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Siam Society presents unique collection of Lao textile rarities
Life, Published on 16/10/2025
» "Special Collection Of Lao Textiles Acquired In 1992" is the next programme of the Thai Textile Society's Collector's Corner series, held at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Saturday at 10am.
A sluggish mystery
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/01/2025
» Netflix has kicked off the new year with Missing You, another adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel, with the author himself serving as executive producer.
Chiang Mai blooms for Flora Festival
Life, Published on 25/12/2023
» Flowers are blooming for the annual Flora Festival, which is running daily from 8am to 6pm at the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiang Mai until Feb 29 next year.
The year travellers came back
Life, Story: Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 21/12/2023
» Upon the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Covid-19 became a seasonal virus and the world was full of hope again as borders reopened and travellers longed to indulge their wanderlust. This lit the torch for tourism to bounce back.
The afterlife of Mitr Chaibancha
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/10/2023
» In an abrupt moment of life's brutal script, Mitr Chaibancha fell to his death from a helicopter ladder on Oct 8, 1970. He was filming Insee Thong (Golden Eagle), playing an anti-communist masked hero, when he slipped from the rung and plunged to the ground in Pattaya. That same evening, his body was transported to Wat Kae Nang Loeng. Thousands of people, unable to believe that Thailand's most famous actor was really, tragically dead, amassed impromptu at the temple and demanded that his corpse be raised from the coffin and shown to the public.
Netflix to debut first film in isan dialect
Life, Published on 13/07/2023
» The Murderer is set to debut on Netflix on July 27, making it the streaming platform’s first movie in the Isan dialect.
Giving a face to the forgotten
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 29/05/2023
» Inside, everything seems to be in order. Time goes according to schedule. You eat, work, play and sleep. Nothing strays from the course. There is no disorder, or if there is, it is kept under control. Here, you go by the book, not at anybody's whim. But you are not alone. There are thousands around you who stick together through thick and thin. What more could you ask for? While basic needs are met, you are not allowed to go outside until completion of your term.
Struggling to survive
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/05/2023
» You are what you eat, but some do not have the privilege to choose. Nai, who is skinny and short for his age, lacks more than just a proper diet. He has been abandoned by his mother, and his father is serving a jail term. As a result, his uncle has kindly taken him into his own family. But like others, he is living from hand-to-mouth, so providing his nephew with a balanced diet from the five food groups is difficult. Due to a lack of variety in their diet, slum children, though not starving, are suffering from malnutrition.
Letting go is key to moving forward
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 27/02/2023
» Some humans desire to transcend their biological limits. Such pursuit of immortality is expressed through art or architecture, or living through their descendants. I have been in touch with a number of artists who struggle to preserve their craft amid changing times. A succession crisis occurs when one cannot find anyone to continue his or her artistic legacy and only some can let go, though not easily.
Bank caper, South Korean style
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 12/07/2022
» In the past few years, Netflix and the Korean entertainment industry have taken the country's original streaming content to another level. The phenomenon has impacted not just locally, but worldwide too. With its own solid storytelling style, there's no tale from Hollywood today that Koreans can't do. From the thriller smash hit Squid Game and zombie apocalypses in Kingdom or #Alive to missions in space The Silent Sea and Space Sweepers.