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America's technology blind spot
News, S Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang, Published on 09/12/2024
» Nationalism has emerged as a potent force shaping global tech policy, nowhere more so than in the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, his vision for America's technological future is coming into sharper focus.
PM impressed by Singapore's Swift deal
News, AFP and Bangkok Post, Published on 06/03/2024
» Singapore struck a deal ensuring Taylor Swift played in the city-state, but nowhere else in Southeast Asia, the country's prime minister said on Tuesday while defending the secretive arrangement.
The dark underworld of online fraud
News, Kung Chan, Published on 07/12/2023
» The Chinese film No More Bets, which sheds light on the intricacies of overseas online fraud, has emerged as a blockbuster success, dominating the big screen and box office earnings.
A parliamentary smokescreen
News, Published on 04/11/2023
» The main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) is gearing up to grill the government in a general debate that might distract public attention from its own dirty laundry, according to critics.
Maya Bay closing for natural rehabilitation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2023
» KRABI: Maya Bay -- made world famous by the Hollywood blockbuster The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio 23 years ago -- will be closed for two months during the monsoon season for the purposes of natural rehabilitation.
'Face off' suspect nabbed after 3 months on the run
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/02/2023
» Police have arrested a suspected drug dealer who underwent extensive plastic surgery to make himself look Korean, after which he evaded capture for three months.
Foreign film productions rake in billions
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/02/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was pleased to hear that 348 foreign film productions used locations in Thailand last year, generating revenue of 6.4 billion baht for the country, according to the Thailand Film Office and Department of Tourism.
It still remains an offer you can't refuse
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/07/2022
» Francis Ford Coppola's epic film The Godfather has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a frightening thought as I can recall queuing up to see it at a Bangkok cinema all those years ago. It was 1972, in the days long before multiplex cinemas emerged in Bangkok, so when a big film came out there would be massive queues at the theatre showing the blockbuster.
Actress Jane Seymour to tour
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/12/2021
» British-American actress Jane Seymour will visit Thailand between late December and early January as part of her global campaign to prevent future pandemics through better protection of nature.
Don't write off the 'Four Boys'
News, Published on 25/07/2020
» The high-profile politicians in the so-called See Gumarn (Four Boys) group travel in a pack and they have certainly stuck together through thick and thin.