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A new oud masterpiece
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/08/2025
» This month's Transglobal World Music Chart has plenty of interesting new albums, with many released to coincide with the summer festival season in Europe and North America.
Indulge in halal food at The Mall Bangkapi
Life, Published on 05/08/2024
» A variety of halal food from popular eateries are presented during "The Mall Lifestore Bangkapi Halalicious", which is running at M Grand Hall, ground floor of The Mall Bangkapi, Lat Phrao Road, until Wednesday.
In US, podcasts can sometimes shape course of justice
AFP, Published on 22/09/2022
» WASHINGTON: The release this week of one of the main characters on the hit podcast "Serial" has reignited the debate over Americans' "obsession" with true crime series and their effect on the US penal system.
Girls' education ban reveals deep rifts within Taliban
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» KABUL: The Taliban prohibition on girls' education shows the movement's ultra-conservatives retain tight control of the Islamist group, and exposes a power struggle that puts at risk crucial aid for Afghanistan's desperate population, experts say.
Spotlight on Italian jazz
Life, Published on 28/02/2019
» The Embassy of Italy presents an atypical duo performance by jazz soloists Gianluca Petrella and Pasquale Mirra at Chulalongkorn University Music Hall on Wednesday at 7pm.
Twitter bots get political in Malaysia
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Just weeks before Malaysia goes to the polls, automated accounts known as bots are flooding Twitter with tens of thousands of pro-government and anti-opposition messages, according to a review of the tweets by Reuters and a US digital media research institute.
Southeast Asian masters in the spotlight
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/01/2018
» To any regular art enthusiast, the mention of 19th century artists brings to mind European (especially French) masters like Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas. Asian artists rarely get any mention or recognition -- and unless you're Indonesian or Filipino, the names Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1811-1880) and Juan Luna y Novicio (1857-1899) would probably mean nothing to you.
What’s trending and happening this week
Muse, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 06/01/2018
» 1 Art gallery, bar and tattoo shop Maison Close BKK will be hosting a special art exhibition, Ero Guro, at their venue tonight, 8pm. It will focus on the Japanese artistic movement of "ero guro", which uses grotesque images of spirits and sexuality to portray eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence. The movement began in Japan in the 1930s. The exhibition will feature works from some of the best contemporary ero-guro artists, including Toshio Saeki, Suehiro Maruo and more.