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Celluloid sleuths more fun in the old days
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/03/2023
» I was watching a US cops and robbers film the other day in which the police were using those large portable phones that were around just at the start of the cellphone revolution. Nothing dates a film more than the type of phones they are using. Those unwieldy early portable phones look quite comical these days and seem more cumbersome than convenient.
Robbed ex-official stuck in Georgia
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/08/2022
» A retired Thai official who was mugged in Tbilisi last month and has not been allowed by the Georgian police to leave the Caucasus country is calling on Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to step in to help him return to Thailand as quickly as possible.
Two wives OK for some
News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2021
» Re: "Laws favour the rich", (BP, March 19).
Covid's real cost could well be eternal spying
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 11/05/2020
» Much of our pre-coronavirus lives may be reclaimable with some modifications around how we work, socialise and travel. In one crucial way, though, the post-pandemic landscape will be very different: The individual's autonomy over her data may be lost forever. Our mobiles will keep us safe -- by spying on us.
Meditating for aliens
News, Leah Carter, Published on 02/09/2019
» "Could a star do that? Could a plane do that?" asks Ann Thongcharoen, 28, after seeing a light shining through the clouds on top of Khao Kala mountain in Nakhon Sawan province.
Patching things up at the Thai quilt art exhibition
News, Wichan Charoenkiatpakul, Published on 09/06/2019
» Thais are being introduced to new art forms to appreciate, which might not necessarily be paintings on a canvas.
Telephone 'Thainess'
News, Postbag, Published on 09/08/2018
» Well over a year ago, the landline connection to our small estate was cut.
Cops raid shady electronic waste plant
News, Sonthanaporn Inchan, Published on 25/05/2018
» Police and officials from the Industry Ministry launched a raid Thursday on a factory which allegedly imported hazardous electronic waste from abroad to Lat Krabang industrial estate in Bangkok.
'Peace Games' are no game-changer for S Koreans
News, Soyoung Kim & Josh Smith, Published on 27/02/2018
» South Korea's self-styled "Peace Games" have been a sporting success but public reaction suggests it may have failed its bigger test -- to generate the support its president needs to make bold moves to improve ties with old enemy North Korea.