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Governor backs call for special status
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/08/2025
» Phuket governor Sophon Suwannarat is calling for the province to be upgraded into a special administrative area, saying the move is necessary to tackle the island's critical infrastructure and environmental issues.
Lisa tops 'soft power' poll
News, Published on 31/12/2024
» Lalisa "Lisa" Manobal, the globally renowned Thai K-pop star, is in top spot for the 2024 Thailand's most powerful soft power poll, followed by the baby pygmy hippo "Moo Deng" and the Butter Bear mascot, or "Nong Mee Noei".
Moo Deng leads Thailand's cultural promotion project
News, Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2024
» The Ministry of Culture has announced a project to promote Thai culture to the world, featuring celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng as the presenter.
Nuan is the cat's whiskers at Apec
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/11/2022
» The most important news emerging from the Apec summit in Bangkok is that it looks like Downing Street's Larry the Cat has finally got some competition in the ranks of feline celebrities. Catching the eye in the Big Mango this week has been Nuan -- a lady cat who has been adopted as the unofficial mascot for the Apec meet.
Losing ground quite literally
News, Published on 08/10/2022
» The strength of a political party may be gauged by how secure its "home turf" is in the face of competition and in the case of the Democrat Party, the South has proven far from impregnable.
PM's moment of truth
News, Published on 14/05/2022
» The moment of truth is fast approaching for Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha whose time as premier may be hanging by a thread.
Enough is enough
News, Published on 18/04/2022
» Re: "Sex abuse cases against Prinn pile up", (BP, April 17).
Tokyo finally reaches the finishing line
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/08/2021
» It is no secret that the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics was not exactly plain sailing, primarily due to the Covid pandemic. For a start it was a year late through no fault of its own, and was being held at the hottest and most humid time of the Japanese summer when sensible people retreat into air conditioning. It was not just by chance that when Tokyo hosted the Games in 1964 it was held in October, Japan's autumn.
A sad reminder of an infamous battle
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/06/2020
» Like most expats I keep an eye open for any news from my hometown, which happens to be Reading in Berkshire. I surfaced last Sunday morning to find the lead item on the news was the awful murder of three Reading people relaxing in Forbury Gardens, a small park in the centre of town. When something horrible like that happens in a place you once regularly frequented, no matter how long ago, it prompts a most uncomfortable, empty feeling. My condolences to those who lost loved ones.
Big turnout as malls reopen
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/05/2020
» People rushed back to shopping malls across the country on the first day out of lockdown on Sunday as business operators adopted disease prevention and crowd control measures to mitigate the risk of a second wave of Covid-19 infections.