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'Tis the Season for selfies
News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 15/12/2019
» The festive season is back with Christmas celebrations now in full swing across the capital.
Beauty and the Boars
News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 15/07/2018
» People from all corners of the world were overwhelmed with joy after the last of the group of young footballers was extracted from Tham Luang cave in Mae Sai district in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Tuesday.
Oxen to the races
News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 24/06/2018
» >> The annual buffalo race in Chon Buri is a colourful event offering rare insight into the local culture associated with the country's best known beast of burden. The main attractions include a parade of international costumes worn by buffaloes and a blessing rite. The competition also includes a segment focusing on the physical beauty of buffaloes organised to boost the animal's profile in and outside of the country.
Sun also rises down South
News, Patipat Janthong, Published on 20/05/2018
» Getting to the remote district of Betong in the southernmost province of Yala involves travelling from Muang district through the Sankala Khiri mountain range. The district is located in a valley hugged by tall peaks on the border of Malaysia.
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.
Moving mountains
B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 18/05/2014
» Bhutan — the very name is enough to evoke images of temples snuggled against the cliffs as if seeking escape from the mists high in the Himalayas. Perhaps more than anything, Bhutan has come to represent isolation.
Myanmar shows off its soft side
B Magazine, Patipat Janthong, Published on 12/01/2014
» On the banks of Kandawgyi Lake in central Yangon, couples sat for picnics or walked slowly with gentlemen holding umbrellas to shield the ladies from the sun. Except for the palm trees and the sight of Karaweik Hall across the water it resembled a scene from Monet. Elsewhere, couples could be seen holding hands near the Sule Pagoda and a pair of lovebirds let me capture them embracing at Yangon Central Railway Station.
Signs of things to come?
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 02/10/2013
» Amidst speculation that a snap election could be possible following complications in the progress of the charter amendment bill, it's not an unusual sight to see campaign placards and election materials from two years ago. Around Soi Daeng Bu-nga in Ratchathewi, the denizens of this community have improvised with election billboards _ of all main parties _ made into makeshift walls for their dilapidated houses. Politicians indeed provide services to the people after all.
The lines are engaged
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 03/10/2013
» TOT staff have been busy relocating tangled telephone wires to the opposite side of the road as the construction of Siam Square One gets under way in Bangkok. The new department store will replace what was once the iconic Siam Theatre, set ablaze three years ago during the Bangkok riots.
Dressed for protest
Life, Patipat Janthong, Published on 07/11/2013
» An anti-amnesty bill protester dresses up as he and others take to the streets at Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Amid the political tension, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced she would accept the Senate's decision if it voted to kick out the controversial bill.