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Exit the Snake, enter the Horse
News, Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo, Published on 30/12/2025
» As we bid farewell to 2025, and welcome 2026 -- and soon, the lunar Year of the Horse -- we once again highlight the winners and losers of the year gone by in Asia.
Introducing the new cybercrime treaty
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 27/09/2025
» Next month, a key Asean nation will host a raft of countries for the signing ceremony for a new cybercrime treaty. Its full (and rather wordy) title is: the "United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes".
Progress in rights hailed
News, Shreyaa Srivastava, Published on 26/06/2025
» At the Bangkok Post Pride 2025 forum "Pride in Action -- Together Now, Together Always", LGBTQ+ activists and experts said they were optimistic about progress in supporting LGBTQ+ rights.
'Ultraman' to deploy on select train routes this month
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/10/2022
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will deploy the "Ultraman", its newest diesel-electric train, on select routes this month, according to its governor Niruj Maneepun.
Tolerance is essential to end war
News, Shigeru Aoyagi, Published on 16/11/2021
» In June 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged a powerful, if tender protest against all wars and related violence in the form of a now-legendary "bed-in" in a Montreal hotel. According to those present as everyone sang a new, anti-war song Lennon had composed for the occasion, when he was asked why he and Ono were doing it, Lennon simply replied, "Give peace a chance".
Drug money models go under hammer
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/02/2021
» A life-size figure model of popular Japanese fictional character Monkey D Luffy, seized from a young couple of drug suspects in the South, was yesterday auctioned for 110,000 baht.
Japanese gay comics grow in popularity around Asia
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/10/2020
» Yaoi, a genre of Japanese drawings which emerged in the late 1970s and centres on homoerotic relationships between two males, is gaining traction in Thailand, inspiring spin-offs which rake in billions of baht each year, a seminar was told on Monday.
Manga brings down curtain
News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 03/06/2018
» The old-school Lido theatre played its last scene on Thursday, with a Japanese manga movie. The cinema, which has a storied history, opened 50 years ago, on June 21, 1968.
Book fair crowds a beacon of hope
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 11/04/2018
» Over 1.8 million people attended the 46th National Book Fair & 16th Bangkok International Book Fair from March 30 to April 8, leading printing businesses to express optimism that Thailand's reading culture will revive.
A sad end to popular online comic strip Khai Maew
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 22/01/2018
» Last Thursday, the Facebook page of the famous online political cartoon Khai Maew vanished from the social media site where it earlier had resided on Facebook as "cartooneggcat" for the past one year, eight months and three days. While the page's disappearance was sudden, the cause remains unclear.