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US museum returns Buddhist painting thought taken during Korean War
New York Times, Published on 18/11/2025
» NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced Friday that it had returned a 227-year-old Buddhist painting to a temple in South Korea, where, officials said, it was believed to have been taken while it was under the control of the United States Army during the Korean War.
Korean actress commended for helping comatose Thai student
Online Reporters, Published on 17/11/2025
» A South Korean actress with many Thai fans has been praised for her leading role in helping a comatose Thai student's return home after three months in a South Korean hospital.
Sotheby’s postpones auction of Buddhist relics
The New York Times, Published on 08/05/2025
» The jewels are delicate, some just millimetres in length, arranged in intricate patterns of circles and lines. Taken from British-occupied India in 1898, they were discovered alongside bone and ash, said to be the remains of Buddha.
A miraculous escape
Life, Woraphat Arthayukti, Published on 24/06/2024
» More than 200 Thai students were studying in the Philippines when the Pacific War broke out on Dec 8, 1941. But when Thailand signed a military alliance with Japan, several of those students were arrested by the Philippine Constabulary as members of a Fifth Column.
Korean director takes on decades of generational trauma
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» SEOUL - Award-winning filmmaker Yang Yonghi was just six years old when she watched her eldest brother leave Japan for North Korea as one of 200 "human gifts" for leader Kim Il Sung's 60th birthday.
Love in the time of Covid
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 12/02/2021
» It's been over a year since Covid hit and sent the world into an unprecedented time of quarantines and lockdowns. It's affected everyone's life whether it's their jobs, their mental health or their relationships. There's no question that these are trying times for everyone, and while we spend the majority of the time at Guru being all snarky and sarcastic, the stories of kindness and love during the pandemic is enough to warm our cold, scornful hearts. And since St Valentine's Day is just around the corner, we figured that the world could do with a little less snarkiness and a little more love. Though the pandemic has forced us to stay apart, it has ironically also bound us closer together, and these stories are evidence of that. From furry best friends and long-distance relationships to engagements and growing closer to mum, here are a few pandemic love stories to remind you that love is still very much all around even in a pandemic.
THAI confirms winter schedule
TTR Weekly, Published on 20/11/2020
» Thai Airways International has released details of its winter flight schedule, valid from 1 January to 27 March 2021.
Thailand: All visitors will need insurance
TTR Weekly, Published on 24/09/2020
» A consortium of 16 insurance companies in Thailand are now offering foreigners, who are eligible to travel to Thailand, the mandatory insurance cover valued at $100,000.
Thailand in no hurry to reboot airline travel
Andrew Wood, Published on 25/06/2020
» A senior director in the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand said [on June 20] that international flights were not likely to resume in Thailand until late September.
Thomas Cook loss may hit B120m
Post Reporters, Published on 23/09/2019
» The Thai tourism industry may lose some 120 million baht from the UK market after the collapse of travel giant Thomas Cook, said Srisuda Wanapinyosak, deputy governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.