oped, Beaven Tapureta, Published on 10/10/2020
» In November 2017, when a military coup removed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's head of state after 37 years of rule, euphoria gripped the whole country. Many saw it as an end to "the house of hunger" -- the title of a widely read 1978 novel by Dambudzo Marechera that described the people's suffering under tyranny.
The first week of "new normal"
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 08/05/2020
» Last Sunday, Covid-19 curbs have been eased as 13 types of businesses were allowed to reopen after a month-long halt while four airlines resume domestic flights to 14 provinces since last Friday. Markets, public parks, food shops, barbershops, pet groomers and more resume operations under safety conditions, giving us back a sense of quasi-normalcy. The silver lining is that more businesses may be reopened if the daily tally of Covid-19 remains low (keeping fingers and toes crossed). In case you want to head out this weekend, you can look forwards to this.
In India, mobile revolution only a click away
News, Pankaj Mishra, Published on 22/04/2019
» 'On or about December 1910, human character changed," the English novelist Virginia Woolf once wrote. It's no exaggeration to say that human character in India changed equally dramatically between 2014 and 2019 as the number of active smartphones in the country quadrupled from 100 million to 400 million.
Lights out at Lido, but can art hub shine?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/06/2018
» It was a tearful farewell at the Lido Theatre on Thursday night, with a thousand fans congregating to say goodbye to the old-school, unglamorous, 50-year-old cinema in Siam Square. After the last picture show on May 31, all Lido’s staff and managers lined up like a guard of honour to wai and thank the audiences filing out of the rooms, a surprise parting shot that tugged deeply at the heart strings of even the most unsentimental viewers. To paraphrase Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor of Asgard, Lido is not a place but a people. It’s also a memory. That’s why we wept. That’s what we’ll miss Lido for.